Art Babych, Author at Anglican Journal

Reconciliation is doing ‘with,’ not ‘for’

Art Babych — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:53:12 +0000

Reconciliation is more than just a recognition and admission of things that the church has done wrong, says the Rev. Jason Pollick, incumbent at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church in Ottawa, home to an Inuktitut-speaking congregation. “And it’s not just about correcting these errors, because they can’t be undone,” he said in an interview June 17. […]

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Monument to Canadian hero unveiled in Anglican church cemetery

Art Babych — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 18:48:07 +0000

A long-forgotten Canadian hero buried in an unmarked grave in an Anglican cemetery near Almonte, Ont., for more than a century now has his own headstone. Canon Pat Martin, rector of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Almonte, unveiled the monument to George Eccles at a service June 3 in the church’s cemetery on the outskirts […]

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Non-Indigenous people must move beyond guilt, says Anglican reconciliation animator

Art Babych — Tue, 29 May 2018 16:43:41 +0000

Non-indigenous people need to work through their own feelings of guilt and shame in order to make true reconciliation attempts, says Melanie Delva, reconciliation animator for the Anglican Church of Canada. Those feelings “either paralyze us completely or can cause us to act in ways that may not be healthy or helpful,” she said. “We […]

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100-year-old Anglican priest receives Canada 150 medal

Art Babych — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:38:22 +0000

Having reached the age of 100, Canon Ken Cowan is ready to go to the next level. His 101st birthday on March 23, that is. Cowan, who was born 50 years after Confederation, before the end of the First World War, and before his birth-province of Saskatchewan became a teenager, was presented with a Canada […]

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Ottawa churches mark Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Art Babych — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 21:11:27 +0000

Representatives of five social justice ministries in Ottawa took turns offering prayers for liberation from bondage at an ecumenical worship service January 21 marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, an international Christian ecumenical event observed annually January 18 to 25.

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Primate promotes WCC child protection initiative

Art Babych — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:34:00 +0000

The primate of the Anglican Church of Canada is hoping Anglicans across the country will give a “strong endorsement” to the initiative of the World Council of Churches (WCC) aimed at promoting child protection.

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Canadian Anglican cathedrals join international reconciliation network

Art Babych — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:57:29 +0000

Two Anglican cathedrals in Ontario have joined the Community of the Cross of Nails (CCN), a reconciliation ministry of the Church of England’s Coventry Cathedral. Formed in 1974, the community arose out of a commitment made by the former Provost of Coventry Cathedral, Richard Howard, “not to seek revenge, but to strive for forgiveness” following […]

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Jerusalem primate named canon of Ottawa cathedral

Art Babych — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:33:03 +0000

Archbishop Suheil Dawani, primate of the Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East, has been appointed *Canon of St. James of Jerusalem for Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa.

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Anglican bishop speaks out for ‘rights-based’ National Housing Strategy

Art Babych — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:14:02 +0000

An Anglican bishop, along with a coalition of leading anti-poverty and housing advocates, has urged the federal government to adopt a “rights-based” approach in its upcoming National Housing Strategy and poverty reduction strategies. “We come together today to send a clear and consistent message to the federal government regarding the need for a rights-based approach […]

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Archives ‘important for Anglicans today’

Art Babych — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:45:34 +0000

The truth is revealed in the “musty documents” of church archive collections, says Harry Huskins, executive archdeacon of the Anglican diocese of Algoma. “And it is important for Anglicans today.” Huskins was guest speaker at the annual general meeting of the Friends of the Diocesan Archives in Ottawa, October 15. He recalled that at a […]

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