February 1, 2008 Truth commission ‘needs to’ hear from churches

It is important for churches to “be on the record” about the role that they played in the residential schools and what they have done to facilitate healing and reconciliation with aboriginal people who were affected by that legacy, said an official of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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February 1, 2008 Call to reduce poverty

Leaders of member denominations of the Canadian Council of Churches – including the Anglican church – on Nov. 26 wrote to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, urging that Canada take immediate steps to reduce poverty.

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February 1, 2008 Burnt church reopens

Holy Trinity Anglican church in Sooke, B.C. reopened on Dec. 15 in a new building after a disastrous fire two-and-a-half years ago. The rededication service included a blackened collection plate and a depiction of Christ with a...

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February 1, 2008 Arctic fundraiser

One burned and resurrected church – St. John’s, Lunenburg, N.S. – raised funds last December for another church struggling to rebuild after a fire: St. Jude’s Cathedral, Iqaluit, Nunavut. Between Dec. 1 and 2, St. John’s raised...

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February 1, 2008 Hockey dad and volunteer receive highest honour

Two Anglicans – Walter Gretzky and Irene Pfeiffer – recently joined the distinguished list of people awarded with the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honour. Walter Gretzky, best known as the father of hockey...

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February 1, 2008 New Kairos chair

Cheryl Curtis, executive director of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, the Anglican Church of Canada’s relief and development agency, has been appointed chair of the executive to the board of directors of Kairos....

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February 1, 2008 Award for theologian

Mary Tanner, one of the eight presidents of the World Council of Churches, is to get one of the highest honours given by the British monarch in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list.

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February 1, 2008 Paul Ken Imai

Canon Paul Ken Imai, a Japanese Anglican priest who was imprisoned during the Second World War and ministered to Japanese Canadians who were experiencing the aftermath of wartime internment in Canada, died in Toronto on Nov. 27,...

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February 1, 2008 In the shadow of the cross

Priests hold Sunday mass inside a Lutheran church burnt during post-election violence in Nairobi’s Kibera slum. In recent weeks, Kenyan churches have helped provide humanitarian assistance for hundreds of thousands of people...

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February 1, 2008 Aid starting to reach Kenya

Kenyan churches have joined in an effort to provide humanitarian assistance for hundreds of thousands of people displaced after violent unrest erupted in parts of the East African country following a disputed election held on Dec. 27.

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