March 1, 2004 Donors remain loyal to appeals

TorontoDonations to the Anglican Journal Appeal suffered a small decrease during its 10th anniversary in 2003, and gifts last year to the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) are projected to exceed the previous...

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March 1, 2004 Bishops react to plot to dismantle ECUSA

Conservative bishops in the Anglican Church of Canada had mixed reactions to recent reports that Episcopalians opposed to the consecration of a gay bishop in New Hampshire are preparing to replace the Episcopal Church of the...

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March 1, 2004 Church House moving date set for April

The national church office will move to its new quarters at 80 Hayden St., Toronto, on the weekend of April 24-25, Archdeacon Jim Boyles, general secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada, has announced. April 23 has been...

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March 1, 2004 Ministry is all downhill

While many Canadian families take advantage of March break to head to warm, sunnier climes, nearly as many hit the ski slopes. But what to do when that cold weather activity takes a family away from their regular church? Surely...

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March 1, 2004 Unusual thesis blends snow, spirituality

In a new age world where people can find spirituality anywhere from indoor fountains to backyard gardens, Rev. Neil Elliot managed to convince his superiors to approve a PhD thesis in the spirituality of snowboarding. A...

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March 1, 2004 Synod site takes advantage of local scenery

St. Catharines, Ont. Delegates to General Synod 2004 may need intense powers of concentration as they meet at Brock University here, a short drive from the wineries of the Niagara peninsula, the Shaw Festival repertory theatre...

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March 1, 2004 Keynoter Lewis will challenge church about AIDS crisis

It has been more than 20 years since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) began to appear and Andrew Ignatieff is hoping that General Synod 2004 will be a turning point in...

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March 1, 2004 Lutherans struggling with sex, too

The National Church Council (NCC) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), just like the Anglican Church of Canada, is now in the thick of a church-wide process of "engagement" with the issue of same-sex blessings. ...

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March 1, 2004 Newfoundland bishop will retire after General Synod

Bishop Donald Harvey of the diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador has announced he will retire at the end of November. "It's a combination of things but mostly, I'm just feeling tired," said Bishop Harvey, who...

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March 1, 2004 Montreal loses assistant bishop; will not replace retiring Hatton

Due to continuing financial constraints resulting from dwindling congregations, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison of the diocese of Montreal has decided not to replace Assistant Bishop Russell Hatton, who retired recently. ...

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