Canadian News

Marriage memorial at Toronto Synod

2012-01-03T01:16:13Z

Commentary By Dean Mercer

LATE IN THE DAY at the recent 154th Synod of the Diocese of Toronto (Nov. 25-26), the meeting debated a private member’s motion requesting a memorial – effectively a position statement of the Diocese – to General Synod asking that the marriage canon be amended “to allow marriage of all persons legally qualified to marry each other.” The law governing marriage

Christmas stamps

2012-01-03T01:13:49Z

THIS YEAR three of Canada Post’s Christmas stamps feature scenes from the magnificent stained-glass windows of St Mary’s Roman Catholic cathedral in Kingston, Ont.
The scenes for the stamps depict the story of Jesus’ birth: the domestic stamp shows the Angel appearing to Joseph, the U.S. rate stamp shows the Nativity scene,

Canadian elected Bishop of Uruguay

2012-01-03T01:12:30Z

(Staff) THE FORMER general secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada has been elected co-adjutor bishop of the Diocese of Uruguay.
Archdeacon Michael Pollesel, 61, was elected Dec. 10 with a huge majority among both clergy (9 out of 10) and laity (24 out of 25) votes.
Pollesel served as stewardship education coordinator

Calgary bishop to retire

2012-01-03T01:10:46Z

(Staff) AFTER SERVING for five years as Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary, Derek Hoskin has announced his retirement effective Dec. 31st. In a pastoral letter

Financial surgery

2012-01-03T00:27:21Z

(Staff) ON THE EVE of its 150th anniversary, the Anglican Diocese of Ontario is undergoing some major financial surgery.
At its Nov. 29th meeting, Synod Council voted to stop funding

A recipe for elder abuse and ‘suicide contagion’

2011-12-30T18:35:55Z

By Will Johnston

THE CARTER/TAYLOR assisted suicide case is in BC Supreme Court as I write. The claims in this case are completely unfounded. The case – which claims to be about alleviating suffering for dying people – is not just about what we think of as ‘dying people’: virtually anyone could qualify. People could throw away rich years of life. Most importantly, legal assisted suicide is a recipe for elder abuse.
As a family doctor I have performed

King’s College, Halifax: Bishop questions College chaplaincy

2011-11-14T17:59:51Z

(Photo: King's College Chapel)

By Sue Careless

THE FALL TERM at King’s University in Halifax began on a sour note for those students and faculty who worship at the college chapel. The Bishop of Nova Scotia and PEI sent a letter to the President of the university stating that the diocese could no longer fund a full-time chaplaincy. And Bishop Sue Moxley went further

New ANiC plant in Port Perry

2011-11-14T17:56:39Z

(Photo: Karen Stiller)

(Staff) REV. DR. BRENT STILLER, 48, of Port Perry, Ont., is the latest priest from the Toronto Diocese to relinquish his licence with the Anglican Church of Canada and plant a new congregation within the Anglican Network of Canada.
Stiller resigned as rector of the Church of the Ascension in Port Perry in late August, citing the controversial Pastoral Guidelines for the Blessing of Same-Gender Commitments

Synod highlights multicultural ministries

2011-11-14T17:52:01Z

By Sue Careless

SEVERAL MULTICULTURAL ministries were highlighted at the 4th annual Synod of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC).
Over 200 delegates gathered Nov. 3rd-4th in Victoria, B.C. where they heard about a new Mandarin ministry in Richmond Hill, Ont. scheduled for

Retired bishop to oversee some Montreal clergy

2011-11-14T17:47:36Z

By Sue Careless

A MODEL that was tried in New Westminster but failed will be tried again in Montreal.
If the details can be worked out to everyone’s satisfaction, Leonard Whitten, retired bishop of Western Newfoundland, will serve as an Episcopal Visitor, providing pastoral care to several clergy and parishes in the Diocese of Montreal who disagree with their bishop’s liberal position on same-sex marriage.
In May 2003 William Hockin, Bishop