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Something from the Journal, covering Ottawa, BC and Niagara. Not ‘new’ news, but adds a bit here and there: Diocese of Ottawa appoints committee to consider blessings Two B.C. parishes vote to leave Apr 1, 2009 The bishop of the diocese of Ottawa, John Chapman, has appointed a doctrine and worship committee to determine whether [...]

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Via email: Bishops Anderson and Guernsey along with Rev. Foley Beach and Rev. Phil Ashey will be panelists during a live q&a session on the Anglican Church in North America. The session will be live streamed today from 4:15 to 5:15 EST from the Blueprint for the New Church Conference in Atlanta, GA. The link [...]

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The subject of how Anglicans have traditionally selected bishops (in North America, anyway) has come up in the comments recently, and I think it deserves a dedicated discussion. In my local experience, it seems to me that the process has selected for “nice” people, rather than people who are suited to the position. I believe [...]

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I have friends in the Toronto Diocese who used to assure me that the diocese is conservative and would never allow same-sex blessings. One of the supposed conservative bishops is Patrick Yu, the area bishop for York-Scarborough. He was interviewed recently by the Anglican Planet; in the interview he reveals that he is not quite [...]

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Read it all in the Tribune It’s time for churches to “throw open their big oak doors” and get back into the communities. Just over a year ago, Michael Bird became the Anglican bishop of Niagara and one of his first acts was to voice his support for action on social justice matters in a [...]

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From the Essentials website: “The following letter was sent to the College of Bishops of the Diocese of Toronto and signed by 14 clergy. Out intention is to express the deep distress we feel at both the content and the process of the proposal to implement what appears to us to be the local option. [...]

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From Anglican Mainstream by Chris Sugden in Evangelicals Now  April 2009 Canadians are not to be confused with citizens of the USA. Many are descended from those British colonists, and their church descends from the many clergy, who wished to remain loyal to the British crown after 1776 and fled north to put the protection [...]

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From the Church Times Conservative Anglicans in Canada are planning to expand, says Donald Harvey It was a great privilege for me to attend part of the Church of England General Synod last month, and to par­ticipate in a fringe event. As a re­tired member of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of [...]

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Although this was written about TEC, it is also applicable to the ACoC: The Episcopal Church in 2009 – A Primer for Those in the Pews by: R.A. Livingston Purpose # To let Episcopalians know that a small group of single-issue activists has taken over the leadership and management of the church and turned missions, [...]

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Remember when pastoral meant, well, pastoral? I received this via email. My comments are in italics. March 12, 2009 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, From Myanmar I greet you in the Name of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. It seems to me from my vantage point half way around the world, that Archdeacon Bryant-Scott [...]

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Writing in the Church of England Newspaper, Andrew Carey calls the Diocese of Ottawa egregious, dishonest, and ludicrous. I couldn’t have put it better myself. Words are no longer what they used to be in the post-Windsor Anglican Communion. Am I just being nostalgic or can I really remember a time when we more or [...]

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Charlie Masters is featured in an interview in the March / April edition of Faith Today. Unfortunately, it is not one of the articles that they have put online, but I thought many of you would like to know about it.

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An excellent address by Bishop Don Harvey. From Anglican Mainstream On February 12, Bishop Donald Harvey, Moderator, Anglican Network in Canada, spoke at the Anglican Mainstream gathering, Church of England General Synod.  Today the Church Times publishes a short article by him on the situation of the Church in Canada.  This speech serves as further [...]

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This is from Canada.com. I tried to excerpt it, but I couldn’t decide what to leave out, so here is the whole thing for your reading pleasure. Breaking up hard to do By Walker Morrow, The CitizenMarch 6, 2009 The Anglican Church of Canada has reached the point where its bureaucracy has outlived its compassion. [...]

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From the ANiC Newsletter: Barbara Pell, wife of the Rev Dr Archie Pell, rector of Church of the Resurrection (Hope, BC), died March 9th after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Barbara had brain surgery last spring, but recovered sufficiently to travel to Israel for GAFCon in June. Barbara was a highly-respected and well-loved [...]

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is here, from whence comes this: Update on the courts Perhaps it is fitting that the season of Lent should see the beginning of another round of court confrontations. For your prayer support, this is what is on the horizon: March 11 – Three ANiC parishes in Ontario – St George’s (Lowville), Church of the [...]

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From the Journal A majority of parishioners from St. Matthias Anglican Church in Victoria, B.C. voted March 8 to leave the Anglican Church of Canada and join the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC), a conservative body opposed to same-sex blessings and more liberal interpretations of Scripture. In a special vestry meeting held at the Church [...]

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