“The church doesn’t always recognize or value young people. But we are the past, present, and future of this church,” begins a prayer drafted based on table discussions at this summer’s Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth (CLAY) gathering, held Aug. 21 to 24 in Saskatoon. This year’s event, themed “Rooted and Rising,” brought together around 350 youth from around the country, making it larger than the previous gathering of around 300 in 2023, but with substantially fewer than pre-p...| Anglican Journal
Bishop Charles Arthurson, who became the first Indigenous bishop in Canada upon his election as suffragan bishop of the Anglican diocese of Saskatchewan in 1989—a position he held until his 2008 retirement—died Aug. 30 in Prince Albert, Sask. The post Canada’s first Indigenous bishop ‘saw himself as Christ’s faithful soldier and servant to life’s end’ appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
Archdeacon Alan Perry is no longer the general secretary of General Synod, per a press release posted on anglican.ca Sept. 3. The release does not specify a reason for the ending of his employment in the role. The post General Secretary’s employment ends after three-month leave of absence appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
Bishop of Western Newfoundland John Organ, whom the provincial metropolitan found violated misconduct policies when he fired a former cathedral dean, has hired a new dean and will resign effective Oct. 1. The post Bishop Organ announces Oct. 1 resignation on ‘advice’ of provincial House of Bishops appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
“David drove change wherever he was. He never accepted the status quo,” says the Rev. Ken Gray, retired dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kamloops, B.C. He’s describing Archbishop David Crawley, former bishop of Kootenay, metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon and acting primate, who died Aug. 17 at age 88. Crawley is remembered by friends and colleagues as an intelligent debater, an articulate leader and a passionate and early advocate—even during his...| Anglican Journal
Almighty one, today we lift our prayer of thanksgiving to you for the blessings and gifts seen and unseen. We thank you for the sun which courses across the sky to remind us of the precious moments that we are granted this day and every day. Grant us the wisdom and vision to see these days and moments as the true gifts that they are, guard us from being distracted by the busyness of the day and the work before us, that we might see the other beside us and you who goes with us. Bless us this d...| Anglican Journal
Our journeys in faith often bring us to a place where we are faced with a decision to relinquish our own hopes, desires, and plans because God is calling us to something else.| Anglican Journal
Video footage of all General Synods going back to 1988 and documentaries of all 11 Sacred Circles has now been digitized—converted from videotape into a format that can be processed by computers—and will soon be fully indexed in a free online archive that a leading scholar calls useful not just for church historians, but for all interested Anglicans.| Anglican Journal
A fired dean and rector at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Corner Brook, Nfld. says she has filed a complaint with the ecclesiastical province of Canada alleging that Bishop of Western Newfoundland John Organ violated the province’s Safe Church Charter after, among other things, revoking her license to practice ministry.| Anglican Journal
Eileen Scully, 37, has been appointed consultant for ministry and worship in the Faith, Worship and Ministry department of the Anglican Church of Canada’s national office in Toronto. Ms. Scully began her three-month contract on Oct. 1. She will work with the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples to produce worship resources on healing and reconciliation, […]| Anglican Journal
Archbishop John Stephens, newly elected metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon, says he plans to continue predecessor Archbishop Lynne McNaughton’s work of increasing collaboration between dioceses within the province.| Anglican Journal
Archbishop Anne Germond, acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has joined Lutheran, United and Presbyterian church leaders in welcoming the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, while also calling for a permanent ceasefire.| Anglican Journal
“Well, so that is that.” These are the words that begin W.H. Auden’s poem, For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio.| Anglican Journal
Archdeacon Paul Feheley, a church communicator and principal secretary to three primates of the Anglican Church of Canada, has received the 2024 Cross of St. Augustine for Services to the Anglican Communion.| Anglican Journal
Mother’s Union has elected its first worldwide president from Canada: Kathleen Snow, a board member at the international Anglican charity and parish nurse at Christ Church Cathedral in Fredericton, N.B. She is the second president of the charity to come from outside the U.K., following her predecessor, Sheran Harper from Guyana, who has been president for the past six years, Snow told the Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
Bishop Leslie Wheeler-Dame of the diocese of Yukon will retire Oct. 24 this year, she announced in a letter to the diocese dated Feb. 26. On Oct. 24 she will reach 70, the mandatory retirement age for bishops in the Anglican Church of Canada. In an interview with the Anglican Journal, Wheeler-Dame said she felt reluctant to leave the position amid a period when the diocese is showing promising signs of renewal. Still, she added, she will not be leaving its service, instead planning to serve i...| Anglican Journal
