October 1, 2006 A time to harvest

Saskatoon bishop Rodney Andrews with Arnold Taylor, an organic farmer from Kenaston, Sask., who is an Anglican. While his crops are healthy this year, many of his fellow farmers in other parts of the province are struggling with the effects of floods last spring and frost last fall. The Anglican Journal visited Saskatchewan to look at the plight of Anglicans in Canada’s “bread basket.” Please see inside.

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October 1, 2006 Former students urge fairness in settlement

Ten former students of Indian residential schools, among them former Keewatin bishop Gordon Beardy, took the podium on the last day of the Ontario hearing for the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and raised...

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October 1, 2006 Readers eager to receive their Journal

The Anglican Journal held up a mirror to its readership recently and found a group that is, in the main, quite fond of the church’s national newspaper.

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October 1, 2006 And the survey says...

The average Anglican Journal reader likes gardening and volunteering, plans to travel outside the country (or at least the province) in the next year and reads a lot of books.

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October 1, 2006 Settlement fund still growing

The Anglican Church of Canada has collected about $18.7 million from its national office and 30 dioceses to cover potential damages sought by former students of the now-defunct Indian residential schools. As of June 30, $9.5...

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October 1, 2006 Group prays for healing in land claim dispute

Church leaders, including Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, joined native and non-native Caledonia and Six Nations residents on the banks of the historic Grand River Aug. 30 to pray for a peaceful resolution to the disputed aboriginal land claim in Caledonia.

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October 1, 2006 Federation of schools reviews mission after director’s early departure

The Toronto School of Theology (TST) has announced the resignation of Christopher Lind as director.

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October 1, 2006 Keeping the faith in ‘next year’s country’

“It was like someone turned on the tap and forgot to turn it off,” Lillian Fleck describes the floods that came last spring in eastern Saskatchewan, leaving nearly two million acres of land too wet to seed and destroying others that were planted.

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October 1, 2006 Parish reaps rewards of garden project

It is remarkable how much goodness can sprout from a few seeds sown in good ground and in good faith.

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October 1, 2006 AIDS activists urge protection of women

The 16th International AIDS Conference ended Aug. 18 in Toronto with calls for more funding for global AIDS intervention programs, as well as for immediate, universal and equitable access to HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment and research for women and girls worldwide.

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