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The Revd Fr Jean-Marie Roger Tillard OP

The Revd Fr Jean-Marie Roger Tillard OP

Anglicans who are involved in the ecumenical movement feel great sadness and loss at the news of the death of Fr Tillard on Monday 13 November.

20 November 2000

Head start on full communion

Head start on full communion

Port Alberni in British Columbia, Canada, is ahead of the times. The Anglican parish of St Alban's and Christ the King Lutheran church joined in shared ministry a year ahead of the official entering into full communion between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCC).

30 October 2000

Statement of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples Regarding Burnt Church

Statement of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples Regarding Burnt Church

As followers of our Creator-God who calls us to justice and to love, we, the members of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples, stand in solidarity with the Mi'kmaq people of Esgenoopetitj/Burnt Church as they continue their struggle for the recognition of their treaty rights and their dignity as a People

13 October 2000

Aboriginal group condemns DFO violence, calls for 'nation-to-nation' negotiations

Aboriginal group condemns DFO violence, calls for 'nation-to-nation' negotiations

The Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples has condemned "the violence, threats of violence, and intimidation tactics used by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans" in the Burnt Church lobster fishery dispute, in a statement released here today.

13 October 2000

Worship in Fort Nelson

Worship in Fort Nelson

The parish of St Mary Magdalene, Fort Nelson, is in the north-eastern corner of British Columbia on the Alaska Highway. The local population is about 6,500 in an area that includes forestry and natural gas production.

12 October 2000

Diocese plans own shutdown

Diocese plans own shutdown

The Diocese of Cariboo is likely to approve plans to wind itself up during its October 2000 Synod. The diocese has been hit hard by the claims against it from previous residential school students who suffered abuse.

18 September 2000

Provinical Secretaries grapple with diversity in the Church

Provinical Secretaries grapple with diversity in the Church

The fourth Conference of Anglican Provincial Secretaries meeting 24-31 August 2000, in Toronto, Canada faced crucial questions of unity and diversity throughout the Anglican Communion.

01 September 2000

Anglican Church boosts Indigenous Healing funds, cuts other programs in financial squeeze

Anglican Church boosts Indigenous Healing funds, cuts other programs in financial squeeze

The Anglican Church will cut more than half a million dollars in grants to support ministry in Canada's north and overseas, and eliminate eight full time positions at its national office. At the same time, grants available from the church's Healing and Reconciliation Fund, supporting work with Indigenous peoples, will double.

23 August 2000

New steeple, changed times

New steeple, changed times

In 1874 Whitfield was a thriving Canadian village that was enjoying prosperity from the lumbering trade and its strategic position on a busy transport route. But just a quarter of a century later, changes in farming and industry, and a general movement of population to cities had seen a big change of in the fortunes of the village. 

25 July 2000

Millennium Labyrinth

Millennium Labyrinth

Christ Church Cathedral in British Columbia is building a seven circuit labyrinth to mark the new millennium. Labyrinths have been part of the Christian tradition since about the fourth century, an are designed to aid meditation and contemplation.

12 July 2000