April 1, 2003 Church court will try priest

An archdeacon in the diocese of Algoma will face ecclesiastical court after a complaint of sexual misconduct was made against him. Bishop Ron Ferris referred a charge of immorality to the church court after an investigation by...

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April 1, 2003 Full communion 'working well'

Both the heads of the Anglican and Lutheran churches in Canada say they oppose an invasion of Iraq and they agree that full communion between the two churches is working well. Those statements emerged from a public discussion...

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April 1, 2003 Disaster relief

Local Anglicans were part of the relief effort for the people of Badger, Nfld., who were forced out of their homes by a wall of ice after three rivers surged over their banks and converged on the town in mid-February. When...

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April 1, 2003 Bishop's brother killed

The brother of Bishop Len Whitten of the diocese of Western Newfoundland was killed in a mine accident in Wabush, Nfld., on Feb. 13. Bishop Whitten said in an interview that his brother, John Robert Whitten, who was 72, owned a...

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April 1, 2003 Church no more

The second-oldest Quebec City congregation, St. Matthew, voted itself out of existence at a meeting on Jan. 12. Founded in 1822 by the first bishop of Quebec, Jacob Mountain, only the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is older in the...

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April 1, 2003 Companion dioceses

Representatives of the dioceses of Ontario and Rochester, N.Y., met recently in Kingston, Ont., for two days of discussion about developing a companion relationship. Bishops from both dioceses attended, along with clergy and lay...

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April 1, 2003 Correction

The group Aboriginal Neighbours is made up of both native and non-native activists. A February article on the Kwak'wala hymnal contained an incorrect description of the group's membership.

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April 1, 2003 Council must now choose its path carefully

In the middle of a three-month-long deep freeze in this part of the world, it is difficult to reconcile this month with the coming spring and Easter. Still, it is without a doubt a time for new beginnings. With last month's...

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April 1, 2003 We meet God when we look up

Canterbury Cathedral is one of the few church buildings of my acquaintance that one enters by walking down some steps. Most churches have steps upward or an entrance at ground level. So, when I walked into the cathedral...

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April 1, 2003 I pray for those in need of sacrament

Dear editor, There must be millions of Christians today who receive communion in churches of other denominations than the one in which they received the sacrament of baptism. That is as it should be. We are baptized into...

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