February 1, 2010 Will Canada show the worldwide Anglican Communion a way forward?

Should Canadian Anglicans be able to break through the impasse on sexuality, “it could well become a vibrant model of the kind of renewed Christian community that has much to teach the wider church,” say two U.K. pastoral visitors.

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January 15, 2010 Task force not keen to change primacy model

The Primatial Review Task Force will not recommend a return to a model of primacy that existed before 1969, in which the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada remained a diocesan bishop after election

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January 12, 2010 Theological conference calls for new clergy training standards

Chateauguay, Montreal 
Anglican delegates to the first National Conference on Theological Education here have agreed to re-examine how they prepare candidates for ministry given the church’s changing context and crisis of...

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January 11, 2010 Fewer staff at national office forecast

It will be a “challenging” year for staff at the General Synod office in Toronto. More budget cuts will be needed to achieve a balanced budget for 2011 and eliminate deficits by 2012, said Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.

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December 7, 2009 Liberals criticize CIDA cuts to KAIROS funding

Two Liberal Members of Parliament have criticized the Canadian International Development Agency’s decision to abruptly cut the funding for the Canadian ecumenical justice organization, KAIROS, saying it reflected the “vindictive,...

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December 1, 2009 Do our priests have a passion for God?

How well is the Anglican Church of Canada recruiting, discerning, encouraging and training candidates for ordination to the priesthood? Are they equipped with “that passion for God and the right skills?”

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December 1, 2009 Looking into the future of church ‘creative, scary work’

Issues of leadership and ministry dominated discussions at the House of Bishops this fall. Topics ranged from declining revenues and membership, to new and creative ways of doing church.

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December 1, 2009 A trio of smiles at House of Bishops

(L to R) Bishop Patrick Yu, suffragan bishop of Toronto (York-Scarborough), Bishop John Chapman, diocese of Ottawa, and Bishop Michael Bird, diocese of Niagara.

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December 1, 2009 Conflict resolution expert sent to observe at HOB

Conflict resolution is not for the faint of heart. “It’s very, very hard work. And it’s often a long-term process,” says the retired bishop of Coventry, Colin James Bennetts, who for the last 15 years has devoted a great deal of...

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December 1, 2009 Canadians ‘do not leave the table’

The Anglican Church of Canada is “committed to walking together” with the rest of the Anglican Communion, two pastoral visitors commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury have declared.

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