June 1, 2005 Montreal sells Bishopscourt

Bishopscourt, which had been the official residence of the bishop of Montreal for the last 40 years, has been sold for $1.3 million. Bishop Barry Clarke said the 10-room brick house was sold to a young couple. The bishop...

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June 1, 2005 Priest resigns orders

Evangelist and author Marney Patterson said he resigned in March as a priest and member of the Anglican Church of Canada because he disagrees with a motion passed at General Synod 2004 that affirmed "the integrity and sanctity of...

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June 1, 2005 $15 million collected

The Anglican Church of Canada's Indian residential schools settlement fund, with a goal of $25 million, has collected nearly $15 million as of the end of the year's first quarter. As of April 7, 2005, $14.7 million had been...

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June 1, 2005 Appointments

Rev. Kim Salo has been appointed principal for Taylor College of Mission and Evangelism in Saint John, N.B. His appointment takes effect this August. Mr. Salo is currently rector of the parish of St. Mary the Virgin in...

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June 1, 2005 Why can't we simply say what we mean?

Parsing the statements that emerge from the church is an art, not a science. Such statements are often the product of writing teams who agonize over verbs, massage texts and sometimes skillfully inject nuance into what is...

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June 1, 2005 Can we all please watch our language?

Dear editor, In reading the Anglican Journal and in conversation with other Anglicans recently, I have become increasingly disheartened by the language that is being thrown around in news reports, in letters to the editor, and...

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June 1, 2005 Sad that interpretation of Bible divides the church

Dear editor, Re: Loss of focus (April letters). This letter affirms the authority of the Word of God as the basis of our faith – that the Bible is the enduring Word of God. This view has been stated repeatedly in...

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June 1, 2005 Uplifting to be part of a huge body of believers

The Anglican Journal has kept me aware of what is going on in other parts of the Anglican Church of Canada, and in other Anglican churches worldwide. This is good, but also unsettling. The good part is the uplifting feeling of...

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June 1, 2005 Questions about our humanity cannot be answered simply

What does it mean to be human? As medical science takes us deeper, the answer to that question is increasingly clouded. New questions emerge, such as, to what degree can we play with the genetic material we are given? When may we...

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June 1, 2005 Lutheran vote on 'local option' will be difficult decision

We Lutherans are now in the home stretch, just weeks before our national convention in Winnipeg, July 21-24, 2005. The 400 or so delegates will vote on the recommendation of National Church Council (NCC) for the approval of...

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