August 30, 2006 By choosing to forgive, we choose not to perpetuate cycle of revenge

On Sept. 11th, 2001, five years ago, I was in my office just three blocks south of the World Trade Center site when I heard a loud crack. Once it had been determined that a plane had collided with the World Trade Center towers, I...

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August 30, 2006 David Woeller, former general secretary, dies at 80

Archdeacon David John Woeller, 80, who served for six years as general secretary of General Synod, died July 12. Mr. Woeller worked for General Synod in various capacities before accepting the church’s second-highest position of...

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August 30, 2006 Canon Howard Buchner was dean of divinity at Trinity College

Canon Howard Buchner, an unassuming but towering figure at Toronto’s Trinity College where he served for many years as a professor and dean of the faculty of divinity, died May 27 at the age of 85. Born July 6, 1921, Canon...

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August 30, 2006 Writer, arts advocate Arnold Edinborough wrote column for the Journal, Canadian Churchman

Arnold Edinborough, a renowned writer, editor, arts advocate and devout Anglican, died June 2 at the age of 84. Mr. Edinborough was a long-time columnist on the arts for the Anglican Journal, founding president of the Council for...

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August 30, 2006 Breast cancer claims priest

In 2003, Rev. Lynn Griffin’s battle with breast cancer became public when she agreed to be featured in a weekly television diary about coping with the debilitating disease. On July 27 Ms. Griffin, who was on disability leave from...

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August 30, 2006 Quilting ministries pull communities together

 “‘This ministry isn’t about quilts. It’s about the prayers. Only the prayers.’ The founders would rather have you add ties and prayers to a store-bought blanket than have you make a prayer quilt so beautiful, perfect and...

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August 30, 2006 ECUSA decisions cause more turmoil

Some conservative dioceses are attempting to break away from the American Episcopal church following the election in June of a female presiding bishop and the church’s indication that it will continue to support liberalizing church attitudes toward homosexuality.

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August 30, 2006 Aid agencies enter fray in Lebanon

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), the relief and development arm of the Anglican Church of Canada, has sent $25,000 in response to an appeal made by a global alliance of churches sending relief to civilians uprooted by the Israeli offensive in Lebanon.

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August 30, 2006 Two-tier church ‘anathema’

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, said he welcomes the concept of an Anglican covenant “as a process” that would indicate the church is “entering a serious and protracted conversation as to...

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August 30, 2006 Canadians offer unique perspectives on meeting

A dozen or so visitors from the Anglican Church of Canada, including the primate, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, attended the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA) in various capacities and viewed the triennial meeting from a unique perspective.

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