Brief (reports on the Anglican Church).Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. wins, so does church Tiger Woods' recent triumphant appearance at the Canadian Open This article is about the men's golf tournament. For the women's tournament, see Canadian Women's Open. For the tennis championships currently known as the "Rogers Cup", see Canada Masters. golf tournament in Oakville, Ont., provided an unexpected bonus for the Church of the Incarnation, right across the entrance to the Glen Abbey golf club. The participation of the world's most exciting golfer boosted attendance to about 35,000 per day and the church, which is in the Diocese of Niagara, charged for parking: $20 per day for cars, $25 for vans. Official Glen Abbey parking was free, but only available in lots some distance from the course, reachable by shuttle bus. The church, which has been charging for parking at the tournament for several years, as have other nearby schools and businesses, collected $19,400 over the tournament's five days, and intends to put it towards a $1.5 million building fund and outreach initiatives such as Primate's World Relief and Development Fund. Diocese sued A Quebec businessman has filed suit against the Diocese of Quebec, Bishop Bruce Stavert Bruce Stavert is the current Anglican Archbishop of Quebec and Metropolitan of Canada. He is an alumnus of Trinity College in the University of Toronto. , the Church Society in the diocese, accounting firm Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, and others, claiming financial and managerial irregularities have occurred in the administration of the Church Society. Barry Husk husk (husk) an outer covering or shell, as of some fruits and seeds. psyllium husk the cleaned, dried seed coat from the seeds of Plantago is a church warden at St. George's Noun 1. St. George's - the capital and largest city of Grenada capital of Grenada Grenada - an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth parish in Drummondville. The Quebec City law firm of Gagne Letarte has been engaged as the diocese's legal counsel. The Church Society, founded in 1842, is the oldest missionary society in the Canadian church and disburses funds from parishes and bequests in support of ministry in the diocese. Secretaries meet General secretaries -- the chief operating officers Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. -- from 31 of the 38 provinces in the Anglican Communion met in Toronto last August. A full day and a half of the eight-day meeting was spent discussing the challenges facing the church in Canada. Secretaries discussed practical issues such as funding, strategic planning and communication, but they also shared news about such events as floods in India India: Assam floods Information Bulletin No. 3/2003 The annual South Asia monsoon, while in its early stages, is having a severe impact on populations in the region. To date, at least 255 deaths, directly related to the monsoon, have been recorded in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, Pakistan and persecution and political violence in several areas. The secretaries also discussed tensions within the church arising from difference of conviction on several issues. It was the fourth general secretaries' conference; the previous one was in Singapore in 1995. |
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