LINKS -
useful links for St. Catherine's
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The Canadian Mothers' Union
MU is one of the
largest Christian organizations in the world with
more than 3.6 million members –– men
and women, married and single, parents or not
–– in 77 countries. Our aim is to
support and encourage marriage and family life.
Here in Canada our 800 members in British Columbia,
Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia and Prince Edward Island work locally at
the branch and diocesan level and nationally we
form a strong network to assist our sisters and
brothers in the north through the Northern Clergy
Families Fund (NCFF). Internationally we support
the training of 340 Mothers’ Union workers
who provide literacy and development programs.
At a meeting
of the World Conference of Churches in Brazil earlier
this year, Archbishop Rowan Williams told Anglican
delegates: "When I've said, in the past year
or so that the Mothers' Union is the fifth Instrument
of Unity in the Anglican Communion, I'm not joking.
I think it is the most powerful lay movement in
the Anglican World; it is one which does far more
for education and development than any other agency
in the Anglican Communion and, more than any other
agency, it builds relationships at grass roots level
between ordinary believers working for change. If
that isn't an Instrument of Unity, I don't know
what is. |
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Canadian
Ecumenical Justice Initiatives - KAIROS
 KAIROS
unites churches and religious organizations
in a faithful ecumenical response to the call to
"do justice, and to love kindness and to walk
humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8). We deliberate
on issues of common concern, advocate for social
change and join with people of faith and goodwill
in action for social transformation.
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Greening
Spirit
 This
is an interactive website for Anglican Churches
throughout British Columbia and the Yukon. Individual
parishes can log on to post their commitment to
environmental stewardship. It's a "work in
progress". There is still more material to
be added. Your comments and suggestion will be welcomed.
GreeningSpirit was made possible through a grant
of $5,000 from Environment Canada (EcoAction Fund)
and a grant of $12,000 from the Anglican Initiatives
Fund, Diocese of New Westminster. The grant provides
for development and ongoing maintenance. |
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Anglicans Online is
staffed by an unpaid group not affiliated officially
with any church body. We write and publish AO every
week because of our belief that global communications
can help foster global unity in our faith. The issues
that unite us are so much stronger and larger than
the issues that might sometimes divide us. |
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ASK
- (Anglicans Seeking Knowledge)
Anglican
Church of Canada has launched a major tool for
research - 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
The
online package consists of five major databases
and their accessibility through the internet makes
ASK a valuable new resource for the entire Anglican
Communion and for researchers world-wide.
The databases
include a full text database of General Synod policy
resolutions dating back to 1924, a full text database
of all resolutions of the Lambeth Conferences (1867-1998)
and Anglican Consultative Council meetings (1971-2002),
a book catalogue database of more than 4,000 titles
and an article database containing more than 32,000
articles. Journals indexed include The Anglican
Journal, Anglican World, The Church Times, Episcopal
Life, MinistryMatters and The Tablet and others.
The Content
Server/WebPublisher software (also known as INMAGIC)
used to create the online databases allows researchers
to search and print material from the various databases
using the internet.
The project,
which has been four years in development, demonstrates
a commitment to corporate transparency and offers
an example of mutual information partnership and
reciprocity, said Karen Evans, General Synod Librarian.
"We
see this project as an example of partnership in
mission, an information and communication offering
to the wider Anglican Communion," said Ms.
Evans. |
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Privacy Policy
- St. Catherine's (Capilano) Anglican
Church.
The Personal Information
Protection Act regulates the way private sector
organizations within British Columbia collect, use, keep, secure
and disclose personal information. "Personal information"
means all information about an identifiable individual. St. Catherine's
recognizes the importance of privacy and recognizes the sensitivity
of personal information received by us for Church purposes.
Our Need for Personal Information
Information is given to the Church
for Church purposes and will only be used for Church purposes.
Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
St. Catherine's parish database is
available electronically in the Church office to staff solely
for purposes of church administration.
St. Catherine's membership
list is provided in printed form to the rector, staff and parish
leaders solely to facilitate communication within the parish.
Clergy and parish personnel will use the directories with care;
out-of-date directories will be destroyed.
Commercial use of St. Catherine's membership
list is not allowed.
Parish names and addresses are forwarded
to the Anglican Journal for receipt of both the Anglican Journal
and Topic. The Anglican Journal has made the commitment to manage
this information carefully. Parishioners have the option to cancel
their subscription at any time.
Home addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and personal E-mail
addresses shall not be given out without the explicit consent
of the individuals concerned.
Security of Personal Information
St.
Catherine's recognizes our obligation to protect the confidential
information of our members.
We
have therefore made arrangements to secure against the unauthorized
access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal
or destruction of personal information.
To
safeguard from unauthorized access, information is kept in a locked
file cabinet or locked offices. Where the data is in electronic
form, it is password protected.
Requests for Access to Personal Information
The Personal Information Protection
Act permits individuals to submit written requests to us
to provide them with:
- their personal information under
our custody or control;
- information about how their
personal information under our control has been and is being
used by us;
- the names of the individuals
and organizations to whom their personal information under our
control has been disclosed by us.
We will respond to requests in the
time allowed by the act and will make a reasonable effort to respond
as accurately and completely as reasonably possible.
Requests for Correction of Personal Information
The law permits individuals to submit
written requests to us to correct errors or omissions in their
personal information that is in our custody or control.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions with respect
to our policies concerning the handling of your personal information,
or if you wish to request access to, or correction of, your personal
information under our care and control, please contact Susan Kimm-Jones
at 604-985-0666.
If you are not happy with how we
handled your request, you may wish to contact the Information
and Privacy Commissioner Officer, David Loukidelis at:
The Office of the Information and
Privacy Commissioner,
P.O. Box 9038, Stn. Prov. Govt.,
Victoria, BC V8W 9A4.
Tel. No. (250) 387-5629
Fax (250) 387-1696
Charities Information Sessions
The Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency
The Charities Information Sessions cover a number of topics and are quite informative. Information is provided about various income tax provisions and obligations, which are often part of a charity’s daily life (i.e. issuing receipts for donations). This year we will be talking about the new T3010B - Charities Annual Information Return. This is also a great opportunity to ask questions and to share information with other charities.
The Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will once again be accepting funding proposals for the Charities Partnership and Outreach Program. The overall objective of this program is to increase charitable sector compliance with relevant parts of the Income Tax Act. The main objectives of the program are to:
• increase the capacity of the charitable sector in meeting regulatory compliance requirements in a sustainable fashion
• improve the capacity of the sector to develop and deliver sustainable compliance-based education programs; and
• raise awareness among the charitable sector of regulatory obligations under the Income Tax Act.
Funding is available to registered charities and non-profit organizations serving the charitable sector in Canada for projects that are linked to at least one of the Charities Partnership and Outreach Program’s objectives and to one of the funding priorities for the fiscal year 2009 -2010 (April 2009 to March 2010). For more information about the up-coming call for proposals, including the application process and funding priorities, visit the CRA's Charities and Giving Web site at www.cra.gc.ca/charities, or call 1-866-816-7604.
For more information: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/chrts/sssns/menu-eng.html
