The Anglican bishops in Quebec have urged the provincial government to withdraw its controversial “medical aid in dying” bill saying it could present risks for the vulnerable, including the elderly, people suffering from clinical depression and those with disabilities.
The Anglican Journal office will be closed on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013.
As Harry Moon sat in a sharing circle at the Churches Listening to Survivors area, he explained why he was there: “I’m here because I’m having a hard time.”
On behalf of the Anglican Church of Canada, Archdeacon Michael Thompson expressed sympathy and solidarity with those who are suffering as a result of the recent violent attacks in both Pakistan and Kenya.
The Church of Ireland has appointed its first female bishop.
Vancouver-A woollen baby blanket with the symbol of the sea wolf whale that sings a song and a prayer shawl were offered on Sept. 21 by the Anglican Church of Canada as “expressions of reconciliation” at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) B.C. National Event, which is aimed at documenting the experiences of Indian residential school survivors.
Jillian Harris survived a harrowing experience at St. Mary’s Indian residential school in Mission, B.C., which she began attending when she was 14. Today, she is earning a master of divinity at the Vancouver School of Theology, an ecumenical theological institution in the city.
Hundreds of B.C. Anglican, United and Presbyterian church members were unable to make it to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) national event being held here Sept. 18 to 21, but they made sure to let Indian residential school survivors know that they were in their thoughts and prayers.
From traditional cedar dugout canoes that First Nations tribes and non-aboriginal people will paddle to False Creek, to a “Survivors’ Walk” at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) and a tribute from the Vancouver Giants’ to First Nations hockey, Canada’s Indian residential schools legacy will be front and centre in Vancouver this Sept. 16 to 22.
A global coalition of churches and church-based groups on Sept. 5 launched a campaign to press for justice and better rights for garment workers in Bangladesh.
The storyteller and his adult audience sit cross-legged on the floor as he unties a beige cloth of white sand, which he spreads smooth, then swirls into dunes and forms into the walls and temple of ancient Jerusalem.
Representatives of 345 member churches from more than 100 countries around the world will gather in Busan, South Korea, for the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) this Oct. 30 to Nov. 8.
The 2014 Canadian Church Calendar is now available for purchase.
The bishop of the Anglican diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, Cyrus Pitman, has announced his retirement effective this November.
Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, Andrew Bennett, and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird have expressed concern about the recent attacks on churches and other religious institutions in Egypt, calling them “unacceptable.”
Archbishop Mouneer Anis, primate of Jerusalem and the Middle East, is requesting prayers from Anglicans worldwide following today’s clashes in Egypt, which resulted in the death of at least 150 people and the burning of churches and government buildings.
The Rev. Patricia Reed, who made history by becoming one of the first six women to be ordained priests in the Anglican Church of Canada, died on Aug. 1. She was 93.
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has issued an urgent appeal for “sorely needed” relief work in Jordan’s Zaatari camp, home to an estimated half-million Syrian refugees who have fled violence in their country.
Anglican Church of Canada staff on July 25 held a prayer service to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Canadian government’s apology to First Nations people for the Indian residential schools system.
Soon after the news broke of the birth of a baby boy to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, offered their congratulations.
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