November 1, 2008 ‘The poor can wait no longer,’ says primate at Walk of Witness

The leaders of Canadian Anglicans and Lutherans say ending poverty at home and abroad must be a priority for the newly-formed government.

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November 1, 2008 General Synod anticipates deficits

General Synod, the national office of the Anglican Church of Canada, is anticipating “significant deficits” for 2009 and 2010, citing a decline in diocesan giving, increased travel costs, and fallout from the current global financial crisis resulting in an expected decrease in investment income.

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November 1, 2008 Pension plan is safe, says committee

The global economic crisis has “not affected the payment of pensions to retirees, or the ability to begin to receive a pension for those contemplating retirement,” said the General Synod pension committee in a statement Oct.18....

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November 1, 2008 Journal Appeal continues

The 15th annual Anglican Journal Appeal provides readers of the Journal and the diocesan papers with an opportunity to provide welcome financial support. Proceeds of the appeal are divided evenly between the Journal and the...

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November 1, 2008 Reconciliation will take time

Academics who gathered here recently for an international conference on Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) have cautioned Canadians against looking at the TRC as the final stage in the reconciliation with aboriginal people harmed by the 150-year legacy of forced assimilation through the Indian residential schools.

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November 1, 2008 Non-aboriginal bureaucrat will head up commission

Some aboriginal groups have expressed concern that a non-aboriginal federal government bureaucrat has been appointed executive director of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

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November 1, 2008 Donating stocks could benefit church and reduce taxes

Anglicans are being asked to consider donating stocks to the church to avoid taking a big hit on their taxes. Owners of Bell Canada shares – the most widely held stock in the country – could face huge capital gains tax bills in...

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November 1, 2008 Diocese responds to suit

The Vancouver-based diocese of New Westminster has asked the Supreme Court of B.C. to declare that the 17 individuals who filed a lawsuit against the diocese and its bishop, Michael Ingham, are not entitled to possession or control of the church properties they currently occupy.

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November 1, 2008 Four more churches vote to leave

Four more Canadian congregations have voted to leave the Anglican Church of Canada and to be under the episcopal oversight of Bishop Donald Harvey, moderator of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC), and under the primatial authority of Archbishop Gregory Venables, primate of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.

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November 1, 2008 B.C. synod deals creatively with decline

Nearly half a century ago, as the baby boom boomed, a small group from St. Paul’s Anglican Church in downtown Nanaimo on Vancouver Island moved out to start a new congregation called St. James.

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