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Institutions urged: Don't let influence wane

Institutions urged: Don't let influence wane

There are some incidents occurring in this country that would suggest that our society is drifting in the wrong direction.

23 April 2012

A Bishop for All People

A Bishop for All People

“Ningún cristiano puede llamarse cristiano si no siente el dolor de su hermano.”
(No Christian can call himself Christian if he does not feel the pain of his brother)
Monsignor Óscar Romero

The above quote from Monsignor Óscar Romero struck me as a particularly appropriate description of the ministry of Bishop Martín Barahona, the Bishop of the Anglican Episcopal Diocese of El Salvador.

18 April 2012

Video - Music as mission: A choral journey with John Rutter

Video - Music as mission: A choral journey with John Rutter

The parish of Christ Church Christiana Hundred, just outside of Wilmington, Delaware, puts music to work in service of mission. With roots in a plot of land donated in 1817 by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, founder of the DuPont Co., the church has had an endowed choral music program for nearly 100 years.

18 April 2012

Bishops from Africa, U.S., Canada coming to Toronto

Bishops from Africa, U.S., Canada coming to Toronto

This June, close to 20 bishops from Africa, the United States and Canada will converge on Toronto to engage in building better relationships between national churches.

04 April 2012

PWRDF and CIDA Begin 5-year $10.8 million Health Care Program

PWRDF and CIDA Begin 5-year $10.8 million Health Care Program

PWRDF is pleased to announce a new joint program with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).  PWRDF will contribute $2.7 million dollars over five years towards the $10.8 million dollar project that will focus on maternal and child health in 59 villages in Burundi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

04 April 2012

New Anglican bishop vows to tackle corruption

New Anglican bishop vows to tackle corruption

Newly elected Anglican bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the Rt Rev Dr Howard Gregory, never had his eyes set on the top position but has gladly accepted the opportunity to serve the people of the diocese.

02 April 2012

Indaba process leads to deeper understanding for local Anglicans

Indaba process leads to deeper understanding for local Anglicans

Anglicans from the Diocese of Toronto who participated in the Anglican Communion’s one-year indaba process believe it can have a transforming effect upon the church if it is used more broadly.

30 March 2012

Rise in Christians has China's churches, government looking for help

Rise in Christians has China's churches, government looking for help

 A small white chapel of Western design sits amid the high-rise residential buildings of Macau, a former Portuguese colony now administered by the People’s Republic of China. 

21 March 2012

Canada: Special government advisor announced

Canada: Special government advisor announced

The following announcement was made by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Primate, and Bishop John Chapman of Ottawa on the 5th March.

The Rev. Laurette Gauthier Glasgow has been appointed Special Advisor for Government Relations for the Anglican Church of Canada (The General Synod and the Diocese of Ottawa) while also continuing as Incumbent for the Parish of St. James, Leitrim, in the Diocese of Ottawa.

07 March 2012

Southern Cone Synod proposes one Province becomes two

Southern Cone Synod proposes one Province becomes two

The Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America’s Synod has proposed that its Province becomes two.

07 March 2012