The Anglican Parishes in the Canadian Interior have received the final approval necessary to achieve regular diocesan status in the Anglican Church of Canada. The Council of General Synod voted to approval the change 14 NOV 2015.
When electronic devices such as the iPad and the Kindle Reader were introduced there was a prediction of the death of the physical book. However, reports of the book’s demise have so far been premature. But it is interesting who it is that is reading the books, Barna Group wanted to know.
I realize that the idea of a commemoration, such as a World Toilet Day, is a bit humorous, but honestly, it’s no laughing matter. Its deadly serious. A child dies every two minutes from the diarrhea caused by poor sanitation.
The three composers we celebrate today — Byrd, Merbecke, and Tallis — were all English composers who lived around the same period of time and who helped Anglican church music grow from plainchant and simple tunes more complex melodies and harmonies of psalms, anthems, and service music.