June 1, 2006 Payment recognizes harm to native people

Mississauga, Ont.The new plan to compensate all former students of Indian residential schools represents an acknowledgment by the federal government that native culture and languages were harmed by the now-defunct educational...

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June 1, 2006 In other matters, CoGS

Approved a resolution directing the financial management and development committee to include in the 2007 General Synod budget “20 per cent of the estimated cost of Council of the North dioceses’ attendance” at General Synod or...

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June 1, 2006 Honorary degrees awarded

Three General Synod staff, a former staffer and retired archbishop David Crawley received honorary doctorates in May. Ellie Johnson, partnerships director and former acting general secretary, was honoured by Montreal Diocesan...

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June 1, 2006 Anglican ‘civil war’ possible, says author

Having failed to have their way on other controversial issues, conservatives and evangelicals have rallied around the homosexual issue and are determined to win the ongoing battle for the “soul of Anglicanism,” says journalist...

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June 1, 2006 Fredericton bishop hits the road for HIV/AIDS

Fredericton bishop Claude Miller and Anglicans in every corner of New Brunswick last month launched a creative – and healthy – way to raise $50,000 to help combat HIV/AIDS:  they will walk and receive pledges of support in...

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June 1, 2006 General Synod finally about to take over problematic new building

After two years marked by delays and numerous post-occupancy construction problems, General Synod (the national office of the Anglican Church of Canada) was finally to assume ownership of its new office at 80 Hayden St., Toronto,...

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June 1, 2006 Journal’s Web site gets a makeover

The Anglican Journal’s Web site, www.anglicanjournal.com, is getting a much-needed makeover. The new Web site, to be launched this month, promises to have a more user-friendly layout. It will be equipped with a more powerful...

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June 1, 2006 Women’s ministry celebrated

The historic contribution of women to the church, including the Anglican Church of Canada, is often forgotten and Wycliffe College in Toronto has addressed this oversight by launching an exhibit in May that celebrates “Women...

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June 1, 2006 B.C. faces sweeping changes

The synod of the diocese of British Columbia has voted to accept bold recommendations made by a diocesan task force to reorganize congregations by closing some churches, amalgamating others, and creating new ones. “The synod,...

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June 1, 2006 Dallaire reminds West of its obligations

Kingston, Ont.It was after his speech, when he began answering questions, that Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire became most impassioned. He was speaking here at an annual fundraising dinner for George Bruce, bishop of the...

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