Sr. Constance Elizabeth Murphy, the oldest nun at the Sisters of St. John the Divine (SSJD) convent in Toronto died peacefully on Aug. 2, 2013, after a long life of devoted service, both as a teacher to the young and as a minister and advocate for the elderly. She was 109.
The resolution on peace and justice in Palestine and Israel,passed by the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada at itsOttawa meeting earlier this month, has met with mixed reactions fromPalestinian and Israeli organizations.
On the final morning of Joint Assembly, eminent theologian Dr.Christopher Duraisingh, who was the keynote speaker, told the Anglicansand Lutherans that he had sometimes turned the words fromthe assembly’s theme, “Together for the Love of the World,” around inhis mind to be “Together in Love for the World.”
The faith, worship and ministry committee gave General Synod members an overview of its work in the past triennium, and three resolutions relating to its work were passed.
Hundreds of Anglicans and Lutherans in Ottawa for Joint Assembly converged on Parliament Hill on Saturday morning for a prayer event intended to draw attention to the issue of access to clean water, particularly in aboriginal communities.
After a long and passionate debate, the General Synod of theAnglican Church of Canada meeting in Ottawa has passed a resolution onthe issue of peace and justice in Palestine and Israel.
Members of Joint Assembly heard news from Canada’s north in their July 5gathering and celebrated the first Inuktitut translation of the Bible,published last year.
Members of Joint Assembly were offered insight into the work of the Anglican Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund and the Canadian Lutheran World Relief when Michael Pryse, Lutheran bishop of the Eastern Synod, interviewed PWRDF executive director Adele Finney and CLWR executive director Robert Granke.
On July 4, General Synod unanimously passed Resolution A051, which set out the criteria for the selection of future national indigenous Anglican bishops (NIAB) as well as members of the Anglican Council of Indigenous People (ACIP) and Sacred Circle.
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada,delivered a presidential address to the members of General Synod thatoffered snapshots of what’s happening in the church across the country,some of the challenges that lie ahead and the reasons why he is full ofhope.
International and ecumenical guests brought greetings to members ofJoint Assembly on Thursday morning, and they all offered some words ofinspiration about the meeting’s theme, “Together for the Love of theWorld.”
Annie Smith-St. Georges, an Algonquin elder, and her husband, Robert St. Georges, officiallywelcomed the members of Joint Assembly to Ottawa, which is in theterritory of the Algonquin First Nation.
The 541 members of the Joint Assembly spent an hour on the firstafternoon in a community-building session intended to help the Anglicansand Lutherans sitting at each of the 83 tables to get to know eachother better.
The 36 youth delegates who have come to participate in Joint Assemblyfrom Anglican and Lutheran parishes across the country will also helpto lead a prayer gathering on Parliament Hill on Saturday morning.
The Joint Assembly of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church is a watershed moment in the full communion relationship of the two churches.
African and North American bishops left the recent Consultation ofAnglican Bishops in Dialogue “with great hope,” they said in acollective statement issued at the conclusion of their meeting in CapeTown, South Africa, from May 2 to 5.
Archdeacon John Dinn and his wife, Catherine Dinn, are facingmultiple charges for allegedly defrauding the Anglican parish of St.John the Evangelist in Topsail, Nfld., where he has been the rector forabout five years.
Bishop Tom Corston has announced that he will retire from his position as bishop of the diocese of Moosonee on Dec. 31, 2013. His retirement will coincide with the date that a decision to restructure the diocese into a mission area will take effect.
Bishop Michael Bird of the diocese of Niagara has filed a defamationlawsuit with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against blogger DavidJenkins.
The House of Bishops met in Niagara Falls, Ont. from April 8 to 12, thanking three retiring bishops for their service, as well as examining ways that the house can best serve its members and the church.
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