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Council of General Synod members approved the Award of Merit recipients at their spring meeting. Photo: Marites N. Sison

Five to receive Anglican Award of Merit

A Court of Queen’s Bench justice, a parish warden, an advocate for women and past president of the Canadian Mothers’ Union, a former chancellor and

Dean Peter Wall, chair of the General Synod planning committee, briefs Council of General Synod members about preparations for the General Synod and Joint Assembly this July. Photo: Marites N. Sison

Preparations for Ottawa meetings ‘in good shape’

Preparations for the General Synod and for Joint Assembly between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) are moving full steam ahead, said Dean Peter Wall, Anglican co-chair of the Joint Anglican-Lutheran Commission and chair of the General Synod planning committee.

Council of General Synod (CoGS) members begin initial discussions about proposed changes to the national church's structures. Photo: Marites N. Sison

Council begins work on restructuring proposals

Council of General Synod (CoGS) members today began discussing changes to the structures of General Synod, which were proposed by a national consultation convened last January by the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.

A bird’s-eye view of St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Photo: Vatican TV

Finally, white smoke

Bishop Linda Nicholls of the Anglican diocese of Toronto is in Rome and generously provided the Anglican Journal with her first-hand account of what it

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has a strong background in conflict resolution. Photo: Arnaud Stephenson

Church must be ‘a place of reconciliation’

The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has urged Anglicans and other Christians not to view conflict in purely negative terms, but rather as something

Col. John Fletcher will be promoted to the rank of brigadier general and will succeed Brig. Gen. Karl McLean, another Anglican padre, this fall. Photo: Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces

New chaplain general appointed

Col. John Fletcher, archdeacon of the Anglican Military Ordinariate of the Canadian Forces, has been appointed chaplain general and will assume command of the chaplain

Benedict’s final days as Pope

Print, broadcast and social media capture Pope Benedict’s final days at the Vatican. The Pontiff retires this Thursday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m.

VST needs to "continue to practice restraint and solid budgetary oversight" in order to stay the course, said Stephen Farris, acting principal. Photo: Vancouver School of Theology website

VST in better financial shape

The Vancouver School of Theology (VST), an ecumenical theological institution in British Columbia with over 100 years of history, is no longer in a state

Idrissa Ahha is among hundreds of thousands of people who have been forced to flee the conflict in the north of Mali. Photo: ACT Alliance

PWRDF sends aid to Mali

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is contributing $20,000 to ACT Alliance’s aid for people in Mali who are fleeing armed conflict within

Hanna Goschy is the new treasurer and chief financial officer of the Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod. Photo: Marites N. Sison

New General Synod treasurer announced

The Council of General Synod (CoGS) has approved the appointment of Hanna Goschy as the new treasurer and chief financial officer of the Anglican Church

National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald. Photo: Marites N. Sison

Bishop to receive Queen’s Jubilee Medal

On Saturday, Feb. 2, theAnglican Church of Canada’s first National Indigenous Bishop, MarkMacDonald, will receive the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal at Queen’sPark, Toronto.

Donnie Snook has been suspended as executive director of the Saint John Inner City Youth Ministry (ICYM) pending resolution of the charges. Photo:New Brunswick Anglican

Diocese of Fredericton lay worker charged

The executive director of a children’s ministry supported by the diocese of Fredericton and operating in Saint John, N.B., has been charged with eight child

Chooutla Indian Residential Schools in Carcross, Yukon, shut its doors on June 30, 1969. Photo: General Synod Archives

Regional TRC event to open in Whitehorse

Anglicans in the diocese of Yukon are gearing up for their participation in the Yukon regional truth and reconciliation event scheduled Jan. 14 to 15,

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence in a teepee on Victoria Island, where she has been on hunger strike since Dec. 11. Photo: REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Letter urges Harper to meet with Spence

In a letter sent on Dec. 31, 2012, Anglican Church of Canada leaders have urged Prime Minister Stephen Harper to meet with Attawapiskat Chief Theresa

Christmas tree at Place Kleber in Strasbourg, France, known as the "Capital of Christmas." Photo: Leonid Andronov

Merry Christmas

The Anglican Journal office will be closed for Christmas holidays from Dec. 21, 2012 to Jan. 1, 2013. The Journal staff wish all our readers

The Rt. Rev. Ronald Francis Shepherd, who served as the 10th bishop of the Anglican diocese of British Columbia, died on Oct. 24, 2012. He was 86.

Bishop left a legacy of prayerful life

Last Nov. 3, bishops, clergy and parishioners from the diocese offered a Celebration of Thanksgiving service for Shepherd’s ministry, according to the Diocesan Post, the

The video, “Remember the Land” includes the voices of church leaders and grassroots activists around the world who advocate for mining justice.

Video reveals impact of Canadian mining operations

An 11-minute video that shows the impact of Canadian mining operations on indigenous communities and offers theological reflections on resource extraction is now available for

Kristin Jenkins has accepted the position of director of advancement for Albert College, Canada's oldest co-educational boarding and day school in Belleville, Ont. Photo: Saskia Rowley

Editor of the Anglican Journal resigns

The editor of the Anglican Journal, the national newspaper of the Anglican Church of Canada, has announced her resignation effective Jan. 7, 2013. Kristin Jenkins

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