June 1, 2004 Marriage canon relaxed

St. Catharines, Ont. Divorced Anglicans hoping to re-marry in church may soon have to deal only with their parish priest instead of having to apply to a diocesan matrimonial commission for approval. General Synod gave second...

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June 1, 2004 Synod says ‘not now’ to a unified prayer book

St. Catharines, Ont. Faced with a tongue-in-cheek threat by one delegate to launch a "BAS Society of Canada," General Synod accepted Rev. Stephen Andrews' advice to "let sleeping dogs lie" and defeated a motion calling for work...

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June 1, 2004 Church examines licensing law

St. Catharines, Ont. General Synod has begun the process of softening a canon or church law that allows a bishop to fire a priest for any reason without right of appeal. In response to a directive from the 2001 synod, aimed at...

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June 1, 2004 Parties allowed delegates to unwind

Scrumptious spreads of cheese, crackers, fruit, mini wraps, pate, vegetables with dip and kebabs were laid out for delegates during socials held at various nights after the end of plenary sessions at General Synod. Wine, beer...

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June 1, 2004 Partners note difficult process

St. Catharines, Ont. The issue of same-sex blessings was like an elephant in the room at General Synod – not even the Canadian ecumenical and overseas partners of the Anglican Church of Canada who attended the gathering...

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June 1, 2004 Church’s youngest members voted too

The new primate, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, may have to work hard to win over the very youngest members of the church, since he did not place first in a mock primatial election held by the children's program at General...

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June 1, 2004 First-timer valued gracious debates

St. Catharines, Ont. Delegates from the diocese of Rupert's Land immediately put forward the name of Canon Godfrey Mawejje when asked to recommend a newcomer to General Synod that Anglican Journal could interview. It was easy...

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June 1, 2004 Synod meeting has changed ‘for the better’

St. Catharines, Ont. It was only by chance that Dr. David Gould of Algoma first became a delegate to General Synod at Vancouver in 1965. "I became an alternate delegate four days before General Synod," he recalls. Since then,...

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June 1, 2004 Synod bids warm farewell to Peers

Niagara Falls, Ont. In a long evening of tributes both live, videotaped and musical, delegates to General Synod and other distinguished guests bade farewell on May 30 to the outgoing primate, Archbishop Michael Peers. The gala...

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June 1, 2004 Youth question new primate on spirituality, generation gap

Anglican Journal canvassed General Synod youth delegates about their questions for the new primate, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison. The questions, put to Archbishop Hutchison by the Journal, are below with his responses. DAVE...

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