Barry Craig Bates Hollowell, bishop of Calgary from 2000-2005, died at the Sarcee Hospice in Calgary, August 17. He was 68.
The Canadian Lutheran and Anglican Youth (CLAY) conference, which took place from August 17-21, in Charlottetown, offered nearly 1,000 youth the opportunity to do many things: learn about their faith, dig into the nitty-gritty of discipleship with service projects, explore a different part of the country and swim in the ocean.
Bishop Patrick Yu, 65, has announced that, effective January 15, 2017, he will be retiring as suffragan bishop for the York-Scarborough region of the diocese of Toronto.
As pipeline construction near Standing Rock Indian Reservation on the Missouri River continues to cause tensions between Indigenous protesters and the U.S. government, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald are calling on Canadians to support the protesters.
What is one of the most practical things a Canadian Anglican can do to help a family struggling with AIDS in eastern Africa?
The tent city pitched between the courthouse and Christ Church Anglican Cathedral in downtown Victoria for much of the past year may be gone, but its impact on how the city deals with homelessness continues, says Nancy Ford, the cathedral’s deacon to the city.
For the second year in a row, Bishop David Edwards of the diocese of Fredericton spent the first two weeks of June walking the streets and highways to visit parishes, pray with Anglicans and witness to the communities he visited along the way.
The Muskoka region in the diocese of Algoma is famous for its idyllic lakes, rocky shorelines, and—in Anglican circles—its rich history of missionary activity by the Society of St. John the Evangelist (SSJE).
On July 31, farmers from across Canada and the United States came together in Austin, Man., to make history and raise money for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
For 170 years, the gothic tower of St. Paul’s Cathedral, episcopal seat of the diocese of Huron, has overlooked downtown London, Ont.
What is it like being an Anglican in the context of a Latin American communist state-one that was, until 1992, officially atheist?
For the first time in its history, the Anglican Church of Canada will enter into a bilateral ecumenical dialogue with Mennonite Church Canada (MCC) following a motion passed at General Synod, July 12.
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, says he understands why some bishops have chosen to go ahead with the solemnization of same-sex marriages, even though the marriage canon (church law) cannot be officially changed until it is voted on again at General Synod 2019.
One miscounted vote reversed the Anglican Church of Canada’s rejection of same-sex marriage, July 12.
So how did the error occur?
In a stunning reversal, a recount of the vote to allow same-sex marriage in the Anglican Church of Canada showed that while the motion was originally reported to have failed by one vote in the order of clergy, it had, in fact, passed by one vote there.
After voting against a motion to allow the solemnization of same-sex marriages in the Anglican Church of Canada July 11, General Synod passed a motion this morning to “reaffirm the 2004 General Synod statement on the integrity and sanctity of same-sex relationships.”
A resolution to change the marriage canon (church law) to allow for the solemnization of marriages of same-sex couples failed to pass by a fraction of a percentage point at the Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod July 11.
After three years of work, the Primate’s Commission on the Doctrine of Discovery, Reconciliation and Justice has asked that its mandate be extended to 2019, and that funding be provided so it may continue its work.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is the spiritual leader of The Episcopal Church (TEC), a U.S.-based province of the Anglican Communion, which counts an active membership of 1.8 million.
?Indigenous Anglicans took another step on the road toward self-determination July 10 when General Synod received two documents presenting the goals, objectives and features of a fully Indigenous province within the Anglican Church of Canada.
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