June 1, 2003 Elvis Priestley not demeaning worship

Dear editor, I do not imagine Douglas Barrett of Newfoundland and Labrador (April 2003 letters) was present at the service in Newmarket, which Rev. Dorian Baxter presided over. I was and a more sincere and compassionate priest...

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June 1, 2003 Saint Paul makes it clear: homosexuality is not acceptable

Dear editor, I agree with Bishop Terry Brown that condemnation is wrong ("Something is very wrong here," May 2003). The Apostle Paul said, "There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." However, I disagree...

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June 1, 2003

PWRDF to address costs, funding and finances Dear editor, I am writing in response to Peter Carroll's letter, calling on PWRDF to 'examine structure' (May 2003). I appreciate his concern about the organizational and...

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June 1, 2003 Hywel J. Jones

Hywel J. Jones, who was elected bishop of the diocese of British Columbia in 1980 and retired four years later, died on April 23 of kidney failure. He was 85. When he was elected, he said the diocese wasn't "quite ready" for...

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June 1, 2003 Calendar

Summer school The College of Emmanuel and St. Chad in Saskatoon said the theme of its annual Summer School of Lay Persons will be Spiritual Resources for an Anglican Journey. The course will run July 5-11 and registration fee of...

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June 1, 2003 Correction

Fabric artist Mandy Gravells was incorrectly identified in the May issue's special supplement on vestments. The Journal regrets the error. Â

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June 1, 2003 Students gain pastoral skills in overseas program

Recent Wycliffe College theology graduate Emma Vickery said her three months as a pastoral intern in Jamaica last summer taught her what it feels like to be an anomaly in a different culture. "I am a white Canadian," she said....

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June 1, 2003 Anglican-Muslim talks ignore war

The Archbishop of Canterbury was criticized for not meeting with military chaplains or troops in the Iraqi conflict even though he was holding theological dialogues with Muslims at Qatar where Allied Command was headquartered in...

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June 1, 2003 Evangelicals ask Williams to speak

The Archbishop of Canterbury will have the opportunity to win over some of the hard-line British evangelicals who vigorously opposed his nomination after he was invited to speak with them.However, some say the invitation is not...

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June 1, 2003 Campaign still petitioning G-8

Campaigners are gathering in Birmingham, England, five years after the 1998 summit of the world's leading industrialized nations in that city, to proclaim that the world's richest countries are still failing to honour their...

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