May 2024 Issue
Joy in small steps!
As I write this in late March, I’m mindful that we recently passed t the fourth anniversary of the start of the lockdowns due to ...
Primate to write Ottawa about MAID expansion plan
Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, says she intends to write Ottawa on medical assistance in dying (MAID)—one of a slate ...
‘A space for people to be cared about’
Many people suffered like Mary during the especially isolating early period of the pandemic. And, according to some mental-health professionals, many could also benefit from ...
Being an Anglican in an interconnected world
For some people, the answer to this question is straightforward: you shouldn’t. In the last generation, Anglicanism has fractured between, broadly, liberals and conservatives. The ...
A Pentecost prayer for courage and bravery
Feather (prayer): Creator God, we the children of your creation stand humbled as your grace is revealed before us, in the change of seasons and ...
Primate, Lutheran head seek Gaza ceasefire, decry antisemitism
Leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) have called for an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza and ...
Membership decline steepens
Sharp drop during pandemic: stats officer The COVID-19 pandemic saw a significant decline in church attendance, marking a “radical discontinuity” ...
Terry Brown was passionate advocate for Pacific mission
Bishop Terry Brown, former Asia-Pacific mission coordinator for the Anglican Church of Canada who served as bishop of Malaita in ...
Germond seen as possible acting primate
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 ...
Bishop George Bruce, former military intelligence director, remembered as ‘healer of the breach’
Born in England, Bruce emigrated to Canada in 1958 at age 16 where he lived in Montreal before attending the Royal Military College of Canada. ...
CoGS expresses concerns on medical assistance in dying, moves forward with discipleship and evangelism task force
Council of General Synod (CoGS) has passed resolutions on the need for further discussion and education around medical assistance in ...
