June 1, 2004 Hutchison is new primate

St. Catharines, Ont. Archbishop Andrew Hutchison of Montreal was elected the 12th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada by lay and clergy delegates at the General Synod held at Brock University here. Archbishop Hutchison was...

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June 1, 2004 Sexuality questions leave church at odds

St. Catharines, Ont. Deeply divided over liberalizing church attitudes toward homosexuals, Canadian Anglicans meeting at their triennial governing convention here voted to defer a decision on whether gay relationships should be...

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June 1, 2004 National office cuts budget

The 2004 budget for the national church, called General Synod, has been reduced by $307,000 to avoid a deficit due to lower-than-expected donations resulting from debates on the issues of same-sex blessings and payments to the...

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June 1, 2004 Choirmaster’s presence troubles bishops

Bishop George Bruce of Ontario has expressed his concern to Bishop Peter Coffin of Ottawa that a well-known convicted pedophile is now performing choir and other duties at a downtown Ottawa church. Bishop Coffin said he is still...

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June 1, 2004 Journal lauded at church press awards

Anglican Journal recently won 11 awards from two press associations in North America for stories published last year. It received five awards, including an award of excellence for best feature article in the newspaper category,...

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June 1, 2004 Groups hope for ripple effect from water rights forum

Further gatherings are hoped for after a national forum on Aboriginal water rights that brought together indigenous leaders, elders, and civil society and church activists at the Wilderness Edge Retreat Centre in Winnipeg. Water...

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June 1, 2004 Book seeks understanding for gay and lesbian Christians

A new book, Living Together in the Church: Including Our Differences, released one month before General Synod, explores ways Anglicans can stay together in the church they love, even as they disagree over homosexuality. ...

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June 1, 2004 Happy anniversary

Former primate Archbishop Ted Scott (centre, flanked by Rev. Susan Baldwin, left, and Canon Alice Medcof) took part in a celebration May 2 at All Saints Church, Markham, Ont., to mark the 60th anniversary of the ordination...

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June 1, 2004 Buckle a welcome visitor in Alaska

While questions of alternate episcopal oversight – bishops ministering to disgruntled parishes in dioceses that are not their own – continue to plague the church, a conservative Canadian bishop has been invited to...

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June 1, 2004 Church appraises episcopal visitor

The arrangement made by the diocese of New Westminster to provide pastoral care through an episcopal visitor to churches opposed to same-sex blessings has worked for the first parish which accepted this special ministry, its...

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