On a mid-February afternoon this year, the Chapel of the Holy Apostles in the Anglican Church of Canada’s national office in Toronto was host to an unusual activity.
Dr. Victor Goldbloom, who died of a heart attack Monday, February 15 at age 92, is being remembered in Quebec and across Canada primarily for his accomplishments in politics and government.
Linda Nicholls, who has served since 2008 as suffragan bishop of Toronto and area bishop of Trent-Durham, was elected coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Huron Saturday, February 13.
Every wedding is special, priests will tell you-but when things don’t go as planned, some are more “special” than others.
Including children and dogs in a ceremony, frequently requested these days, can lead to unintended consequences, says Canon Judy Rois, executive director of the Anglican Foundation of Canada, and a parish priest for some 30 years.
On a January evening in Toronto, a dozen or so congregants filter in from the cold into the surprising mauve, green and yellow interior of a stately old church in a leafy west-end neighbourhood.
The priest-in-charge at a North Vancouver Anglican church has been arrested and charged with a number of sexual assault offences against youth allegedly committed in the 1980s.
Henriette Thompson, the Anglican Church of Canada’s director of public witness for social and ecological justice, will be stepping down from her position March 31.
Lost Innocence is just a comic book, but it took two and a half years to write.
A 71-year old northern priest who survived a night outside this week in a -43 C winter storm said his experience was meant as a lesson in divine love.
In the past four months, Canadian Anglicans have donated more than 76 times as much for Syrian relief than they did in the first eight months of 2015-and the spike is translating directly into more aid for desperate Syrian families.
More much-needed necessities will soon be on their way to families displaced by the war in Syria.
It would have been premature and beyond his authority to stand together with The Episcopal Church (TEC) over same-sex marriage in Canterbury last week, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, said in a reflection released Tuesday, January 19.
The lack of legislative authority vested in the Primates’ Meeting has some observers of the Anglican Communion scratching their heads as to how primates (senior archbishops) can impose “consequences” on The Episcopal Church (TEC) for its stance on marriage equality.
Within the next decade, Christians around the world may be celebrating Easter on the same fixed day.
The relationship between the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada (UCC) is back on track, the United Church’s moderator says-and she’s delighted about it.
As primates from across the Anglican Communion prepared for next week’s meeting in Canterbury, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, said Thursday he hoped a spirit of mutual openness and affection would prevail at the talks.
Donations from the diocese of Qu’Appelle have recently helped feed at least 200 families displaced by fighting in strife-torn Burundi, according to Qu’Appelle’s Burundian companion diocese.
In the wake of the climate change agreement reached in Paris December 12, Anglican and ecumenical leaders in Canada say they’re looking to the future with new hope—as well as concern that the deal will be translated into action.
In their annual joint Christmas greeting posted on YouTube December 4, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and Bishop Susan Johnson, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, urge church members to “give an extra gift” in support of refugees.
Staff at three Canadian Lutheran organizations are taking direct action when it comes to sponsoring refugees.
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