Matthew Puddister

  • Matthew Puddister is a staff writer for the Anglican Journal. Most recently, Puddister worked as corporate communicator for the Anglican Church of Canada, a position he has held since Dec. 1, 2014. He previously served as a city reporter for the Prince Albert Daily Herald. A former resident of Kingston, Ont., Puddister has a bachelor's degree in English literature from Queen’s University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Western Ontario.

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Primatial vote, future shape of church set to take centre stage at General Synod

Anglicans are gearing up for the next meeting of General Synod, which is set to take place June 23-29 at RBC Place in London, Ont. in the diocese of Huron and will include the election of the 15th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, as well as an update from the primate’s commission on re-imagining the church.

Remembering ‘one of the Anglican prophets’

Archdeacon Ian MacKenzie, a priest and educator who championed justice for Indigenous Peoples over seven decades of ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada, died April 8 in Powell River, B.C. at the age of 90.

Anglicans pay tribute to Pope Francis

Anglican leaders have joined Roman Catholics around the world in remembering Pope Francis following the pontiff’s death April 21 at the age of 88 after suffering a cerebral stroke.

Looking for God in ‘the devils’ gospels’

If God is truly the Almighty and the basis of our existence, Christopher Gasson says, then everything anyone can say about life and the world will tell us more about God’s nature—to the point, he believes, that “we can find God in works that are savagely opposed to God.”

Christ Church Cathedral, the mother church the Anglican diocese of Montreal. Photo: Massimiliano Pieraccini

Montreal bishop stands by episcopal election process

Bishop Mary Irwin-Gibson stands by the process to choose the next bishop of Montreal after four of nine search committee members resigned March 10, including the chair—forwarding their nominations to the electoral synod without endorsement and citing concerns over safe church policy and “limitations imposed by canon law” that might prevent them from protecting “the integrity of the ballot.”

After the Gaza ceasefire

Church leaders call to make ceasefire permanent as Anglicans launch international fundraising campaign for St. George’s College, Jerusalem Updated with new material Feb. 19, 2025.

‘Do we want a countryside full of ruins?’

Kingston church seeks $2.5 million to save tower; parishioner says governments should be doing more to protect heritage churches For 180 years, St. Mark’s Anglican

“To me, this is an exciting time in the life of Anglican Church of Canada and indeed Christianity in North America,” says Archbishop John Stephens, new metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of B.C. and Yukon. “We need to determine how we are Church and responding to the gospel of Jesus Christ in our time and in our place. We will need to consider new models and new possibilities related to being Church.” Photo: Contributed

Stephens looks to more teamwork within B.C., Yukon

Archbishop John Stephens, newly elected metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon, says he plans to continue predecessor Archbishop Lynne McNaughton’s work of increasing collaboration between dioceses within the province. 

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