December 1, 2007 Charity in fashion

The Anglican Church Women of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Ont., diocese of Huron, staged a unique fundraising on Nov. 3 to benefit children affected by HIV-AIDS in Africa: a fashion show featuring authentic period clothing...

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December 1, 2007 Soup kitchen reopens

St. Saviour’s church in Victoria, diocese of British Columbia, has reopened its Rainbow Kitchen after having closed it for more than a month in the wake of the resignation last September of its rector, Rev. Antonio Osorio, who...

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December 1, 2007 Communication must be transparent, timely and accurate

Although it passed with little fanfare last spring, the Anglican Church of Canada endorsed a document entitled Vision and Principles of Communications. Drafted by the national church’s communications and information resources committee and commended by the Council of General Synod (CoGS) for use across the Canadian church, these guiding principles assert first and foremost that “how we communicate is as important as what we communicate.”

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December 1, 2007 Featured letter: Who is responsible for membership?

Dear editor,As rector of a small parish mostly full of wonderful senior citizens, I was recently horrified to hear a younger clergy person say that he regularly asks his seniors what they are doing to replace themselves! How is...

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December 1, 2007 Featured letter: Quite a bit more comfort

Dear editor,Re: A bit of comfort (April Anglican Journal), about the knitted comfort dolls (www.icross.ca). I started a challenge to all churches in Sarnia to create comfort dolls in memory of Cpl. Brent Poland, a member of St....

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December 1, 2007 Letters to the editor

The Anglican Journal welcomes letters to the editor. Preference is given to letters under 200 words. All letters are subject to editing for length, grammar and clarity. Please include a mailing address with all letters.

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December 1, 2007 Editor’s note: A moratorium on letters about homosexuality?

In October we asked readers whether they would like a moratorium on letters on the issues of homosexuality and same-sex blessings. The question stirred strong reactions from readers: we received about 110 letters, split evenly...

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December 1, 2007 The long road behind ELCIC’s first female national bishop

With the election last June of Rev. Susan Christine Johnson to national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), a 45-year history of women seeking ordination to the Lutheran Church was realized at the highest...

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December 1, 2007 Christmas ‘stations’

For the last two years members of emerge (a downtown congregation focusing on 18-35 year olds) have collaborated with curieux.ca, another new church in Montreal, in developing an approach to celebrating Christmas which uses a...

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December 1, 2007 A different kind of Christmas

I am the deacon in the church of St. John the Evangelist in Leamington, Ont. My outreach ministry is as chaplain in Leamington District Memorial Hospital. Although my main ministry is to the patients, their families, and the...

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