The church is approaching a time of important decisions—one which Anglicans can and should embrace with hope, Archbishop Anne Germond, acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told Council of General Synod (CoGS) in her opening remarks March 7.| Anglican Journal
The Anglican Journal is the national newspaper of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is published 10 times a year and carries 23 regional newspapers that provide important local information for Anglican dioceses.| Anglican Journal
“I have not come to bring peace, but a sword,” Jesus famously tells his apostles when he sends them out to preach, heal and cast out demons (Matthew 10:34)—startling them with these words, perhaps, as much as he startles us. There’s a sense in which the Good News will not be easy to hear; it will be subversive, disruptive, divisive. The post Now comes the hard part appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
Sacred Circle elected a new Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) Aug. 9 based on the old model of members representing ecclesiastical provinces, while setting the stage for a shift to elections based on regional language areas and land and water territories. The post New ACIP elected; Sacred Circle prepares shift to new ‘Council Fire’ representation appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
A document aiming to heal the legacy of spiritual harm churches committed against Indigenous peoples, written by an ecumenical working group and presented to Sacred Circle Aug. 8, makes a set of “calls to healing” to churches—including implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The post Ecumenical group rolls out guidelines to address spiritual violence appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
Men who survived abuse by Ralph Rowe, a former Anglican priest and Scout leader convicted of 75 sexual crimes against children in northern Ontario and Manitoba, aim to create an advocacy and advisory council to promote healing, the 12th Indigenous Anglican Sacred Circle learned on Aug. 8. The post Ralph Rowe survivors plan to establish men’s healing council appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
The possible future shape of the Indigenous church began to take concrete expression Aug. 7 as the 12th Indigenous Anglican Sacred Circle mapped out representation based on language areas—an exercise that, along with a presentation on the Doctrine of Discovery by a representative of The Episcopal Church’s commission on Indigenous boarding schools, left many Sacred Circle members with difficult emotions to process. The post Confronting legacy of trauma and genocide, Sacred Circle finds hea...| Anglican Journal
The second day of the 12th Indigenous Anglican Sacred Circle saw members discuss what governance means in their own context as they advanced the concrete expression of what it means to be a self-determining Indigenous church. The post Sacred Circle explores meaning of Indigenous church governance appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
The 12th Indigenous Anglican Sacred Circle opened Aug. 5 with a call by National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Chris Harper for those gathered those gathered to take an active role in serving their communities, humbly spreading the message of God's love.| Anglican Journal
One of the ways we deepen joy in our lives is by the practice of gratitude. The worries and pains of daily life can easily pull us into a continuous state of discouragement or depression.| Anglican Journal
It might be time for the church to hold weekend-only meetings and provide onsite child care even if it costs more, suggests the chair of a primatial commission.| Anglican Journal
Douglas Members of the Inter-Anglican Commission on Mission and Evangelism recently issued a communique stating their commitment to “living together in mission” despite serious disagreements over the issue of same-sex blessings and the ordination of the first gay bishop in the United States. “We were saddened that the Anglican Communion is currently living with deep […]| Anglican Journal
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
I would like to thank Diana Swift for her articles on asbestos [Parishioners protest, April 2012, p. 1, and Killer buildings, April 2012, p. 3]. I would like to further suggest to the readers of the Anglican Journal, since they represent membership across Canada, that each diocese take it upon itself to pass a motion […]| Anglican Journal
For me it is resurrection and salvation. It is names known and hope restored. It is springtime and greening. It is conversation and forgiveness. It is Christ’s peace within us. It is Christ the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last who pledged a new creation where pain and sorrow are banished, and […]| Anglican Journal
Archdeacon Ian MacKenzie, a priest and educator who championed justice for Indigenous Peoples over seven decades of ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada, died April 8 in Powell River, B.C. at the age of 90.| Anglican Journal
Noah Tynes was halfway through skateboarding from Toronto to Vancouver, a solo journey to raise money for the Church of the Holy Trinity’s CommUNITY Hub program, when he spoke to the Anglican Journal on July 17 from Swift Current, Sask. The post ‘I would do just about anything for that church’: Parishioner skateboards from Toronto to Vancouver on fundraising mission appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
Archbishop Shane Parker says he’s committed to rapid change—even if means considering the suspension of canons Born in Edmonton, Archbishop Shane Parker, elected primate of the Anglican Church of Canada June 26, is a former sociologist. He studied theology at Saint Paul University and in 1987 was ordained as a priest in the diocese of […] The post ‘I intend to lead aggressively’: An interview with the new primate appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
