March 1, 2008 ‘The harvest is plentiful ...’

Lorna Effler uses lilies to portray the faithful believers of Jesus Christ in the world. “These flowers are symbolic of rebirth and the resurrection of Christ,” says Ms. Effler. “The death and resurrection of Christ allows for...

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March 1, 2008 Church receives $9.7 million refund

The federal government has issued the Anglican Church of Canada a cheque for $9.7 million to refund a portion of the church’s contribution to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Fund, which had been set up in 2003 under an old native schools agreement.

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March 1, 2008 Keewatin eyes new structures

The diocesan council of Keewatin has voted to modify the structures of the diocese by creating an area ministry in the predominantly aboriginal parishes of Northern Manitoba and preparing another, Northern Ontario, to become a self-determining native diocese in the future.

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March 1, 2008 Journal sees second best appeal ever

The Anglican Journal’s annual fundraising appeal raised its second-highest total in 2007, $565,929, said Larry Gee, the Journal’s business manager.

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March 1, 2008 Modern-day Sunday school is wired

A historic church program in western Canada returned with a modern twist as the diocese of Keewatin marked a century of Sunday School by Post by inaugurating a Sunday school course on the Internet.

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March 1, 2008 ‘I’ll never stop being a justice advocate’

When Ellie Johnson was growing up in Winnipeg after the Second World War, a book about a doctor who was a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, missionary and theologian sparked the prairie girl’s imagination, foreshadowing a career that would take her around the world in the fields of Christian education and mission.

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March 1, 2008 Protestors demand church records

Shouting “shame on the church!” about 20 people picketed the Anglican Church of Canada’s national office on Feb. 8, demanding that the church investigate the cases of children who died at or went missing from the Indian residential school system.

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March 1, 2008 New director has varied experience with NGOs

Henriette Thompson, associate academic dean of the Toronto-based Institute for Christian Studies, has been named the new director of the Anglican Church of Canada’s partnerships department. Ms. Thomp-son succeeds Ellie Johnson,...

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March 1, 2008 Primate urges PM to change position on death penalty

The Anglican Church of Canada has expressed its “grave concern” over the federal government’s announcement last October that Canada would no longer object to the imposition of the death penalty on Canadians under foreign...

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March 1, 2008 Seeking ‘Inspiration’ in photographs

Photo contributions for “From the heart,” the theme in February for Picture Your Faith, are now available for viewing at www.anglicanjournal.com/picture-your-faith.Picture Your Faith is a monthly feature on the Anglican Journal...

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