May 8, 2008 Primate’s Fund accepting donations for Burma cyclone relief

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is accepting donations to be sent to its partners in Burma (also known as Myanmar) to help victims of a cyclone that on May 2 killed tens of thousands of people and left about one million others homeless.

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May 6, 2008 Churches must share buildings with Niagara diocese, court rules

An Ontario judge ruled on May 5 that the diocese of Niagara should be allowed to share three church buildings where congregations have voted to leave the Anglican Church of Canada over theological issues that include blessing ceremonies for gay couples

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May 5, 2008 Journal wins 17 awards

The Anglican Journal won a total of 17 awards at two separate national and international church press conventions this spring.

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May 1, 2008 Athabasca synod supports breakaway churches

The archbishop of Athabasca has issued a letter confirming his diocese’s commitment to the Canadian church and the Anglican Communion after its synod passed motions supporting churches that have left the Anglican Church of Canada and criticizing bishops who have gone to court over property issues.

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May 1, 2008 Calgary bishop will serve as chancellor of University of Emmanuel College

The bishop of Calgary, Derek Hoskin, has accepted the election by the senate of the University of Emmanuel College in Saskatoon and agreed to take the position of university chancellor for an initial period of three years. For...

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May 1, 2008 Communion names Canadian theologian to Covenant Design Group

Eileen Scully, co-ordinator for worship and ministry of the Anglican Church of Canada’s faith, worship and ministry department, has been appointed as full member of the Covenant Design Group for the Anglican Communion. Last...

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May 1, 2008 National faith, worship and ministry department appoints new co-ordinator

Rev. Isaac Kawuki-Mukasa, who serves as the diocese of Toronto’s consultant in congregational development, has been named co-ordinator for dialogue: ethics, congregational development and inter-faith relations, for the Anglican...

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May 1, 2008 Eye hospital opens

Canadian donors, including Anglicans, Baptists and Roman Catholics, have contributed $800,000 towards the cost of a new $1.2 million eye hospital, inaugurated recently in Asuncion, Paraguay. The contributions, made through CBM...

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May 1, 2008 Primate protests jailing

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, national leader of the Anglican Church of Canada, lent his voice in March to those criticizing the jailing of six Northern Ontario natives protesting operations by a mining company.“I believe that the jail...

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May 1, 2008 Christian violence

Rev. Giles Fraser, vicar of the Anglican parish of Putney, U.K. and a columnist with the Guardian and Church Times newspapers, thinks the Christian church has a problem – and it is not necessarily about sexuality. “Christianity...

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