St. George’s Anglican Church in Baghdad—the only Anglican church in Iraq—has always offered a window into the state of things in this often troubled nation, which is still recovering from more than three decades of war, sanctions and invasions.| Anglican Journal
Deborah Barretto, director of Resources for Mission, the Anglican Church of Canada’s fundraising department (centre), sorts through donation envelopes with the department’s database administrators, Fe Bautista (left), and Grace Lança (right). Photo: Matthew Puddister| Anglican Journal
Amid the rising international tensions and overwhelming flood of executive orders under the new Trump administration, it is the duty of Anglicans in Canada to speak up for the marginalized and vulnerable, says Canon Maggie Helwig, rector of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Church in Toronto.| Anglican Journal
General Synod has voted to add additional advocacy, ministry and communications to the support the Anglican Church of Canada offers to migrant farmworkers. The assembly, which is meeting in London June 23-June 30, heard a presentation from the Rev. Enrique Martinez of the parish of Long Point Bay and director of the Huron Migrant Farmworkers Ministry, which provides meals, spiritual care, mental health support and bicycles to migrant workers in the diocese of Huron; and from Chris Sorio, a me...| Anglican Journal
Council of General Synod (CoGS) will work with ecumenical partners to encourage the study of principles of accessibility and inclusion across the Anglican Church of Canada, including the tenets of disability theology, after General Synod voted for an amended resolution June 25.| Anglican Journal
The diocese of Rupert’s Land has elected a Winnipeg priest originally from Zimbabwe as its new bishop.| Anglican Journal
The Anglican diocese of Montreal has elected a Congolese Canadian and former Roman Catholic priest as its 13th bishop.| Anglican Journal
A resolution to be considered at General Synod 2025, which begins June 23 and runs until June 29, asks the church’s governing body to examine allowing future primates of the Anglican Church of Canada to retain their roles as diocesan bishops or metropolitans.| Anglican Journal
The Order of Bishops has chosen four nominees for this June’s election of the next primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.| Anglican Journal
General Synod has referred to the Council of General Synod (CoGS) a resolution which would significantly curtail the circumstances under which the leaders of General Synod are able to make use of non-disclosure or non-disparagement agreements (NDAs) in cases of various kinds of misconduct. The resolution, moved by Canon Jeffrey Metcalfe of the diocese of […]| Anglican Journal
Archbishop Shane Parker was installed as the 15th primate of the Anglican Church June 29 in a ceremony at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Ont. Parker was elected June 26 when his name was added to the third ballot after members of General Synod called for additional candidates.| Anglican Journal
Anglicans are gearing up for the next meeting of General Synod, which is set to take place June 23-29 at RBC Place in London, Ont. in the diocese of Huron and will include the election of the 15th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, as well as an update from the primate’s commission on re-imagining the church.| Anglican Journal
The Anglican Church of Canada’s national office would have ended up with a $237,000 deficit—despite $600,000 in pared-back spending and an unusually high contribution from one diocese—if not for the unusually strong performance of its investment fund, which lifted it to a $3.19 million excess of revenues over expenses in 2024. But this investment performance consisted of "unrealized" or on-paper-only gain, and concerns about the office of General Synod's financial sustainability persist.| Anglican Journal
It’s official; the national office of the Anglican Church of Canada and those of the United and Presbyterian churches will be moving in together after signing leases to share space at a redeveloped church site in downtown Toronto.| Anglican Journal
General Synod has voted to pursue the six pathways for change recommended by a primatial commission over the next triennium—and to allocate up to $2 million of unrestricted funds from General Synod's Consolidated Trust Fund to do that work. Both resolutions passed with overwhelming majorities.| Anglican Journal
The orders of clergy and laity have elected Bishop Shane Parker of the diocese of Ottawa as the new primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. Parker was not on the list of candidates announced prior to the primatial election or on the first or second ballots of the day, but the Order of Bishops—which, according to church canons, nominates but does not vote for primatial candidates—added his name to the list of candidates on the third ballot in response to a motion from the Order of Laity ...| Anglican Journal
The national office of the Anglican Church of Canada has hired an accounting firm to investigate the way in which a $9-million lease for its new Toronto location at 300 Bloor Street West—space to be shared with the national offices of the United Church of Canada and the Presbyterian Church of Canada—was approved.| 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
The Anglican Church of Canada should consider making major cuts to the size of its governance gatherings and committees, says the report of a commission tasked with reimagining its future.| Anglican Journal
An Israel Defence Forces (IDF) air strike on Palm Sunday destroyed and damaged several buildings at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. The hospital, which has at some points been the only one functioning in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, is funded and operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.| Anglican Journal
