TERENCE E. FINLAY, 66 (will retire in June) Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Toronto He heads Canada's largest diocese by population. He has joined social activists in decrying poverty and homelessness in...
Category: April 2004, General Synod 2004
ANDREW S. HUTCHISON, 65 Metropolitan of the Province of Canada and Archbishop of Montreal An outspoken advocate for minorities, refugees, and human rights in church and state, he was consecrated a bishop in 1990. Described...
Category: April 2004, General Synod 2004
General Synod 2004 – the church's triennial governing convention – will be covered extensively by Anglican print, video and Internet media and is expected to generate considerable interest in the mainstream press as...
Category: April 2004, General Synod 2004

St. Catharines, Ont. Delegates to General Synod 2004 may need intense powers of concentration as they meet at Brock University here, a short drive from the wineries of the Niagara peninsula, the Shaw Festival repertory theatre...
Category: March 2004, General Synod 2004
It has been more than 20 years since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) began to appear and Andrew Ignatieff is hoping that General Synod 2004 will be a turning point in...
Category: March 2004, General Synod 2004, HIV/AIDS

Upon the retirement of Archbishop Michael Peers on Feb. 1, the Anglican Church of Canada will have a new leader ? for four months. Archbishop David Crawley, metropolitan (senior bishop) of the church province of British...
Category: February 2004, Canada, General Synod 2004
Where should the Anglican Church of Canada be going?
That is the question facing the 400-odd delegates of General Synod - and the rest of the church - next year in the form of a six-year plan called Strengthening the...
Category: December 2003, General Synod 2004
Quebec Members of the ecclesiastical province of Canada debated the choice of the senior bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) as the guest preacher at the closing ceremony of General Synod next...
Category: November 2003, Canada, General Synod 2004, Sexuality debate
Calgary Same-gender blessings are expected to occupy a major portion of General Synod 2004, and Council of General Synod (CoGS) considered ways to handle the contentious issue. People are concerned about both the process and...
Category: June 2003, Council of General Synod, General Synod 2004

General Synod: Is it a meeting? A building? A group of people? A body of work? And whatever it is, how does it matter to you and to what you know as your church?
This special supplement to the Anglican Journal,...
Category: June 2003, General Synod 2004