April 1, 2002 Who does Archbishop of Canterbury lead?

THE SECOND page of the Anglican Journal last month included standard "head and shoulders" photographs of the three men reputed to be the most likely possibilities to succeed the Archbishop of Canterbury after a ponderous...

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March 1, 2002 Religious freedom vs freedom from religion

THE DISCUSSION that has swirled around the remarks the primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, addressed to a New Year's Day congregation in Ottawa actually reflects a malaise that goes much deeper than a concern over separation of...

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February 1, 2002 Stalled negotiations call for new strategy

The Church enters a new year in the saga of residential schools lawsuits and seemingly endless talks with the federal government aimed at finding some sort of solution that all parties can live with. Readers of this...

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January 1, 2002 Secrecy at CoGS seems a recurrent theme

ONE OF THE strengths of the way in which the Anglican church is governed lies in a process for elections to boards and committees that allows, every three years, for a dramatic infusion of new blood, while never completely...

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December 1, 2001 Ends, beginnings and a state of being adrift

What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. T.S. Eliot ENDS AND BEGINNINGS are inextricably linked, especially when they are tied to something as...

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November 1, 2001 A worthy celebration that never happened

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. Walt Whitman Whitman, the quintessential self-promoter, was good at "singing" himself. For us...

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October 1, 2001 Cariboo, 1914 - 2001

Founded A.D. 1914. Area of Diocese, 65,000 square miles; Population, 300,000; Anglican Population, 9,000; on Parish Rolls, 4,711; Clergy: Full-Time 11, Part-Time 9; On Leave, 4; Retired, 7; Lay Ministers of Word and Sacrament,...

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September 1, 2001 A pointless protest and a pointless death

WHEN PROTEST degenerates into mere theatre, it trivializes both the issues protested and, as amply demonstrated by events in Genoa this summer, it places those engaged in the protest in an unacceptably risky situation. Whether or...

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June 1, 2001 Summer looms, the pace picks up...

The June edition of the Anglican Journal traditionally marks the close of the publication year and presages a couple of summer months when things slow down at Church House, staff take holidays, the hours are shorter and the pace...

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May 1, 2001 A reflection on future failure

When the day comes, as it looks increasingly possible it might, that the sun rises on a landscape devoid of major churches as national institutions, Canadians should look to Ottawa for a large measure of responsibility for the...

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