April 1, 2002 Anti-terrorism law may hamper NGOs

Christian and secular non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in advocacy work in Canada and overseas say vital programs are in danger because of new anti-terrorism laws passed by Parliament last December. They also...

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April 1, 2002 Anglicans shut out of World Youth Day

Despite recent moves toward closer relations between Anglicans and Roman Catholics, a major Catholic youth event scheduled for July in Toronto will apparently have little Anglican participation. World Youth Day, which is...

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April 1, 2002 ABC clerk pleads guilty

A former sales clerk at the Anglican Book Centre in Toronto, Daniel Bishop, pleaded guilty to one charge of defrauding the nationally known bookstore and was sentenced at Ontario Court of Justice on Jan. 22 to three years...

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April 1, 2002 Popular curriculum is replaced

After 15 years working with the familiar and popular Whole People of God curriculum, Sunday school educators have a new resource. In many ways, the new Seasons of the Spirit curriculum is similar to Whole People of God,...

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April 1, 2002 Ontario, Arctic bishops announce retirement

Bishop Peter Mason, of the diocese of Ontario, has announced he will retire at the end of September. Last fall, he said, he realized his "spirit was weary," a condition that "may be related to burnout." This year marks his...

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April 1, 2002 Kairos organization carries on work of Jubilee initiative

Pat Steenberg's office at Kairos is all dangling wires, empty shelves, boxes and stacks of papers - bearing witness to the challenge of combining 10 social-justice agencies into one. Executive director since July 1, 2001, Ms....

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April 1, 2002 Closed centre still gets calls

It's a February afternoon in the General Synod library. The phone rings and the caller is seeking a video from the national church's long-closed resource centre. It must be Lent, sighs librarian Karen Evans. The resource...

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April 1, 2002 College award honors first woman priest

Renison College at the University of Waterloo, has created an award in memory of one of the Anglican church's true pioneers: Florence Li Tim-Oi - the first woman to be ordained in the Anglican Communion. She began her...

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April 1, 2002 Celebrations mark anniversary of women priests

Parishes and dioceses across the country celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Anglican church's ordination of women late last year, with special services, festive meals, stories and reminiscences. The Anglican church...

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April 1, 2002 Contest launched for logo

Halifax The Joint Anglican Lutheran Commission is seeking submissions for a common logo to be used when the two churches participate in "full communion" events. The idea for a logo search emerged at the first gathering of...

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