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The Anglican Church of Canada has its first bishop of Asian descent - Canon Bishop-elect Patrick Yu.
 
Patrick Yu, the Hong Kong-born incumbent of St. Timothy's Anglican church in Agincourt, Ont, who was elected suffragan bishop in the diocese of Toronto Jan 7.
Bishop-elect Yu, 54, elected at St. James' Cathedral in Toronto, will become the area bishop of York-Scarborough, east of Toronto, which has about 70 parishes. His consecration has been scheduled for March 25. The diocese has a total of four areas overseen by four suffragan bishops and a diocesan bishop.

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Canadian indigenous Anglicans' desire to form a self-determining community within the church took a step forward last summer when the 5th Sacred Circle approved a declaration calling for a native national bishop to be elected with a year.

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Toronto (Nov. 23, 2005) -- The announcement of a comprehensive agreement on native residential schools issues is good news for the Anglican Church and good news for Canada's indigenous people, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada says. Archbishop Hutchison hailed Ottawa's promise of generous compensation for people who attended the Indian Residential Schools and said the Anglican church remains committed to its work in healing and reconciliation with indigenous people.

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November 5, 2005 - Electors in the ecclesiastical (church) province of British Columbia and the Yukon, meeting on Nov. 4 in Richmond, British Columbia, near Vancouver, chose Bishop Terrence Buckle of the diocese of the Yukon as metropolitan, or provincial archbishop.

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After a one-year delay, the diocese of Central Newfoundland, in an electoral synod held September 9-10, finally chose a new bishop: Rev. David Torraville.

Last year the synod was unable to elect a bishop since no candidate received more than two-thirds of the vote after 11 ballots; Mr. Torraville, who was also a candidate then, was in deadlock with Rev. John E. Watton, of the parish of Badger's Quay/Pool's Island.

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The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada has told indigenous church members that he will do his best to see that a national native bishop is elected, if possible within a year.

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In mid-March, Lynne Watson and a small army of young cooks made nearly 300 cream-filled Easter eggs to help fund Trinity Church, Aurora's second mission trip to Mexico.

The group of twelve youths and four adults are spending two weeks this month in San Miguel de Allende, about three hours northwest of Mexico City. They are painting, helping build homes for impoverished families, playing with children - and learning a lot about themselves in the process.

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The Anglican Church of Canada today launches a series of online databases to facilitate research on Anglican policies, resolutions and books.

The databases, called "ASK-Anglicans Seeking Knowledge," are part of the General Synod Library's web page and are, as of today, available to the public without charge at:

http://www.anglican.ca/search/databases.htm

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The Rt Revd Sue Moxley, the Suffragan (assistant) Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, is one of a seven-member national delegation of Canadian church leaders and lay people currently in Mexico.

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28 February, 2005 - Sanja Pecelj returned to Canada early this morning as a permanent resident, putting an end to a period that included 441 days as a refugee in sanctuary in the basement of an Anglican church in Halifax and nearly six months as a temporary resident in Mexico City, where she nervously waited for Citizenship and Immigration Canada to decide on her fate.

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What are the things that Christians should look for as they begin their Lenten journey towards Easter? Is there more to Lent that the traditional notion of "giving something up?" What does Scripture say?

In a new segment of the webcast +Andrew: Conversations with the Primate, the Most Revd Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, reflects on what Lent - the 40 days before Christianity's holiest day - should really mean to church members.

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31 January, 2005 - The Rt Revd Victoria Matthews of Edmonton returned to active ministry this month after seven months of medical leave due to cancer.

Bishop Matthews reassured members of her diocese that she went back to work "with the permission of my doctors" and that she was not overextending herself to avoid a relapse.

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About 80 children at the Chain Foundation Orphanage in Kampala, Uganda will be receiving Christmas gifts from Canada as a result of an initiative by Anglican Video, General Synod's video production company.

"Most of the children at the orphanage lost their parents to HIV/AIDS," said Becky Boucher Anglican Video production manager. "We felt that we needed to do something for them this Christmas."

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The Anglican Church of Canada will join the world in commemorating World AIDS Day on Dec 1.

World AIDS Day is a time to reflect on the fight against AIDS and raise awareness about the pandemic. First declared by the World Health Organization in 1988, this day celebrates progress made in the battle against the disease and brings into focus the challenges that remain.

According to UN statistics, AIDS has killed more than 20 million people since the first cases were diagnosed in 1981, including 2.9 million in 2003 alone. It is estimated that 37.8 million people were infected with HIV at the end of 2003. Sub-Saharan Africa is the worst hit region, with 70 per cent of all people living with HIV.

More here:

http://generalsynod.anglican.ca/stories/news.php?newsItem=2004-11-24_pwrdfvigil.news

Article By: Diana Mavundus

Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada, at their regular fall meeting, cited a new spirit of reconciliation and co-operation among themselves and approved a plan that allows bishops to cross diocesan boundaries when parishes do not agree with the issue of same-sex blessings.

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The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Most Revd Andrew Hutchison has said that among his priorities as Primate are communications and the building of relationships - "drawing people into the conversation." As an innovative means of doing this, he has started a series of webcasts entitled +Andrew: Conversations with the Primate.

The webcasts can be viewed here:

http://www.anglican.ca/primate/communications/conversations.html

The Revd Canon Philip Poole, President of the Compass Rose Society, was elected Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Toronto, Saturday, November 14.

More here: http://www.toronto.anglican.ca/index.asp?navid=2&csid=444&csid1=2&csid2=0&fid1=&fid2=-888&fid3=276&layid=18

Dear Friends in Christ:

The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lambeth Commission on Communion has released its Report this week after a year of careful study and consultation with various parts of the Anglican Communion.

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Archdeacon Barry B Clarke, 52, was elected the 11th bishop of the Anglican diocese of Montreal on 18 September at an Episcopal election held at Christ Church Cathedral in the city.

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The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Most Revd Andrew Hutchison, has joined Canadian Church leaders in defending the Church's 'time-honoured' and 'biblically-rooted tradition' of providing sanctuary to refugees facing deportation, the Anglican Journal of Canada has reported.

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