May 1, 2008 Courts weigh church conflicts

Two dioceses and several parishes were in court recently over conflicts involving access to churches that have voted to leave the Anglican Church of Canada. The disaffected parishes, concerned about liberalization of attitudes toward sexuality and theology, voted in February to join a conservative South American Anglican church, but wish to remain in their buildings.

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May 1, 2008 Primate visits remote chapel in the north

Two Anglican church leaders ended a cross-country tour about native issues on March 12 by visiting one of the most unusual chapels in Canada – a wooden structure on the shore of a northern Ontario lake hand-built by an Oji-Cree elder, flying the Anglican Church of Canada flag.

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May 1, 2008 Ottawa artist portrays those who serve

The dwindling numbers of aging women who serve in parish kitchens across the country seldom receive public recognition for their work but an Ottawa professional artist is doing something about it.

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May 1, 2008 Staff probe delay in Journal Appeal receipts

The Anglican Journal is investigating a delay in the mailing of receipts to readers who responded in December to the annual Journal fundraising appeal, said business manager Larry Gee.“We’ve received at least 100 complaints....

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May 1, 2008 Marking 70 years as a priest

Archdeacon Thomas Leadbeater, 92, celebrated the 70th anniversary of his ordination on March 23 by preaching at an Easter Sunday service at Pine Lake Anglican Church in Red Deer, Alta., an occasion that was attended by his...

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May 1, 2008 Church statistics trickle in slowly

Staff at the Anglican church’s finance department in Toronto are still working at updating national church statistics and hope to have them available in the Anglican Church of Canada’s 2009 directory, said treasurer Peter...

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May 1, 2008 Better late ...

In the 1880s, St. Alban’s church, Adolphustown, Ont., (diocese of Ontario) commissioned a so-called “rose window” from  Robert McCausland Ltd. But the building committee ran out of money since the church’s interior still had...

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May 1, 2008 Bishop of Central Interior to retire

Gordon Light, bishop of the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (of British Columbia), formerly the diocese of Cariboo, announced he will retire, effective Dec. 31.

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May 1, 2008 Saskatoon votes against same-sex motion

The diocese of Saskatoon, at its biennial synod held April 4-6, narrowly defeated a resolution that would have allowed clergy to bless same-sex civil marriages.The vote was 41 against, 38 for and four abstentions, said Lorea...

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May 1, 2008 Canadian churches go dark for Earth Hour

Canadian Anglicans joined millions of people around the world in switching off electric lights for 60 minutes on March 29, as part of Earth Hour, a global campaign to address climate change.

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