June 1, 2003 Toronto's revenues down

The diocese of Toronto, feeling the sting from the slump in financial markets, is facing a gap this year of $750,000 between anticipated income and the budget forecast approved by synod in 2001. The diocese has narrowed the gap...

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June 1, 2003 Evangelism director

Bishop Ralph Spence of Niagara has appointed Canon Michael Patterson as director of evangelism, a new position for the diocese. Mr. Patterson, currently the rector of St. Simon's church in Oakville, Ont., will take up his...

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June 1, 2003 Ashdown leads fundraising tour

Bishop David Ashdown will be leading an eight-day tour of the diocese of Keewatin in July that will also generate a charitable donation tax receipt for participants. The tour begins July 9 in Kenora with a dinner cruise on Lake...

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June 1, 2003 Fredericton surplus

The diocese of Fredericton is doing better than expected financially. Final budget figures for 2002 show a surplus of $76,000. Several factors contributed to the encouraging result - parish support, the bishop's appeal and a...

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June 1, 2003 Fishers in trouble

Bishop Bruce Stavert of Quebec, in a letter published in the diocesan newspaper, said the communities of the lower north shore (from about Chicoutimi to Sept-Iles along the St. Lawrence River), which include ten Anglican...

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June 1, 2003 General Synod Communications - Supplement to Anglican Journal

General Synod: Is it a meeting? A building? A group of people? A body of work? And whatever it is, how does it matter to you and to what you know as your church? This special supplement to the Anglican Journal,...

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June 1, 2003 Why does it matter to your Church?

No Anglican parish can really be described as “typical.” Each is unique, with its own ethos, its own flavor, its own personality.CalgaryLike many others among the 1,800 parishes that comprise the Anglican Church of Canada, St....

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June 1, 2003 What's General Synod? … Time to find out

There is a television commercial for a wireless phone company that opens with a man walking down a sidewalk testing his telephone. He is saying, "Can you hear me now?" Then he takes a few steps and repeats into the phone, "Can...

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June 1, 2003 Human need is immediate, direct and personal

One of the most upsetting phenomena of city life today is the presence of people sitting on the street holding out a hat or a cup, either with a request for change or simply in silence. Sometimes I hear other people lamenting...

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June 1, 2003 Compassion, information are antidote to fear

EEvents over the last several weeks in Canada, and particularly in Toronto, have reminded us of the power of infectious disease to disrupt far more than the lives of those infected. In addition to the tragedies of sickness and...

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