March 1, 2005 Churches are reduced to 'public culture'

Dear editor, (Re: Ontario churches concerned about proposed changes to Heritage Act, Jan. 11, Journal Web site) How curious that the Ontario government seems to overlook practising Christian communities and sees church...

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March 1, 2005 How sad that I would be unfit as a priest in Arctic today

Dear editor, Re: Arctic may ask clergy to denounce gay unions (February Anglican Journal). Where is the Anglican church I thought I belonged to? How sad that I would no longer be an acceptable priest in the Arctic today! I...

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March 1, 2005 Leaders must challenge disconnect between life and liturgy

For those of us looking for some relief to the current malaise afflicting the Anglican Church, January's issue of the Anglican Journal was not encouraging! The litany of new symptoms ran all the way from financial woes at the...

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March 1, 2005 Canon Roderick Robinson

Canon Roderick Robinson, who played a pivotal role in the negotiations that resulted in the 2000 Nisga'a land claim settlement, the first of its kind, has died at the age of 73. Born in Gitlakdamix (Old Aiyansh), near Terrace,...

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March 1, 2005 Pauline Bradbrook

Pauline Bradbrook, former Anglican mission personnel to the Solomon Islands and teacher at the Centre for Christian Studies, Toronto, died Feb. 3. Ms. Bradbrook, 61, former staff of the Canadian Council of Churches and a...

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March 1, 2005 Qu’Appelle bishop to retire

Bishop Duncan Wallace of Qu'Appelle has announced his retirement effective May 31. Bishop Wallace, 67, told his diocesan council Jan. 22 that his retirement would fall near the 40th anniversary of his ordination as a priest on...

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March 1, 2005 New reverend mother chosen for SSJD

Sr. Elizabeth Ann Eckert is the new reverend mother of the Anglican Sisterhood of St. John the Divine (SSJD), succeeding Sr. Constance Joanna Gefvert. Sr. Elizabeth Ann assumes her new role as the sixth reverend mother in...

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March 1, 2005 Corrections

The assessed value of Bishopstope, the bishop's residence near Timmins, Ont., see city of the diocese of Moosonee, is about $183,000. Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, attends the...

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March 1, 2005 On being wholly holy at work

In modern Canadian society, religion is largely out-of-bounds at work, something you leave at home, like your love life. For eight hours a day we serve mammon, we give to Caesar what is Caesar's; the rest of the time is ours to...

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March 1, 2005 A glimpse of the unexplainable

The most tempting mistake when one looks at an event like the 1994 genocide in Rwanda is to think that if you talk to all the right people, read all the right books or see the right movies, you will understand. We want...

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