(This story first appeared in the October 2017 issue of the Anglican Journal.) This October, Lutherans around the world will commemorate the 500th anniversary of
In early September 2008, the name Omar Khadr meant nothing more to Arlette Zinck, an Anglican and professor of English literature at The King’s University
Every Sunday for the past decade, Canadian Anglicans have offered prayers for “our National Indigenous Bishop, Mark MacDonald.” For some, perhaps, it is a name
An international group of Indigenous Anglicans has urged the Anglican Communion to provide greater support and resources to help Indigenous churches achieve self-determination and self-sustainability
On a piece of land in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., where the Anglican-run Shingwauk Indian Residential School once stood, a construction pit marks the future
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has asked Anglicans to pray for those affected by the deadly attacks in Charlottesville, Va,
Bishop John Timothy Frame, eighth bishop of the diocese of Yukon, one-time acting metropolitan (senior bishop) of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon
When the Association of Anglican Deacons in Canada (AADC) held its triennial meeting July 27-30 in Victoria, B.C., the role of deacons as ministers to those outside the church was front and centre, according to incoming AADC board president Canon Nancy Ford.
A Métis burial ground in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., that was appropriated by non-Indigenous Canadians more than 200 years ago was returned to the Métis community last month, following the transfer of the land and buildings occupied by St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church to the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO).
The Anglican Journal Appeal, the Journal’s annual donation campaign, grossed $496,414 in 2016.
Following a state of emergency brought on by a ruptured water main, the northern Ontario Oji-Cree community of Kingfisher Lake is getting back to normal, says Bishop Lydia Mamakwa, of the Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh.
In an address to the 16th Biennial Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) held July 6-9 in Winnipeg, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, celebrated the full communion relationship between the two churches, and praised the ELCIC for providing leadership on interfaith relations.
Anglican chaplains can be found on Canadian university campuses from Halifax to Victoria, and every year, they play a vital role in helping young adults
As wild fires rage across British Columbia’s Central Interior, Anglican leaders in the region are doing what they can to support their communities, says Bishop Barbara Andrews of the Central Interior-based Territory of the People.
A special meeting of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) held June 28-29 in Nairobi, Kenya, has issued a call to action asking churches, governments and relief organizations to respond to the crisis of hunger in the Horn of Africa.
As Jason Musoke began the usual round of pastoral visitations at his new parish in rural Uganda, he was shocked and saddened by the large number of children in the community who had been orphaned and left in dire poverty by the HIV/AIDS crisis.
While Canadians are quite divided on the role religious and faith communities have played in Canada’s history and development, they tend to view the impact of religious institutions on their own communities more positively, according to a recent poll.
The Anglican Journal won 13 awards from the Canadian Church Press (CCP), including a first place win for biographical profile, at an event held in
On June 13, as flood waters rose around the Cree community of Split Lake, Ont., National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald and Bishop of Missinipi Adam
It’s early in the morning, but the lounge at Mtwara airport is already filling up when the 10 members of the PWRDF’s delegation to the diocese of Masasi file through security.
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