A year after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its final report, Canadian Anglicans are using Canada’s 20th anniversary celebrations of National Aboriginal Day (June 21) as an opportunity to work toward reconciliation.
Canadian Anglican bishops have joined church leaders around the world in condemning the mass shooting early Sunday at a gay nightclub in Orlando, which left at least 50 people and another 53 injured.
This September, after nine years in limbo, the Arthur Turner Training School (ATTS) will once again open its doors to Anglicans for ministry in the diocese of the Arctic-this time, out of its new home at St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit.
A drop-in centre’s criticism of its former host church has sparked controversy, concern and debate among Anglicans in Montreal and across Canada over how churches should relate to the homeless and marginalized.
As the Anglican Church of Canada braces itself for the General Synod vote this July on whether or not to change church law to allow for the marriage of same-sex couples, Bishop Donald Phillips of the diocese of Rupert’s Land has said that, “The time has come for the provision of same-sex marriages in our diocese to become reality.”
For the second year in a row, Bishop David Edwards of the diocese of Fredericton will spend the first two weeks of June walking the streets and highways of his territory, visiting parishes, praying with Anglicans and witnessing to the communities he visits along the way.
Threshold Ministries, the Saint John, N.B.-based evangelism organization formerly known as the Church Army, has decided to move toward a “missional community” model of organization to open up more avenues of membership, says newly appointed dean of community, Bonnie Hunt.
General Synod is on the horizon, and for some Anglicans, it will be their first time to see representatives from across the national church all coming together in one place—so what can they do to make the most of the experience?
In a May 15 sermon at Victoria, B.C.’s Christ Church Cathedral, Dean Ansley Tucker announced she would be calling for the homeless camp-pitched across the street from downtown Victoria’s Christ Church Cathedral since October 2015-to be dismantled and alternative accommodation found for its residents.
General Synod 2016 will consider legislation dealing with the role of deacons in the Anglican Church of Canada.
As accounts of chaos and destruction emerge from firestorm-stricken Fort McMurray, Alta., Anglicans across Canada are responding with help including financial aid, practical assistance and prayers.
Church media have a vital role to play in combatting racism in North America, according to a panel discussion on race and religion held April 21 at the annual convention of the Associated Church Press (ACP).
The April 8-19 meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in Lusaka, Zambia, was marked by a sense of unity and common purpose, according to Canadian delegates Bishop Jane Alexander and Suzanne Lawson.
Philip Poole, suffragan bishop of the diocese of Toronto and area bishop of York-Credit Valley, has announced that he will retire effective Sep. 30, 2016.
The Anglican Journal received 17 awards, including four awards of excellence and an award of merit for Best in Class at the Best of the Christian Press Awards held here April 22.
While the government has now tabled legislation to clarify the laws around assisted dying, responses from some members of the Anglican Church of Canada’s task force on assisted dying reveal that the church-and Canadian society-remain divided about how widely available assisted dying should be.
When General Synod meets in Richmond Hill, Ont., July 7-12, the worship will focus on getting back to the roots of the Anglican liturgy, according to the Rev. Martha Tatarnic, chair of the General Synod 2016 worship committee.
The diocese of British Columbia is working to find land where micro-housing for the tent city that has sprung up across the street from downtown Victoria’s Christ Church Cathedral, can be built, says Bishop Logan McMenamie.
Anglicans and Mennonites in Canada haven’t historically had much to do with each other, but that could change if General Synod-which meets July 7-12-votes to adopt a resolution put forward by the faith, worship and ministry committee to enter into a five-year, bilateral dialogue with Mennonite Church Canada.
When Bishop Logan McMenamie of the diocese of British Columbia approached the steps of Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, B.C., on the morning of March 27-Easter Sunday-he took the final steps of a gruelling 470-km journey to “re-enter the land.”
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