The number of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) hearings concerning former students of the Indian residential school system is increasing and the Anglican Church of Canada's national office is canvassing bishops about a...
Category: October 2005, Residential Schools
Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, is inaugurating a fundraising dinner in Toronto aimed at major donors that he hopes will support such special projects as an Anglican youth network, his...
Category: October 2005, Canada, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison

Winnipeg A handful of earth and a sprinkle of water from farms, food banks and fisheries across southern Manitoba aren't elements of your usual communion service. But on August 21, participants of a Food Justice Camp...
Category: October 2005, Canada
The Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP), during its regular fall meeting later this month, will begin to discuss the idea of a national indigenous bishop – a position that was requested by the native Sacred Circle...
Category: October 2005, Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples, National Indigenous Bishop

WinnipegRaven Thundersky steps forward from the pews of St. Matthew's Anglican Church to light a candle. Pausing in the dim, flickering light, she glances down at the photo in her hand. It is her sister, Malvina, who died 10...
Category: October 2005, Canada, Feature
After a one-year delay, the diocese of Central Newfoundland, in an electoral synod held September 9-10, finally chose a new bishop: Rev. David Torraville. Last year the synod was unable to elect a bishop since no candidate...
Category: October 2005, Canada
Bishop Peter Coffin, bishop ordinary to the Canadian forces, in the co-pilot's seat of a CF 140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft during a recent flight over the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Category: October 2005, Canada
Three Anglicans – an environmental activist, a politician, and a priest – are among the recipients of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian award. Administered by the Governor General and an advisory...
Category: October 2005, Canada
General Synod has asked a leader in the area of gift planning and annual giving in Canada to conduct an independent audit of the Anglican Church of Canada's annual fundraising programs to look at ways of improving the way...
Category: October 2005, Canada
Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has appointed Canon Gordon Baker as acting executive director of the Anglican Foundation, following the death of Canon John Erb last July 31. In a letter to...
Category: October 2005, Canada, Appointments