December 1, 2004 Firefighters remembered

A southern Ontario congregation has honoured the memory of four firefighters who died battling a blaze at the namesake of their church in England during the Second World War. On April 16-17, 1941, Christ Church in...

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December 1, 2004 Settlement fund

The Anglican Church of Canada's residential schools settlement fund has topped the halfway mark toward its target of $25 million, according to General Synod's financial office. As of Sept. 30, $13 million had been collected from...

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December 1, 2004 Nativity scenes across the nation

Last year, Anglican Journal asked readers to send in photographs of their créches, representations of the nativity of Jesus Christ. Dozens of pictures arrived in our mailbox, too many to showcase in the regular hard copy...

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December 1, 2004 A sorry state of affairs

Sorry really does seem to be the hardest word. In the weeks following the release of the Windsor Report, which bemoaned the sad state of affairs in the Anglican Communion, the church has heard a number of variations on the...

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December 1, 2004 We all come home for Christmas

Later this month I will celebrate my first Christmas in Toronto in 20 years. As I look forward to the wonderful occasion of our Lord's birth there is strange sense of nostalgia, for I have come home for Christmas. In a very real...

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December 1, 2004 What about a 'Happy Meal' after Sunday services?

Dear editor, Re: "Churches have much to learn from Golden Arches" (October Journal). Much to learn, is right. Years ago, while I was going through a very difficult period, I attended an Anglican church service every...

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December 1, 2004 Difficult to recognize the church I once knew

Dear editor, Behind the tribute to the late Archbishop Ted Scott, beyond Bishop Victoria Matthews' thoughtful meditation, the stories in the September and October issues were those of a deeply conflicted church. To recognize...

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December 1, 2004 Lutherans urged to 'accompany' Anglicans in prayer

The current questions related to human sexuality, such as the blessing of same-sex unions, continue to be a divisive issue from which church, media and politics are not detached. Like the Anglican church, the Evangelical...

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December 1, 2004 Film provides a glimpse of an early schism

Anglicans and Lutherans have formally joined forces in Canada but remain quite ignorant of each other's history. This is especially true of their significant, albeit distinct, formative and shared experience of the 16th-century...

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December 1, 2004 Christmas carols go unplugged

The "Very Special Christmas" album series is some 15 years old now. Six albums later, the projects have raised more than $60 million for the Special Olympics. Look for that total to rise substantially with the release of A...

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