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Charles Long 1923-2000 Mission activist and ecumenist

Charles Long 1923-2000 Mission activist and ecumenist

The Rev'd Charles Henry Long, Jr., D.D., a major figure in the world mission of the Episcopal Church, died 17 November at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, after a struggle with lymphoma. His wife Nancy is grateful for any way this news can be shared with mission activists throughout the Church.

01 December 2000

The World AIDS Day Summit

The World AIDS Day Summit

The Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, will be among an exclusive group of international delegates to the White House World AIDS Day Summit and representatives of the denominational and faith-based development community in the US (about 35 people in all) who are scheduled to meet President Bill Clinton today at 4pm (SA time)

01 December 2000

Archbishop Terence Finlay has been elected Metropolitan of Ontario

Archbishop Terence Finlay has been elected Metropolitan of Ontario

Archbishop Finlay, as he will now be known, will remain the diocesan bishop of Toronto, carrying the title of Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Toronto. The ecclesiastical Province of Ontario includes the dioceses of Algoma, Huron, Moosonee, Niagara, Ontario, Ottawa and Toronto.

20 November 2000

Presiding Bishop's Christmas Message - Christmas 2000

Presiding Bishop's Christmas Message - Christmas 2000

Instead, we find ourselves in a bleak midwinter of fear and rage, rocks and bullets, which have turned the land of Jesus' birth into a war zone. Yet the Middle East is only one place among many in which neighbor is pitted against neighbor, and religious differences are exploited in the service of hatred.

20 November 2000

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

Congress agrees to fund debt relief for poor nations

Congress agrees to fund debt relief for poor nations

Washington, DC - With the backing of a diverse coalition of churches and charitable organizations, Congress agreed this evening to provide full funding for the U.S. share of an international initiative to write off the debts of some of the world's poorest countries. This agreement clears the last remaining hurdle for the Foreign Operations appropriations bill to move to the President, who has indicated his support

31 October 2000

Leaders honoured at Yale

Leaders honoured at Yale

Prominent figures in the Episcopal Church in the United States have been honoured at the annual convocation of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. The convocation also hosted a lecture by the first woman bishop in the Church of Canada.

31 October 2000

New President for United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia

New President for United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia

The current dean of Yale University Divinity School, Dr Richard J Wood, has been appointed as the new President of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia. Dr Wood will take up the new position in January 2001

30 October 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

World Sabbath for peace

World Sabbath for peace

January 2000 saw the celebration of the first World Sabbath of Religious Reconciliation at Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with over 500 people of many different faiths joining together. They learnt about the reality of religious

23 October 2000