When he initially got the call to let his name stand for bishop of Saskatoon, the Rev. Chad McCharles, a Manitoba priest and part-time school bus driver, said his first impulse was “a hard no.”| Anglican Journal
The list of nominees to become the next primate of the Anglican Church of Canada will be announced April 3, General Secretary Archdeacon Alan Perry said in a Feb. 14 statement laying out the timeline for the primatial election process.| Anglican Journal
Five individuals have been named to receive the Anglican Award of Merit, the Anglican Church of Canada’s highest award for lay people.| Anglican Journal
Sacred Circle, the main governing body of the Indigenous Anglican church, will continue to give shape to the emerging self-governing institution when it meets this August 5-10 in Calgary, Alta.National Indigenous Archbishop Chris Harper says key topics will include working out the procedural structures needed to put its founding documents, Our Way of Life and the Covenant, into practice; discussing an equitable method of picking representatives to Sacred Circle from across Canada; analyzing t...| Anglican Journal
The newly reinstated diocese of Moosonee has elected the Rev. Rod BrantFrancis, a Mi’kmaq priest currently ministering to a Mohawk parish in Ontario, as its first bishop in a decade.| Anglican Journal
Bishop Mary Irwin-Gibson stands by the process to choose the next bishop of Montreal after four of nine search committee members resigned March 10, including the chair—forwarding their nominations to the electoral synod without endorsement and citing concerns over safe church policy and “limitations imposed by canon law” that might prevent them from protecting “the integrity of the ballot.”| Anglican Journal
The diocese of the Arctic has elected and consecrated three new bishops at its diocesan synod, running May 8 to 15 in Edmonton. Former Executive Archdeacon Alexander Pryor has been consecrated as the new diocesan bishop. Assisting him as suffragans will be bishops Anne Martha Keenainak and Jared Osborn. The three will succeed former Diocesan Bishop David Parsons and suffragan bishops Joey Royal and Lucy Nester, all of whom retired in 2024.| Anglican Journal
If the cruelty of silence took a shape, it would be the scold’s bridle.| Anglican Journal
Church leaders are seeking a new chair for the Jubilee Commission, a group of Indigenous Anglicans tasked with examining possibilities for funding the Indigenous Anglican church. The commission’s previous chair, Judith Moses, stepped down in April. Speaking to the Journal in September, Moses cited her age, diminished energy levels and the difficulty of doing the commission’s work with limited resources.| Anglican Journal
Archbishop Anne Germond, acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has reiterated the church’s commitment to being a safe place for all following Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s resignation over his handling of serial abuse against children and young men by the late John Smyth.| Anglican Journal
Moving forward with a plan nearly 40 years in the making, the diocese of the Arctic has announced the formation of a body tasked with redeveloping buildings on church-owned land into housing and multiuse community centres.| Anglican Journal
The church is approaching a time of important decisions—one which Anglicans can and should embrace with hope, Archbishop Anne Germond, acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told Council of General Synod (CoGS) in her opening remarks March 7. Her comments came as a commission established by former primate Archbishop Linda Nicholls recommended major cuts to the size of the church’s organizational committees and governing bodies.| Anglican Journal
Friends and colleagues remember Bishop Robert Bennett, formerly of the diocese of Huron, as a caring, hilarious and deeply pastoral bishop who invariably put his relationships with parishioners first. Bennett died April 14 after a life touched by the love of his wife, Kathleen, their daughters Meghan and Jessica and countless Anglicans, an amazing number of whom Bennett always remembered by name, say his friends.| Anglican Journal
The Rev. James Spencer has been building with Lego since he was eight years old. Today, that lifelong hobby is getting his parish, St. Mary’s Anglican Church with buildings in Clarenville and Burgoyne’s Cove, Nfld. noticed online—and forming the heart of a new ministry to local children. Over the last year, Spencer has been building a pair of Lego models of the Clarenville and Burgoyne’s cove church buildings—built at the scale of one Lego “stud” (the basic unit of Lego blocks...| 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
Archbishop Lynne McNaughton has submitted her resignation as archbishop and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of B.C. and Yukon, citing a desire to focus on work in her own diocese of Kootenay.| Anglican Journal
The Indigenous Anglican church is beginning work on mental health ministries amid a national epidemic of suicides and overdoses in Indigenous communities, Archdeacon Rosalyn Elm, the church’s Indigenous ministries coordinator, told the Council of General Synod (CoGS) in November.| Anglican Journal
In this season of giving thanks, I write my first words to you in my new role as your acting primate with heartfelt gratitude for the gift the Anglican Church of Canada has been to me for close to 40 years—and with profound thanks for the dedication, Christ-centred leadership and commitment of our 14th primate, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, who recently retired.| Anglican Journal
National Indigenous Archbishop Chris Harper has announced he will slow down his schedule of travel in 2025 following two years of extensive visits to church communities across the country.| Anglican Journal
