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The Rev. Ruth Taylor takes a break from writing her memoirs in her garden. Photo: Contributed

Do you know the Rev. Ruth Taylor?

The Rev. Ruth Taylor, 94, formerly of the dioceses of Qu’Appelle and Moosonee, is writing her memoirs with the assistance of B.C.-based writer/speaker Donna Jean Richards. After an ordained ministry that began 36 years ago, Taylor retired to Powell River, B.C., where she’s now a member of the Anglican Parish of St. David and St. Paul.

The online resource encourages Anglicans to take part in the electoral process and bring critical issues of social justice to centre stage. Photo: Elections Canada

Anglican church publishes election resource

The August 2 announcement of the October federal election may have caught some Canadians by surprise, but a working group of Anglicans has been preparing for this since last fall.

Marriage canon commission member Bishop Linda Nicholls of the Trent-Durham area, in the diocese of Toronto. File photo: Anglican Journal

Marriage canon report in final stages

The final meeting of the Anglican Church of Canada’s commission on the marriage canon took place at the national office in Toronto on Friday, August 21.

Fr. Steven Maki, the Episcopal rector of Grand Bay parish, at the entrance to Holy Trinity, the parish's oldest Anglican church. Photo: Kat Findlay

Newfoundland’s Anglican-Episcopal pipeline

The Rev. Steven Maki is part of a long tradition of cross-border religious reciprocity. He’s an American Episcopal priest serving in an Anglican parish in Newfoundland.

Anglicans in the diocese of New Westminster who are part of the Metro Vancouver Alliance ( L to R): The Rev. Andrew Wilhelm-Boyles, St Catherine's North Vancouver; Jayne Fenrich, St Thomas Vancouver; Geri Grigg, eco-justice unit working group on the living wage; Paul Clark, St Catherine's N. Vancouver and The Rev. Margaret Marquardt, Chair, diocesan Eco-Justice Unit. Photo: Contributed

Reweaving the unravelled urban fabric

In 1940, Saul Alinsky, author of Rules for Radicals and legendary father of community organizing, spearheaded the establishment of the Industrial Areas Foundation in wartime Chicago.

Crafts and songfest time at West Rock Camp. Photo: Nancy Granter

Cathedral camp aids low-income families

Every summer, social-housing families in Corner Brook, Nfld., trade the bleak streets of their public tenements for the awesome grandeur of Gros Morne National Park.

Once wholly Japanese, the Vancouver Anglican congregation of Holy Cross is now a mixed parish. Photo: Michiko Tatchell

End of a war, start of new ministries

On Sunday Sept. 13, the day before Holy Cross Day, Vancouver’s Holy Cross Anglican Church will celebrate two anniversaries-one famous, the other obscure.

Thousands took part in the Walk for Reconciliation in Ottawa, part of the recent closing event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Photo: Anglican Journal

Cathedral exhibit extends spirit of the TRC

Toronto’s Cathedral Church of St. James has mounted a historical overview of the Anglican church’s often painful relationship with Indigenous peoples, as part of an effort to keep alive the momentum generated by the final report of the Keeping alive the momentum generated by the final report of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in May.

Vaccination day in Tanzania. Photo: Zaida Bastos

Federal grant boosts PWRDF maternal/child health program

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) continues its partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD) in new multimillion-dollar joint venture focusing on maternal and child health in Africa.

The Rev. Sam Halkett leads a July 8 service at St. James, Little Red Lake Reserve, focusing on the wildfire evacuees, some of whom were in attendance. The diocese sent a cash donation, which was divided equally among six evacuated families. Photo: Mary Brown

Anglicans send funds for wildfire relief

With 118 wildfires continuing to burn in northern Saskatchewan—some expected to burn until autumn or even the first snow—the Anglican Church of Canada is providing financial aid for victims.

Canon Robert Falby “loved much and was much loved,” according to Archbishop Fred Hiltz. File photo: Art Babych

Primate pays tribute to Robert Falby

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, gave a moving eulogy at a July 8 celebratory memorial for Canon (lay) Robert “Bob” Falby, QC, who died June 8.

Pope Francis and World Council of Churches general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit share similar views on environmental sustainability. File photo: World Council of Churches

Marking 50 years of ecumenical partnership

Last month, Rome was the venue of the 50-year anniversary of the Joint Working Group (JWG) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Roman Catholic Church (RCC).

Bishops pose in the lobby of the Episcopal diocese of Virginia's Roslyn Conference and Retreat Center outside Richmond. Left to right: Joseph Wasonga, Maseno West, Kenya; Johannes Bondo, Kenya; Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, Asante Mampong, Ghana; Michael Bird, diocese of Niagara; Garth Counsell, Cape Town, South Africa; Colin Johnson, Toronto; Julius Kaluf Mombasa, Kenya; Daniel Mensah Torto Accra, Ghana; John Chapman, Ottawa. Also with them is Canon Isaac Kawuki Mukasa, General Synod Office, third (behind) from right. Photo: Contributed

Dialoguing bishops walk Slave Trail

For decades, the economy of the American coastal city of Richmond, Va., was dominated by the slave trade, of which Richmond was a major hub. The city was a focal point in an infamous transatlantic triangle comprising Britain, Ghana and the United States.

Mary Kitigawa (left) accepted the apology document from Bishop Greg Kerr-Wilson (right) and Bishop Melissa Skelton. Photo: Randy Murray

Bishops apologize for Japanese-Canadian priest’s abuse

For more than 50 years, the late Goichi Gordon Nakayama served as an Anglican priest in the dioceses of Calgary and New Westminster. But the outwardly affable Japanese-born canon was an abusive priest, who preyed sexually on young boys in his spiritual care.

The Church Boys’ League teaches lessons in survival, self-actualization, manners and co-operation. Photo: Contributed

In a league of their own

In the diminutive maritime town of Mahone Bay, N.S. (pop. 1,000), a youth tradition begun in 1960 is still going strong: the Church Boys’ League (CBL), headquartered at the picturesque, red-and-white Anglican church of St. James. And while there used to be a number of such Anglican-affiliated leagues across Canada, the St. James CBL may be the last of its kind.

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