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
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
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
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
At 8:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Friday, October 13, 2000 the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada elected The Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori as Bishop on the fourth ballot. At the mention of the results, the assembled delegates and guests broke into sustained cheers.
17 October 2000
I am appalled to read and see daily accounts of the violence that has been unleashed in the Holy Land these past days. As Israel attempts to celebrate its holiest day, Yom Kippur, we find the home for the three Abrahamic faiths aflame in violence
13 October 2000
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
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
A reunion week was held in July 2000 for graduates of the Anglican Cathedral College in Belize, which was formed by the amalgamation in 1982 of St Hilda's College and St Michael's College. The theme of the reunion was "Remember, Commit, Give."
12 October 2000
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