How the games are shot through with both sin and grace It’s hard to argue with my daughter. When she takes the time to be critical of something, she comes loaded with information and well-reasoned, clearly-articulated arguments. She thinks the Olympics are scandalous. Her viewpoint on this is bolstered by her experience in our church, […]| Anglican Journal
Moving forward in its goal of strengthening Black participation and representation within the Anglican Church of Canada, the association Black Anglicans of Canada (BlAC) held its first national conference Aug. 14-17 at St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg.| Anglican Journal
Calgary, Alta. Updated with new material June 30 Primates in the Anglican Church of Canada will continue to be required to leave office by their 70th birthday, following the failure June 28 of a resolution that would have extended their term to the following General Synod where it fell within a year of their reaching […]| Anglican Journal
Members of the board of the Anglican Church of Canada’s global charity arm, until now known as the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), have voted to rename it Alongside Hope.| Anglican Journal
Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, a specialist in frailty and geriatric care and a lifelong Anglican, was appointed to the Order of Canada in June for his work in advancing the field of elder care.| 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
Acting primate reiterates commitment to safe church after Welby resigns over handling of abuse scandal | Anglican Journal
The Canadian Church Historical Society (CCHS) will mark the 60th anniversary of a 1963 gathering of Anglicans from around the world and explore its impact on the Anglican Communion at an upcoming conference, “MRI at 60: Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence.”| Anglican Journal
Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, plans to retire effective Sept. 15, she announced April 9. In a letter to the church, she wrote that she had earlier offered her resignation to Archbishop Anne Germond, metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario, who will become acting primate on her retirement.| Anglican Journal
All the church’s other metropolitans “concur in their desire” to see Archbishop Anne Germond, bishop of the diocese of Algoma and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario, serve as acting primate if current primate Archbishop Linda Nicholls retires by September, reads a statement from Canon (lay) Ian Alexander, prolocutor of General Synod and Archdeacon Tanya Phibbs, deputy prolocutor, released April 2.| Anglican Journal
Two key Indigenous Ministries staff positions have been filled with the hiring of the Rev. Rosalyn Elm as coordinator and Krista Pura as program associate.| Anglican Journal
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Sexual misconduct policy in spotlight across church | Anglican Journal
The synod of the diocese of Moosonee voted unanimously June 26 to elect a dedicated bishop for the first time in a decade—a milestone in the history of the regional church, according to Archbishop Anne Germond, metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario and currently the bishop ministering to Moosonee. It will likely take more than nine months to create a profile of the diocese’s demographics and ministries, select candidates for bishop based on how well they fit the profile ...| Anglican Journal
Meeting in Regina this summer for the first time since before the pandemic, the National Worship Conference will examine how church liturgy and worship practices can better reflect the diversity of modern congregations, says the co-chair of the event’s planning committee, Kate Berringer.| Anglican Journal
The Rev. Don Beyers, rector of St. Anne’s Anglican Church in west Toronto, had a simple message on behalf of his parish to community members who gathered June 11 for a vigil after a fire destroyed the historic church.| Anglican Journal
About a dozen young people convened at the Sandy-Salteaux Spiritual Centre in Beausejour, Man. from May 6 to 13 for the second national gathering of Indigenous youth known as Sacred Beginnings.| Anglican Journal
Mississauga Archbishop Anne Germond, metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario and soon-to-be acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada told the Council of General Synod (CoGS), meeting May 31-June 2 in Mississauga, Ont., that she saw herself purely as a transitional leader between the church’s 14th primate, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, and whoever might […]| Anglican Journal
“The closer it gets, the better I’m feeling about it,” Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told the Council of General Synod (CoGS) on the prospect of her retirement this September.| Anglican Journal
Mississauga The Council of General Synod (CoGS), meeting May 31 to June 2 in Mississauga, Ont., voted June 2 to create a working group tasked with creating a multi-year financial plan for the cash-strapped national church. The new group will be responsible for considering what options the church will have in the event that it […]| Anglican Journal
After a vote with no objections at its 2024 synod, May 26-28, the ecclesiastical province formerly known as Rupert’s Land will become officially known as the Province of the Northern Lights beginning June 1.| 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
Elizabeth Hutchinson, an Anglican Award of Merit winner known for her support of women’s rights, died Jan. 19 in Rosemère, Que. She was 90 years old.| Anglican Journal
As revenues shrink, many dioceses across the Anglican Church of Canada are increasingly collaborating with one another to find savings—and in at least one case have discussed merging.| Anglican Journal
