Robert “Bob” Boeckner, longtime trustee of the General Synod Pension Plan (GSPP) and a highly valued member of several national church committees dealing with finance, died June 30 at the age of 83, just days after attending the pension committee meeting at General Synod.
Bishop Charles Arthurson, who became the first Indigenous bishop in Canada upon his election as suffragan bishop of the Anglican diocese of Saskatchewan in 1989—a position he held until his 2008 retirement—died Aug. 30 in Prince Albert, Sask.
Bishop of Western Newfoundland John Organ, whom the provincial metropolitan found violated misconduct policies when he fired a former cathedral dean, has hired a new dean and will resign effective Oct. 1.
Sacred Circle elected a new Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) Aug. 9 based on the old model of members representing ecclesiastical provinces, while setting the stage for a shift to elections based on regional language areas and land and water territories.
A document aiming to heal the legacy of spiritual harm churches committed against Indigenous peoples, written by an ecumenical working group and presented to Sacred Circle Aug. 8, makes a set of “calls to healing” to churches—including implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Men who survived abuse by Ralph Rowe, a former Anglican priest and Scout leader convicted of 75 sexual crimes against children in northern Ontario and Manitoba, aim to create an advocacy and advisory council to promote healing, the 12th Indigenous Anglican Sacred Circle learned on Aug. 8.
The possible future shape of the Indigenous church began to take concrete expression Aug. 7 as the 12th Indigenous Anglican Sacred Circle mapped out representation based on language areas—an exercise that, along with a presentation on the Doctrine of Discovery by a representative of The Episcopal Church’s commission on Indigenous boarding schools, left many Sacred Circle members with difficult emotions to process.
The second day of the 12th Indigenous Anglican Sacred Circle saw members discuss what governance means in their own context as they advanced the concrete expression of what it means to be a self-determining Indigenous church.
The 12th Indigenous Anglican Sacred Circle opened Aug. 5 with a call by National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Chris Harper for those gathered those gathered to take an active role in serving their communities, humbly spreading the message of God’s love.
Noah Tynes was halfway through skateboarding from Toronto to Vancouver, a solo journey to raise money for the Church of the Holy Trinity’s CommUNITY Hub program, when he spoke to the Anglican Journal on July 17 from Swift Current, Sask.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved in recent years from the realm of science fiction to a part of everyday life, incorporated into everything from search engines to virtual assistants to generative tools and used in a wide variety of settings, including the church. One rapidly expanding use of AI is in autonomous weapons systems.
Bishop of Western Newfoundland John Organ says he will not follow recommendations from his provincial metropolitan, who found that the bishop violated misconduct policies, to re-instate a fired cathedral dean and complete the last three months of his episcopate on sabbatical leave.
The primate and all Canadian Anglicans should write to government officials calling for a full and immediate arms embargo on Israel, General Synod said in a resolution it passed June 29, along with a second resolution expressing “support for those in the Land of the Holy One.”
A National Youth Council to advise Council of General Synod (CoGS) may soon be a reality after General Synod voted June 29 to endorse creation of such a body and ordered CoGS to develop an implementation plan, as well as to consider a change that would allow for two youth members on CoGS per ecclesiastical province rather than one.
Hard questions flew at a special session of General Synod June 28 in which members asked whether the church could get out of its commitments to an $8.18-million, five-year lease for a new national office—the answer to which remains uncertain, General Synod’s chancellor said, pending the results of an investigation into how the lease was approved.
The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada passed three motions coming from its Faith, Worship and Ministry (FWM) department June 27—adopting and commending the 2025 Theological Statement on the Diaconate, commending a document on best practices for deacons and adopting a thematic stream of lectionary readings.
Council of General Synod (CoGS) will work with ecumenical partners to encourage the study of principles of accessibility and inclusion across the Anglican Church of Canada, including the tenets of disability theology, after General Synod voted for an amended resolution June 25.
The national office of the Anglican Church of Canada has hired an accounting firm to investigate the way in which a $9-million lease for its new Toronto location at 300 Bloor Street West—space to be shared with the national offices of the United Church of Canada and the Presbyterian Church of Canada—was approved.
Having established a self-determining Indigenous church within the Anglican Church of Canada, Indigenous Anglicans are now building on that foundation to further shape its ministries and governance, members of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) told General Synod on June 24.
General Synod has the power to live into God’s purpose for it by following his path even when the outcome is uncertain, retired U.S. bishop Michael Curry, former presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church, said June 23 as delegates in London, Ont. gathered for opening worship at St. Paul’s Cathedral.