April 1, 2004 PWRDF staffer to leave fund

Rob Shropshire is leaving his job as development team co-ordinator of the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) to join the Canadian Human Rights Foundation as program manager in mid-April. "We feel such pride...

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April 1, 2004 One-time chair

Archbishop David Crawley, in his capacity as acting primate, chairs the March meeting of the Council of General Synod; beside him is prolocutor Dorothy Davies-Flindall.

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April 1, 2004 Council endorses new six-year plan

Mississauga, Ont. Flip the title. The Anglican Church of Canada's strategic plan for the next six years will be called Serving God's World: Strengthening the Church, not the other way round, as originally proposed. Council...

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April 1, 2004 Finances trouble General Synod

Mississauga, Ont. Financial difficulties continue to hound General Synod, with the 2004 budget incurring a deficit of $241,592 and the 2005 budget projected to suffer a deficit of $754,000 due to a combination of factors...

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April 1, 2004 CoGS Highlights

In other news from the meeting of the Council of General Synod: Council approved a motion from the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund that the 10th anniversary of the genocidal civil war in Rwanda be commemorated...

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April 1, 2004 Two lay people to receive award

Amy Newell, who has served the national church for 24 years, and Robert "Bob" Falby, a lay canon who was a member of the residential schools negotiating team, are the recipients of this year's Anglican Award of Merit. The award...

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April 1, 2004 Anglicans rejoin ecumenical negotiations in Ottawa

Mississauga, Ont. The ecumenical group that was negotiating with the federal government over native residential schools has re-formed to discuss the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process, which aims to speed up claims of...

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April 1, 2004 Fixed term for primate?

The Council of General Synod (CoGS) will send to General Synod a proposal that the primate's term of office be limited to nine years with the possibility of a three-year extension. A task force examining the primacy did not...

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April 1, 2004 Broadcast promotes orthodoxy

Burlington, Ont. Conservative Canadian Anglicans opposed to liberal views on homosexuality attracted a nationwide audience on Saturday, Feb. 28 for a four-hour video conference entitled For Such a Time as This. Hosted by...

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April 1, 2004 Archbishop protests interference of foreign primates

Archbishop David Crawley, the acting primate, has written formal letters of protest to the primates of Central Africa, Congo, Rwanda and Southeast Asia saying their offer of "temporary adequate episcopal oversight" to New...

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