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The staff of the Anglican Journal wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. We will return on Jan. 2.
The staff of the Anglican Journal wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. We will return on Jan. 2.
With Christmas approaching, Archbishop Fred Hiltz today urged Anglicans, via a CBC radio interview, to think about the poor and disadvantaged, saying the church “must be in the world and for the world” as Jesus Christ was.
Nelson Mandela, known worldwide as the symbol of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle died today, Dec. 5. He was 95.
Oxford University Press in the United Kingdom will publish a five-volume series about Anglicanism, an undertaking that has been described as “an unprecedented international project in religious history.”
The Canadian government has extended the time it is offering to matchdonations given to registered charities to aid people in the areasdevastated by Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines andneighbouring countries on November 8.
Stewardship education is not well anchored in the Anglican Church of Canada and in the mindset of many Anglicans, said Monica Patten, chair of the Resources for Mission (RfM) committee.
On Nov. 18, the Rev. Sarah Macneil made history when she was unanimously elected the first female diocesan bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia.
The new diocese in northern Ontario will be known as Mishamikoweesh, a tribute to the old settlement of Big Beaver House a few miles from the Kingfisher Lake First Nation community, where the first native archdeacon of Keewatin, the late Dr. William Winter, began his ministry in 1965.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is scheduled to make a “personal,pastoral visit” to Canada April 7 to 9 next year, as part of hispersonal commitment to get to know the primates
(senior archbishops) of the Anglican Communion and learn about each of their local contexts.
People wanting to donate money to aid and relief for victims of Typhoon Haiyan that has devastated the Philippines and neighbouring countries have an opportunity
Dr. Agnes Abuom, from the Anglican Church of Kenya, made history by being elected the first woman and first African moderator of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Central Committee.
The Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya has fallen off the radar screen of most donor countries but the influx of refugees continues, and the camp is “in crisis,” according to a representative of the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK).
National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald has been elected as North American regional president for the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) during its 10th assembly currently taking place in Busan, Republic of Korea.
In Busan, Republic of Korea the 10th Assembly of the WCC continues with its 3,000 participants in dialogue on mission and evangelism, faith and order, justice, peace and unity.
The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches began its third day of meeting on the theme, “God of life, lead us to justice and peace.”
From Oct. 30 to Nov. 8, 2013, more than 3,000 Christians are gathering in Busan, Republic of Korea, for the 10th World Council of Churches Assembly. Here are some highlights of this historic event.
Earlier today, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby baptized His Royal Highness Prince George, the three-month old son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Gary Woolsey, retired bishop of the diocese of Athabasca, who took hisministry to remote communities by plane, and later by motorcycle, diedon Oct. 18, 2013 at the age of 71 in Calgary.
On Oct. 5, National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald joined a delegation of indigenous leaders from across Canada who travelled to London, England, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Royal Proclamation of 1763.
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