
March 2025 Issue
A prayer for those called to be our leaders
In my travels, I always say to the communities, “Pray for your bishop; love, support and bless them in their ministry. In this you are ...

Written by
Archbishop Chris Harper
Lent, our ‘God-given time of disruption’
Five years ago the entire planet experienced the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects of this disease linger today. More recently, the devastating ...

Written by
Archbishop Anne Germond
Future of General Synod, Journal on table as CoGS gets set for March meeting
Primate’s commission to present ‘pathways’ for change in six areas to national council From March 7 to 9, more than ...

Written by
Matthew Puddister
Churches seen playing growing role in community music movement
Community music programs at Anglican parishes across Canada are responding to local needs and attracting growing numbers of outsiders with ...

Written by
Matthew Puddister
Stats forum draws Christians seeking answers
Not only multidenominational church researchers, but also parish and diocesan strategists and even interested lay people attended December’s second annual gathering of the Canadian Institute ...

Written by
Sean Frankling
Five dioceses prepare for spring episcopal elections
Five dioceses will elect new bishops this spring: Saskatoon, Moosonee, Montreal, the Arctic and Rupert’s Land. The diocese of Saskatoon ...

Written by
Matthew Puddister
Stephens looks to more teamwork within B.C., Yukon
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 ...

Written by
Sean Frankling
Digitization of Anglican Video archives a ‘gift to historians’
Video footage of all General Synods going back to 1988 and documentaries of all 11 Sacred Circles has now been ...

Written by
Matthew Puddister
Canadian elected president of Mothers’ Union
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 ...

Written by
Sean Frankling
Canada Post strike delays donations to church, other charities
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 ...

Written by
Sean Frankling
Ethicist and theologian Eric Beresford was ‘a natural teacher’
Canon Eric Beresford, an influential church ethicist and theologian and the longest-serving president of the Atlantic School of Theology (AST), ...

Written by
Matthew Puddister