Dr. Suhaila Tarazi is the director of North Gaza’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, which is owned and operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and is
“Can I just get rid of the subterfuge and say that it’s Gaius?” said Ryan Swanson, appearing with fellow writer of the TV series The Chosen, Tyler Thompson, revealing some minor spoilers about the show’s Roman soldier character at a Jan. 31 Q&A at a cineplex in Oakville, Ont.
“Don’t worry, we’ve read the book,” someone called back amid the chorus of agreement from the audience.
That unnamed theatre-goer was right. Many people in the full-house audience were intimately familiar with the show’s source material (the gospels, as hardcore fans know them) and have been attending a weekly lecture (or sermon, as some call it) unpacking its key themes and applicability for much of their lives. It’s a level of fandom even some of pop culture’s biggest franchises—Marvel, Game of Thrones, Star Wars—can’t count on from their average fans.
A document released by the Roman Catholic Church reconsidering its policy on blessings—including those to people in same-sex relationships—offers Anglicans a new way to think about divisions within their own communion, says the Rev. Iain Luke, principal of the Saskatoon-based College of Emmanuel and St. Chad and a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue.
As many Anglican leaders look for alternative ways of being church in the 21st century, one M.Div student at Halifax’s Atlantic School of Theology is investigating ways of branching out into digital gathering spaces. In a research project he’s developing as part of his degree, Blane Finnie, a postulant to priesthood, has built several church buildings and run daily services in Eco, an online multiplayer video game that simulates a world in which players must cooperate or compete to survive, typically harnessing natural resources, taking specialized roles and trading with one another in an in-game economy.
A drop in diocesan contributions to the national budget along with lingering financial uncertainty spurred a conversation about the long-term stability of the Anglican Church
Leaders ponder what’s next in church’s ‘deep, deep wrestling’ with issue as eligibility expected to widen A collection of 25 writings by clergy, caregivers, academics
Will retire sometime before next October, Nicholls says in wide-ranging talk to CoGS that also touches on Gaza war, division within Anglican Communion Archbishop Linda
In the early 1980s the Rev. Reuben Hatcher, now retired, was serving as a prison chaplain at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in St. John’s during a
Mississauga, Ont. The Council of General Synod (CoGS) has approved a set of new policies and procedures to govern the Anglican Journal and its publisher,
Archdeacon Rachael Parker, a self-described “cradle Anglican” with experience priesting in Ontario, Nova Scotia and Alberta, was elected bishop of the diocese of Brandon Nov.
Church leaders reflect on what it takes to rebuild public trust SPLINTERED TRUST: Rebuilding the church’s public image Second of a two-part series About 150
A drop in diocesan contributions to the national budget along with lingering financial uncertainty spurred a conversation about the long-term stability of the Anglican Church of Canada’s finances in a Nov. 24 session of the Council of General Synod (CoGS).
The office of General Synod has been targeted by cyber attackers who stole money from its bank account, announced Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada in a Nov. 25 session of the Council of General Synod (CoGS).
In her opening remarks to the 2023-2025 members of the Council of General Synod (CoGS), Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, said she has yet to decide on a retirement date.
In a Nov. 17 open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau, heads of the Anglican Church of Canada and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) question the government of Canada’s commitment to safeguarding the human rights of Palestinians living in Gaza, expressing shock and disappointment with Canada’s recent voting record at the United Nations and failure, in their words, to directly condemn Israel’s attacks on United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools.
Leaders in the international Anglican Communion and the Anglican Church of Canada released messages of lament and calls for compassion after the renewal of violence
The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) has awarded $50,000 to a migrant farmer outreach program in the diocese of Huron—the largest grant in the AFC’s
Diocese of Qu’Appelle, PWRDF join Grow Hope Saskatchewan The first year of Anglican participation in an agricultural famine relief charity is aimed at raising awareness
Step one, some priests say, is making space for people’s anger SPLINTERED TRUST: Rebuilding the church’s public image First of a two-part series When she
It’s now essential for the survival of the church, bishop says Ninth instalment of Hearing the Lambeth Calls, a 10-part series on the calls to the global
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