May 9, 2008 Niagara diocese to hold Sunday services at dissenting churches

The diocese of Niagara announced it has scheduled Sunday services at 8:30 a.m. at three dissenting churches, after a judge ruled on May 5 that the three congregations must share their buildings with diocesan representatives and parishioners loyal to the diocese.

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May 8, 2008 Primate’s Fund accepting donations for Burma cyclone relief

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is accepting donations to be sent to its partners in Burma (also known as Myanmar) to help victims of a cyclone that on May 2 killed tens of thousands of people and left about one million others homeless.

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May 6, 2008 Churches must share buildings with Niagara diocese, court rules

An Ontario judge ruled on May 5 that the diocese of Niagara should be allowed to share three church buildings where congregations have voted to leave the Anglican Church of Canada over theological issues that include blessing ceremonies for gay couples

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May 5, 2008 Journal wins 17 awards

The Anglican Journal won a total of 17 awards at two separate national and international church press conventions this spring.

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May 1, 2008 Athabasca synod supports breakaway churches

The archbishop of Athabasca has issued a letter confirming his diocese’s commitment to the Canadian church and the Anglican Communion after its synod passed motions supporting churches that have left the Anglican Church of Canada and criticizing bishops who have gone to court over property issues.

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April 29, 2008 Venables predicts end of Anglican Communion

The South American primate who has welcomed dissenting Canadian Anglican parishes into his province says he sees the beginning of the end of the world-wide Anglican Communion.

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April 28, 2008 Justice LaForme chosen to chair Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Justice Harry S. LaForme, an aboriginal Ontario Court of Appeal judge, has been appointed by the federal government to chair an independent commission that will hear the stories and promote public education about the 150-year legacy of the now-defunct Indian residential schools.

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April 23, 2008 Eleven clergy resign in New Westminster

April 21 resigned due to theological conflicts with the diocese and Bishop Michael Ingham, but said they intend to continue their parish ministry under the jurisdiction of an Anglican province in South America.

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April 21, 2008 Canadian primate asks South American prelate to "stop interfering"

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has asked South American archbishop Gregory Venables to cancel a scheduled visit to Canada this week and “stop interfering in the life of this province.”

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April 21, 2008 Saskatchewan’s Bishop Burton to become rector of Dallas church

Bishop Anthony Burton, who has served the diocese of Saskatchewan for 15 years as its bishop and two as its dean, announced on April 20 that he will be taking up a new post as rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas.

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