June 1, 2006 Budget deficit hit $1.1 million in 2005

Mississauga, Ont.For the third consecutive year, General Synod, the governing body of the Anglican Church of Canada, ended its fiscal year with a deficit: $1.1 million in 2005. Treasurer Peter Blachford told the Council of...

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June 1, 2006 Colourful rendering

Mary Magdalene was one of several works by Chinese Christian artist He Qi on display recently at Toronto’s Wycliffe College. Two Anglican colleges, Wycliffe and Trinity, partnered in hosting the artist, who is also a professor at...

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June 1, 2006 Archbishop Hutchison to step down in 2007

Niagara Falls, Ont. Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the primate, or national archbishop, of the Anglican Church of Canada, will step down at the 2007 General Synod governing convention because, he says, there are times he is...

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June 1, 2006 Historical gingko trees lost in office move

In the end, not even the fact that they were historical could save two gingko trees that had been planted by the first Anglican and Canadian bishop of Honan, China –William Charles White – outside the old Anglican Church of...

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June 1, 2006 Campfires, canoes, crafts and Christ

Canadians, accustomed to long winters, eagerly embrace summer in the great outdoors by a lake, but warm-weather camping acquires another dimension when there is a chapel by the shore. Although some diocesan summer camps are in...

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June 1, 2006 Bishops ask General Synod to help poorer dioceses

Niagara Falls, Ont. Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada, at their regular spring meeting, responded to a call for more support for poorer dioceses, asking that the cost of their attendance next year at General Synod be...

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June 1, 2006 House questions council on national native bishop

Niagara Falls, Ont. The house of bishops of the Anglican church, at their regular spring meeting here, grappled with the impending reality of a new national aboriginal bishop – particularly the financial implications and the...

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June 1, 2006 Bishops condemn Nigerian laws on homosexuals’ human rights

Niagara Falls, Ont.Canada’s bishops unanimously endorsed a motion expressing “grave concern” about proposed legislation in Nigeria that “would prohibit or severely restrict the freedom of speech, association, expression and...

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June 1, 2006 How will General Synod deal with sexuality issues?

Mississauga, Ont. With a procedural nightmare looming a year from now when General Synod gathers to decide on the blessing of same-sex unions, the church’s faith, worship and ministry committee has asked Council of General Synod...

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June 1, 2006 Council okays idea of native bishop

Mississauga, Ont. Council of General Synod (CoGS) approved a pending appointment by the primate of the first national indigenous Anglican bishop, on the recommendation of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP), but...

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