Sean Frankling, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:01:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Sean Frankling, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Pursuing possibilities together: Primate reflects on a year of change https://anglicanjournal.com/pursuing-possibilities-together-primate-reflects-on-a-year-of-change/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:57:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215665 In June 2025, General Synod elected then-bishop of Ottawa, Shane Parker, as primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. One year into a triennium of significant change, the Anglican Journal sat down with Archbishop Parker to discuss the church’s progress so far and his experience leading it as primate.

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]]> 215665 Task force to study church NDA use https://anglicanjournal.com/task-force-to-study-church-nda-use/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:07:14 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215579 The new task force is charged with studying practice and ethics surrounding NDA use, following up on work from 2025's General Synod.

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]]> 215579 Task force to consider church AI policy https://anglicanjournal.com/task-force-to-consider-church-ai-policy/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:25:22 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215530 Church leaders agreed they need more information on generative AI technologies to draft guidelines on how they should or should not be used.

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]]> 215530 National Youth Council terms of reference approved by CoGS https://anglicanjournal.com/national-youth-council-terms-of-reference-approved-by-cogs/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:04:33 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215514 Task force chair Paige Keller, a youth member of CoGS from the ecclesiastical province of Ontario, said she and the task force “hope that this work reflects an ongoing commitment to creating space for young people to participate more fully in the life, leadership and discernment of our church.”

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]]> 215514 Primate highlights actual, aspirational and attitude changes in church https://anglicanjournal.com/primate-highlights-actual-aspirational-and-attitude-changes-in-church/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:22:50 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215478 Church leadership and staff have been hard at work on the “unambiguous mandate” set by General Synod for a leaner, less expensive national structure, Parker said.

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]]> 215478 Former primate aids Western Newfoundland healing process following cancelled episcopal election https://anglicanjournal.com/former-primate-aids-western-newfoundland-healing-process-following-cancelled-episcopal-election/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:00:33 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215467 The diocesan executive council has invited Hiltz to facilitate discussion and reconciliation as a pastoral visitor following a cancelled election for a new bishop, originally scheduled for April 25.

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]]> 215467 Steward, leader, friend: Colleagues remember the life of late Archbishop Douglas Hambidge https://anglicanjournal.com/steward-leader-friend-colleagues-remember-the-life-of-late-archbishop-douglas-hambidge/ Mon, 25 May 2026 16:56:55 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215326 Hambidge was bishop of the diocese of New Westminster and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon.

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]]> 215326 More than ‘sorry’: Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue of Canada examines theology of church apologies https://anglicanjournal.com/more-than-sorry-anglican-roman-catholic-dialogue-of-canada-examines-theology-of-church-apologies/ Mon, 11 May 2026 17:54:06 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215271 The Bible is more concerned with concrete acts of reconciliation than with modeling how to give a verbal apology, Bishop of Quebec Bruce Myers says. That was one of the key findings he and other members of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue of Canada (ARC Canada) noted in their document Theology of Church Apologies.

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]]> 215271 Anti-hate bill draws doubts from religious communities https://anglicanjournal.com/anti-hate-bill-draws-doubts-from-religious-communities/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:30:28 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215209 Several religious groups and civil liberties organizations are expressing concerns about Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, which the House of Commons passed in its third and final vote on March 25.

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]]> 215209 Canadian Anglicans prepare to weigh in on Nairobi-Cairo Proposals https://anglicanjournal.com/canadian-anglicans-prepare-to-weigh-in-on-nairobi-cairo-proposals/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:20:28 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215119 The Anglican Church of Canada has convened a panel of clergy and bishops to study a pair of proposed reforms to the structure of the worldwide Anglican Communion, known as the Nairobi-Cairo Proposals.

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