April 1, 2003 Letters to the Editor

Admiration and support for a fellow bishop Dear editor, I have known Bishop Terrence Buckle for more than 30 years, as a fellow priest, as his bishop, as my assistant and until my retirement, a friend and colleague in the...

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April 1, 2003 Christine Wilna Hodgson

Those who planned Willy Hodgson's funeral knew her life had touched so many people that the local Anglican church would not be able to hold all her mourners. So the service was held at the larger Moose Jaw Alliance Church, with...

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April 1, 2003 John Stirling Ridout

John Stirling Ridout, 76, a former member of the Anglican Foundation board and an active volunteer on many national Anglican committees, died of prostate cancer in Toronto on Feb. 21. "He was a gentleman in the truest sense of...

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April 1, 2003 Film follows girls on their long walk home

Wherever colonialism went the children suffered the most. In Canada some call it the "big scoop" and in Australia it's known as the "stolen generations." The Australian movie Rabbit Proof Fence does an admirable job of telling...

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April 1, 2003 Books examine dying, death and those left behind

If attendance figures mean anything, Good Friday gets short shrift compared to the celebration of Easter in the Anglican Church of Canada. Perhaps this is not surprising. Death is a reality that our society prefers not to think...

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April 1, 2003 Calendar

Moose Jaw anniversary St. John the Baptist Church in Moose Jaw, Sask., will mark its 120th anniversary with a celebration weekend May 24-25. Former parishioners and staff are invited to contact the anniversary committee at 124...

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April 1, 2003 Williams takes his seat

Canterbury, England Archbishop Rowan Williams was enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, in the majestic, medieval Canterbury Cathedral, with ancient pageantry to reflect the history of the occasion, and African...

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April 1, 2003 Chaplain bishop disturbed by 'bizarre,' war-themed Easter baskets

New York An Episcopal church bishop has condemned the appearance in stores of Easter baskets containing snipers, machine guns and toy ammunition instead of chocolate bunnies. At a Kmart in New York's Greenwich Village, a...

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April 1, 2003 Cuba will not rejoin U.S. church, despite earlier enthusiasm

The Anglican church in Cuba has voted against rejoining the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA), despite an initial synod vote last year strongly in favour of the move. The decision was reached at the regular annual...

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April 1, 2003 Uganda apologizes for murder

Uganda Twenty-six years after the martyrdom of Janani Luwum, a Church of Uganda archbishop, the government of the Republic of Uganda has apologized to the church and the global community for his murder. The government has...

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