Girls play with dolls and teepees at the Anglican Mission at St Peter’s, Lesser Slave Lake, Alta. The family of a former principal, Rev. Montague Levason, donated his photographs to the General Synod archives. The daughter of a former principal of an Anglican-run Indian residential school in Alberta has donated rare and unique photographs depicting […]| Anglican Journal
The church should stop to consider how the work done by General Synod or the ecclesiastical provinces would be replaced before it responds to a suggestion by a primatial commission to eliminate one of those levels of governance, Archbishop Anne Germond, acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told members of Council of General Synod (CoGS) Nov. 9.| Anglican Journal
A primate’s commission tasked with rethinking church structures is encouraging Anglicans to provide feedback on its seven intentionally provocative statements or “hypotheses” through an online survey.| Anglican Journal
Halifax’s oldest building and Canada’s oldest Protestant church, St. Paul’s Anglican Church kicked off its 275th anniversary year Sept. 15 with a special service—featuring a homily by departing primate Archbishop Linda Nicholls on her last day in active ordained ministry.| Anglican Journal
Almighty, today we the children of your creation gather in humility and wonder at your hand in creation and with us in our journey of life and faith. We lift our prayers of thanksgiving for blessings seen and unseen. Forgive us where we have failed and offended, lift us to be renewed in our call and ministry, strengthen and embolden us to not only proclaim, but to live out our faith for all to see, that your grace and mercy might flow out over the land and to all peoples.| Anglican Journal
FEATHER (Prayer): Creator of all, the seasons stand to glorify your name through every passing moment and all creation lifts up thanksgiving for your handiwork.| Anglican Journal
During You Are Leaven, conference attendees discussed definitions of spiritual formation, talked about how to promote it and participated in hands-on workshops teaching skills designed for them to take home and share in their home parishes. There were workshops on spiritual journaling; applying Examen, a method of prayerful reflection and gratitude, to meditate on the outcomes of church meetings and policy planning; and on improvisational theatre, among other topics.| Anglican Journal
The COVID-19 pandemic saw a significant decline in church attendance, marking a “radical discontinuity” even with previous downward trends, the Anglican Church of Canada’s statistics officer says.| Anglican Journal
