U.S.-born priest elected bishop of Caledonia
Tali Folkins
April 24, 2017
The Rev. Jake Worley, an Alabama-born priest, has been elected bishop of the diocese of Caledonia.
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The Rev. Jake Worley, an Alabama-born priest, has been elected bishop of the diocese of Caledonia.
With the approach of Earth Day this Saturday, April 22, Canadian Anglican and Lutheran leaders have issued an invitation to creation-minded prayer and action.
The Anglican Church of Canada’s Indigenous ministries department will likely rename its suicide prevention program to reflect a focus on the affirmation of life.
The bishop of British Columbia and the chief of the ‘Namgis First Nation are hoping a meeting last month will prove the crucial first step in a long and fruitful relationship.
The Anglican Church of Canada’s relief and development agency is contributing $20,000 to help people stricken by recentdramatic flooding in Peru.
“For 30 seconds, do not think of a blue horse,” psychologist and Anglican priest Canon Martin Brokenleg instructed a small roomful of attendees at a Toronto workshop March 27. “Nobody should be picturing a blue horse. If you’re picturing a blue horse, stop it. Do not think of a blue horse.”
In a room in the basement of St. George’s-on-the-Hill, in Etobicoke, Ont., Canon Andrew Sheldon carefully opens a gold-coloured box before a group of children. He takes out pieces of yellow and green felt, and unrolls the green felt on the yellow, until a trunk and branches appear. As he does, he tells the parable of the mustard seed.
A merger of five Peterborough-area Anglican and Lutheran congregations into two might begin as early as this September, says a diocesan official overseeing the process.
Faith communities should feel confident about their dollars-and-cents contribution to society in the face of a growing movement to eliminate their tax-free status, attendees at a Toronto interfaith forum heard March 11.
Terence Finlay, who served as bishop of the diocese of Toronto and metropolitan of the province of Ontario from 2000-2004, died early on the morning of Monday, March 20. He was 79.
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is committing another $50,000 for famine and drought relief in East Africa, the aid agency announced Tuesday, March 14.
A St. Catharines, Ont., priest has been chosen to represent the Anglican Church of Canada at this year’s session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
In a joint statement released Wednesday, March 1, the four leaders of the Anglican, Episcopal and Lutheran churches in Canada and the United States call on their churches to “be mindful of the global refugee and migration crises and the injustices and conflicts” that have caused the number of refugees now in the world to be the highest in history.
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is committing a total of $50,000 for famine and drought relief in South Sudan and Kenya – $25,000 for each country – it announced Friday, February 24.
Two and a half years ago, the Rev. Rebecca Osborn had never heard of the diocese of the Arctic.
Rani was sold into slavery when she was just 12. For eight years, until she escaped, she worked without pay or a day off, sleeping on the floor and rarely getting outside.
The Anglican Church of Canada’s newly named lead animator of public witness for social and ecological justice says he’s looking forward to supporting the church’s social and environmental work on a local level.
A rebrand launched a few years ago at the Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) translated into requests to fund unusually innovative ministry projects in 2016, say Foundation officials.
Two Canadian Indigenous Anglican theological students have received a financial boost as a result of a recent decision by the diocese of Western Newfoundland.
The Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) have decided to postpone the date of their next Joint Assembly to 2022.
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