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October 29, 2001Reacting to the federal government's decision to move unilaterally towards a partial solution to resolving claims arising from Indian Residential Schools, church organizations today urged the government to consider a…- October 17, 2001It was just after Evensong, as formal goodbyes were being offered to visitors, that Sister Michael heard the squealing of a pig and learned that the animal was being slaughtered…
- August 17, 2001Following three days of meetings in Winnipeg, the church organizations involved in ongoing talks with officials of the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada, released the following statement:
- August 15, 2001While most attention at General Synod 2001 was focused on healing and reconciliation between native and non-native Anglicans, a set of documents important to another part of the church was…
- August 2, 2001Three members of the Canadian Sisters of the Church will travel halfway across the world in September to help their fellow sisters celebrate the inauguration of a new province in…
- July 24, 2001Just weeks after stunning General Synod with an emotional absolution of the Anglican Church of Canada and its leader, Archbishop Michael Peers, aboriginal Bishop Gordon Beardy of Keewatin has announced…
- July 13, 2001While the meeting of General Synod was limited to about 400 members and visitors who packed the hall at the University of Waterloo, hundreds, perhaps thousands more people virtually visited…
- July 11, 2001Eileen Scully laughed out loud when she saw the headline of the advance General Synod story about the joint service to be held with the Lutherans. "Joint synod service: on…
- July 11, 2001The church will now have to follow general principles of human rights in its dealings with anyone they minister to or employ after the General Synod adopted a document calling…
- July 10, 2001Bishop Gordon Beardy of Keewatin formally forgave the church for its past dealings with indigenous peoples at a native healing ceremony during the meeting of the General Synod.
