February 1, 2005 Two churches examine shared ministries

Nearly 30 years after the Anglican and United churches broke off merger talks, the two denominations are again discussing closer ties – but a merger is not on the table. "It's still in an exploratory phase, a...

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February 1, 2005 Sombre service recalls missing native women

An Anglican church representative – Esther Wesley, co-ordinator of the national Indigenous Healing Fund – returned to a city she knows well, Timmins, Ont., to participate in a sombre service Dec. 14 commemorating the...

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February 1, 2005 Primate will chair Cuba meeting

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, is scheduled to visit Cuba this month to chair a meeting of the Metropolitan Council of Cuba (MCC), and to act as an observer and adviser at the annual...

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February 1, 2005 Long-time Primate’s Fund staffer announces resignation

Susie Henderson has announced her departure as co-ordinator for parish and diocesan partnerships of the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF). Ms. Henderson, 40, who has had a long relationship with PWRDF...

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February 1, 2005 Indigenous funds

The synod of Rupert's Land has voted to set aside $190,000 to strengthen aboriginal ministries in the diocese. The money was to have been added to a new fund that holds money from the sale of Anglican Island. The...

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February 1, 2005 Teaching Cree

Rev. James Settee, who at 85 became the oldest man ever to be ordained priest, and who is best known for having written the Cree version of John Newton's Amazing Grace, has embarked on another mission: teaching Cree to teenagers...

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February 1, 2005 Schools exhibit

A new traveling exhibit called "Where Are The Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools" is at the Festival Hall of the Manitoba Museum until March 13. The exhibit relates the history of the residential schools...

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February 1, 2005 Heritage sites

Anglican, Evangelical Lutheran, Roman Catholic and United churches in Ontario have asked the standing committee on justice policy of Ontario's Legislative Assembly not to approve the proposed amendments to the 1975 Ontario...

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February 1, 2005 Few dioceses are uniform in all their beliefs

The executive committee of the diocese of the Arctic recently affirmed the Montreal Declaration and will bring it to their synod this spring. In its magazine, the diocese also said that if passed by synod, affirmation of the...

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February 1, 2005 Light shines most brightly in darkness

We were still in the glow of the Christmas celebrations. Hearts had been opened and turned outward, especially towards those who have little to celebrate in their day-to-day lives. Families had gathered, and worshipped together,...

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