January 1, 2004 Churches condemn anti-Semitism

Concerned by an "alarming increase of anti-Semitism in Canada," leaders of nine Christian churches in Canada ? including the Anglican Church of Canada ? have urged religious communities and Canadians in general to resist violence...

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January 1, 2004 Dioceses debate blessings issue

The diocese of Toronto will wait nearly a year before deciding on whether to offer a "local option" to parishes wishing to offer same-sex blessings or whether to petition the federal government to retain the traditional...

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January 1, 2004 Primate names task force members

Archbishop Michael Peers, the Canadian primate, has announced the members of a task force mandated by the house of bishops that will consider alternate episcopal oversight for those who dissent from church decisions. The...

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January 1, 2004 Anglican retailer expands its line

Church Publishing Inc., the official publisher of the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA), has appointed the Toronto-based Anglican Book Centre, the Anglican Church of Canada's nationally-known retailer of books,...

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January 1, 2004 Archbishop asks Ontario for action on poverty

Archbishop Terence Finlay has asked Ontario 's new Liberal government to act quickly to help alleviate the plight of 390,000 children in poverty, of single-parent families living below the poverty line, and of minimum-wage...

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January 1, 2004 Scots in Canada

Jim Bear of the Brokenhead Ojibwa traveled recently to Scotland and presented the Royal Museum of Scotland with a cross carved out of wood cut from oak which had been removed from the floor of an old stone church of St. Peter,...

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January 1, 2004 Toonies for HIV/AIDS

Dr. Stephen Hart, a New Brunswick Anglican, has asked his church to be actively involved in the HIV/AIDS relief and education campaign of the Primates World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) by contributing a toonie ($2 coin)...

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January 1, 2004 Three new staff at church's national office

Nancy Hurn Nancy Hurn begins work in Toronto as General Synod's archivist on Jan. 5, 2004. She succeeds longtime archivist Terry Thompson, who resigned in August, 2003, to accept a position at the University of Calgary. Ms. Hurn...

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January 1, 2004 How did your church mark World AIDS Day?

This church has AIDS. Elsewhere in this first issue of 2004, the Anglican Journal has coverage of how churches and others marked World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, last month. Sadly, the stories and images we were able to gather...

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January 1, 2004 Giving a gift of sharing often means accepting blessings offered

I once read a long moan about the appalling thoughtlessness and rudeness of modern youth that sounded like a Victorian grandparent of mine on a bad day. photo It lamented the depravity of manners of the young and the...

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