General Synod hires communications director
Joelle Kidd
January 2, 2020
The national office of the Anglican Church of Canada welcomed Joseph (Joe) Vecsi as director of communications in October.
The national office of the Anglican Church of Canada welcomed Joseph (Joe) Vecsi as director of communications in October.
The fall/winter issue of Epiphanies, the digital magazine produced by the Anglican Journal team, is now online. This issue is all about money: how Anglicans
For the Sisterhood of Saint John the Divine, a vow of poverty is about ‘more than dollars and cents.’ Since even before St. Paul wrote
Rachel Robinson on poverty and homelessness Rachel Robinson is the executive director of drop-in centres The Well and St. Luke’s Table, two of the diocese
For the sixth consecutive year, riders under the banner of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) hopped on their bikes and rode up
In October 2019, United Nations special rapporteur Leilani Farha released her report on the right to adequate housing for Indigenous peoples. The report found housing
Canon David Greenwood was elected bishop of the diocese of Athabasca at an electoral synod at St. James Cathedral, Peace River, Alta., November 16. He
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2015 that parts of the country’s Criminal Code that prohibited medically assisted deaths were in violation of the
Mississauga, Ont. The meeting of the Council of General Synod (CoGS) heard messages about the importance of racial justice and looking toward the future of
Mississauga, Ont. Diocesan contributions, which account for 87% of General Synod’s net revenue, have decreased by around 20% over the past 25 years, Council of
Canon Todd Townshend was elected 14th bishop of the diocese of Huron at a diocesan synod Oct 26. Townshend was elected on the third ballot
While the role of deacon in the church can be traced back to the book of Acts and through a period of flourishing in 100-600
The Rev. Michael Shapcott has made a habit of asking a question during the opening orientation of the Sorrento Centre’s Five Weeks of Summer, one
Bishop Michael Curry is the 27th and current presiding bishop of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church. Curry garnered international attention in 2018, when he preached at
Last year’s Anglican Journal Appeal, the Journal’s annual donation campaign, raised $474,489 and boasted its highest-ever average donation, $56. The total of the 2018 appeal
When Archdeacon Keith Cartwright, archdeacon of the southern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, visited Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake, he
The University of Victoria’s interfaith chapel has been called the “happiest place on campus,” Anglican chaplain Ruth Dantzer says. That’s because every Tuesday, close to
The Electoral Procedures Committee of the diocese of Huron has announced the nominees for bishop of the diocese, to be chosen at an electoral synod
Plants and pollinators from the same geographical area have co-evolved to work well together, so look for native species of plants.
