August 30, 2006 Call for action

A mother and daughter joined thousands for a march in Toronto to demand immediate, universal and equitable access to HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment and research for women and girls. The rally ended with a march to the Metro...

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August 30, 2006 Arctic seeks funds to rebuild cathedral

St. Jude’s Anglican Cathedral, the “igloo church” that was a landmark in Iqaluit until it was destroyed by arson last November, has been demolished and the diocese of the Arctic is now appealing for help to finance its rebuilding, estimated at $3 million.

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August 30, 2006 Uncertainty in wake of ELCIC vote

Delegates of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada’s (ELCIC) Eastern Synod voted July 6 to allow congregations to decide whether same-sex unions may be blessed in their parishes.  However, a cloud of uncertainty remains...

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August 30, 2006 Five years of full communion

To celebrate their five years in full communion, the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) have issued a joint letter asking congregations to designate Sunday, Nov. 12, for special celebrations across the nation.

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August 30, 2006 Typical church a ‘liturgical bowling alley’

Churches must put a greater emphasis on “how we seek the community” instead of just concentrating on designing a new altar when they are changing their buildings or redesigning liturgical space for contemporary worship, said a leading expert and author on renewing church space.

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August 30, 2006 New director supports Foundation’s new mandate

As the Anglican Foundation approaches its 50th anniversary, its new executive director, Dean John Wright, wants to increase significantly its endowment, bring its image and online presence up to date and forge a somewhat different profile from his charismatic predecessor, Canon John Erb.

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August 30, 2006 Native seminary blends two traditions

For two weeks in July, students at the Dr. William Winter School for Ministry traveled across Kingfisher Lake in northern Ontario to a shoreline camp called Big Beaver that featured classes on St. Paul’s letters, preaching and the theology of baptism.

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August 30, 2006 Church that once brought pain now soothes soul of lay student

Lawrence Flett, a first-time student at the William Winter school’s summer session, has seen the worst and the best that Christianity has to offer.

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August 30, 2006 Coming up in the October Anglican Journal

Next month, the Anglican Journal will begin a series that examines rural ministry in the diocese of Saskatoon. The Journal visited parishes in Humboldt, Bjorkdale and Porcupine Plain to meet Anglicans in those regions, which have...

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August 30, 2006 Questions stall naming of national native bishop

Progress toward naming the Anglican Church of Canada’s first national native bishop slowed over the summer as candidates for the position and a national committee, the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP), struggled to...

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