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Statement of Commitment by the Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada

Statement of Commitment by the Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada, meeting collegially in Windsor, Ontario, April 25-27, 2005, send warm greetings to the Church. We met together in an atmosphere of prayer, which was hallmarked by charity and generosity of spirit.

29 April 2005

Episcopal Peace Group Expands Program and Outreach

Episcopal Peace Group Expands Program and Outreach

Citing the initial success of its 65th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign, the Episcopal Peace Fellowship is expanding peace training and outreach to young people. The EPF's governing national executive council voted to offer more Creative Peacemaking training sessions for Episcopal teens and adults by adding staff.

29 April 2005

Presiding Bishop affirms stance on West Bank

Presiding Bishop affirms stance on West Bank

Presiding Bishop affirms President's recent stance on West Bank settlements; barrier concerns underscored

11 April 2005

An Easter message from the Presiding Bishop

An Easter message from the Presiding Bishop

Jesus' resurrection plays havoc with the known, the safe, the familiar, the predictable and opens the way for what is real. And what is real is the unbounded and death-defying love of God which overcomes all estrangement and division and overleaps the chasm between life and death. 

31 March 2005

House of Bishops: A Word to the Church

House of Bishops: A Word to the Church

We are gathered at Camp Allen in Texas for our annual spring meeting, this year on the eve of Holy Week. The work we have accomplished is in service to that act through which God reconciled the whole world to himself through Christ.

17 March 2005

Canadian church leaders visit Mexico

Canadian church leaders visit Mexico

The Rt Revd Sue Moxley, the Suffragan (assistant) Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, is one of a seven-member national delegation of Canadian church leaders and lay people currently in Mexico.

17 March 2005

House of Bishops adopts 'Covenant Statement

House of Bishops adopts 'Covenant Statement

The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church adopted, by nearly unanimous vote late this afternoon, "A Covenant Statement" that includes "a provisional measure to contribute to a time for healing and for the educational process called for in the Windsor Report"

16 March 2005

Jane Williams: 'The Changing Face of Women'

Jane Williams: 'The Changing Face of Women'

When I was teaching in a theological seminary, I had the great privilege of teaching a course on the recent history of the Anglican Church, and teaching it to Christians from many different parts of the world. One of the themes we looked at in the course was the changing role of women in Anglicanism

03 March 2005

Documentary highlights Rwandan women

Documentary highlights Rwandan women

Anglican women joined other participants in the 49th session of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) gathered at the United Nations Church Center for a screening of Ladies First, a film highlighting the new roles of Rwandan women in government, business, education and reconciliation.

03 March 2005

Deported Serbian returns to church family

Deported Serbian returns to church family

Sanja Pecelj returned to Canada early this morning as a permanent resident, putting an end to a period that included 441 days as a refugee in sanctuary in the basement of an Anglican church in Halifax and nearly six months as a temporary resident in Mexico City, where she nervously waited for Citizenship and Immigration Canada to decide on her fate.

02 March 2005