Beginning in the new year, NationalIndigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald will also be the new areabishop for the Northern Manitoba region of the diocese of Keewatin.
Monica Patten, chair of the Anglican Church of Canada’s Resources for Mission (RfM) Committee, has been named as interim director of the RfM department, succeeding Vianney Carriere, who announced that he will resign from his role as director as of Jan. 1.
Logan McMenamie, dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, waselected as the new bishop of the diocese of British Columbia at a synodon Dec. 7. McMenamie was elected on the third ballot. He will succeedBishop James Cowan, who retired at the end of August.
General Synod’s Marks of Mission team is offering grants of $1,000 to every diocese in the Anglican Church of Canada as seed money for projects that implement any of the the Anglican Communion’s five marks of mission.
National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald and MelissaGreen reported to members of the Council of General Synod at its Nov. 14to 17 meetings in Mississauga, Ont., about their experience at the 10thAssembly of World Council of Churches (WCC), which took place Oct. 30to Nov. 8 in Busan, Korea.
Bishop Ron Cutler has been elected as the new coadjutor bishop for thediocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, where he has beensuffragan bishop since 2008.
National Housing Day is being marked today with events across Canada.
ArchdeaconDr. Geoffrey Peddle was elected as diocesan bishop in the diocese ofEastern Newfoundland and Labrador at a synod on Nov. 16.
In late October, Toronto’s St. James Cathedral was filled with richlycoloured and intricately embroidered tapestries and texiles for theexhibit “Sacred Stitches: Beauty and Holiness in the Needlework of ManyFaiths.”
Bernard Valcourt, minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, announced today that his office is working out the details of an agreement that will allow the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) to operate for an additional year.
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, offers his perspectives on the recent meeting of the House of Bishops in an interview with the Anglican Journal.
Through the Anglican Foundation’s Kids Helping Kids Fund, Anglican children have been making a positive difference in the lives of other Canadian children.
Most speakers at the Sept. 18 conference that marked the 50th anniversary of the 1963 Toronto Congress came from the more conservative side of the Anglican theological and political spectrum, particularly on issues that have divided the international Communion, such as same-sex marriages.
In 1963, Toronto was the host city for an international congress to discuss the future of Anglicanism and the global Anglican Communion.
The mess is spreading-Messy Church, that is. Across Canada, people of all ages are coming together to worship, learn, sing, play, talk and eat together in a family friendly style of worship.
The General Synod Pension Plan has received the member votes it needed to ask the Ontario government to grant it a three-year period to improve the plan’s funding level and avoid pension reductions of 20 to 30 per cent.
When British author Karen Armstrong first called for creation of a Charter for Compassion in 2008, she probably didn’t imagine it becoming a global competition.
September seems to be all about gearing up for back to school, back to work, back to the rat race after the fleeting reprieve of summer holidays (if you had any).
“Stories have the power to change the world,” Ralph Singh, chair of the Wisdom Thinkers Network, told attendees of theNorth American Interfaith Network conference held at the University ofToronto from Aug. 11 to 13.
The Rev. Dr. Cyril Powles, an Anglican priest, missionary and universityprofessor who devoted much of his life to working for justice,particularly for Japanese-Canadians, died on July 26 in Vancouver at theage of 94.
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