The Rt Revd Bavi Edna "Nedi" Rivera was consecrated the first bishop suffragan for the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia on Saturday 22 January at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington, also making her the first Hispanic woman bishop and only the 12th woman bishop in the history of the denomination.
28 January 2005
To the faithful in Christ Jesus, greetings in the season of Epiphany. We rejoice together with you that God has "caused a new light to shine in our hearts" revealing God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ our Lord.
14 January 2005
With numbers of dead and homeless rising across southern Asia in the wake of 26 December's unprecedented Indian Ocean tsunami, Episcopal Relief and Development has begun emergency response efforts and welcomes financial contributions to aid these initiatives
31 December 2004
After the 21 December bomb blast there that killed 22 people, Sivret sent the following note to the people of the Diocese of Maine, adding his thanks for their prayers and for the support congregations have offered to his work with soldiers and the people in nearby Iraqi villages.
24 December 2004
About 80 children at the Chain Foundation Orphanage in Kampala, Uganda will be receiving Christmas gifts from Canada as a result of an initiative by Anglican Video, General Synod's video production company.
10 December 2004
Though we are now exchanging our "Merry Christmas" greetings, and carols fill the air telling us "tis the season to be jolly," Christmas provides something far greater than merriment, joviality, or an easy joy. Christmas points the way to something sober and enduring.
25 November 2004
The Anglican Church of Canada will join the world in commemorating World AIDS Day on Dec 1.World AIDS Day is a time to reflect on the fight against AIDS and raise awareness about the pandemic.
25 November 2004
Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada, at their regular fall meeting, cited a new spirit of reconciliation and co-operation among themselves and approved a plan that allows bishops to cross diocesan boundaries when parishes do not agree with the issue of same-sex blessings.
22 November 2004
As a synod we give thanks for the Windsor Report and all those that were committed to its preparation. It offers valuable tools to the Communion with which our serious problems can be addressed regarding the authority of the Scripture, order in the Church and the crisis over human sexuality that two provinces of the Communion have created by taking "rebellious and unilateral actions".
19 November 2004
The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Most Revd Andrew Hutchison has said that among his priorities as Primate are communications and the building of relationships - "drawing people into the conversation."
19 November 2004