March 1, 2004 Government will appeal court ruling

The government of Canada will appeal the so-called Blackwater court ruling which found that the federal government was 100 per cent liable for abuse suffered by students at the Alberni Indian Residential School and that the...

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March 1, 2004 Signed, sealed, delivered

Archbishop Michael Peers stepped down as primate of the Anglican Church of Canada on Feb. 1. He signed his official resignation while on retreat at the Society of St. John the Evangelist, a religious community in Cambridge, Mass., where the primate went on retreat twice a year during his primacy.

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March 1, 2004 Church figures honoured

Canon Roderick A. Robinson, of the diocese of Caledonia, and Janet Somerville, former general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC), were named in January to the Order of Canada, the nation's highest honour. ...

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March 1, 2004 Plenty of room at the inn

The parishioners of Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver are, metaphorically, keeping their running shoes on as they attend services in a public library, a hotel and a United church while the cathedral is undergoing a year of...

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March 1, 2004 Theology commission looks at church’s mission

The newly appointed Primate's Theological Commission met for the first time recently in Oakville, Ont., and began identifying "underlying foundational questions, including our expression of our understanding of Christ and the...

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March 1, 2004 Group examining ministry to objectors wraps up its work

Toronto The task force mandated by the house of bishops to consider alternate episcopal oversight for those who strongly object to church decisions has wrapped up the consultations and is now preparing its official report. ...

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March 1, 2004 Churches gather to pray for unity

An inter-religious choir performed at a solemn evensong, a first for the Basilica of St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal. A small Roman Catholic parish in Sorel, Que., heard a woman priest preach, also for the first time. Thirteen...

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March 1, 2004 Diocese reclaims one parish

The parish of St. Martin's, North Vancouver, which earlier joined a coalition of parishes opposed to a diocesan synod resolution allowing same-sex blessings in the diocese of New Westminster, has began repaying its assessments as...

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March 1, 2004 Saskatchewan newspaper turns spotlight on northerners

The diocese of Saskatchewan has a new publication, Northern and Cree News, a glossy, colourful four-page tabloid focusing on Anglican church life in the northern communities, especially its indigenous ministry. The...

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March 1, 2004 CoGS asked to mark anniversary

The Council of General Synod (CoGS), which meets March 4-7, will vote on a resolution calling on Canadian Anglicans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide on Palm Sunday, April 4. The resolution,...

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