December 1, 2000 Ottawa moves to resolve crisis

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien wants to solve the Native residential schools crisis in a way that does not involve bankrupting churches, says Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray. Mr. Chrétien has directed...

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December 1, 2000 Bishop leaves his fortune to foundation

Robert Kenneth Maguire, former bishop of Montreal, who died in October, left his entire estate of $3 million to the Anglican Foundation, according to Canon John Erb, executive director of the foundation. Bishop Maguire, who...

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December 1, 2000 Bishops focus on schools crisis

Canadian Anglican bishops got an update on the residential schools crisis, discussed liturgy changes, Lutherans, and the Primate's fund - and engaged in a lively debate on the female prophet Huldah, at their regular fall meeting....

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December 1, 2000 PWRDF giving down this year

The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is re-inventing itself as an incorporated charity, even as it struggles to cope with lower donations this year. "We're concerned (about the decline)," PWRDF...

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December 1, 2000 Raising money and matchmaking

DONATING to the Anglican church seldom includes romance as a side benefit, but it did for Mercedes P. Robertson of Surrey, B.C. and John W. Jessop of Victoria. Both are donors to the national church's charitable...

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December 1, 2000 'Challenged to become good news'

JEAN VANIER has been transformed by the people he has served. And the transformation is attracting thousands of others. Mr. Vanier, 72, has spent half his life welcoming people with developmental disabilities, providing...

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December 1, 2000 New writer hired

Jane Davidson, an author, freelance journalist and communications consultant, has been hired as full-time staff writer for the Anglican Journal. Ms. Davidson is also a former editor of the Toronto Anglican, the newspaper of...

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December 1, 2000 Reflections at the end of a most tumultuous year

THE YEAR'S last month is ever the most perplexing. What to make of this gift of dismal weather and awesome joy? Of long, dark, endless nights and sparkling music. Of gaiety and companionship to those with companions and of...

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December 1, 2000 At the heart of December

Gifts, and the giving of them, are certainly at the heart of December in our society. The weeks before Christmas and, increasingly, the days after Christmas, have an enormous impact on the economy of the world. If sales are...

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December 1, 2000 Obituaries

Mildred Michell Mildred Michell, an elder whose picture was featured on the front page of October's Anglican Journal, died on October 2 after suffering a stroke. She was 86. A member of the Thompson First Nations...

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