Lutheran staff ‘walk the walk’ with refugee sponsorship
Tali Folkins
December 4, 2015
Staff at three Canadian Lutheran organizations are taking direct action when it comes to sponsoring refugees.
Staff at three Canadian Lutheran organizations are taking direct action when it comes to sponsoring refugees.
Religion, say some mental health experts, has at times been a mixed blessing for people of faith struggling with mental illness-but the picture is changing, bringing new hope for the afflicted.
History was made in Uruguay on November 22 with the first-ever ordination of women to the Anglican priesthood in the country.
Archdeacon Bruce Myers, the Anglican Church of Canada’s co-ordinator for ecumenical and interfaith relations, is now in line to be the 13th bishop of Quebec after being elected the diocese’s co-adjutor bishop Friday, November 27.
Being a cleric, no doubt, has always posed unique stresses, but the challenges now being placed on the church by the turbulence and uncertainty of modern life, some spiritual and mental health leaders say, are adding considerably to the strain.
In an era when, many say, the increasing commercialization of Christmas threatens its spiritual significance, at least one holiday seems to be taking on new meaning for some Christians.
The investment guidelines around a $24-million fund held by the Anglican Church of Canada have been changed to allow for a higher proportion of foreign stocks and “market neutral” investments, and a lower proportion of bonds.
What kinds of things ought the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) take into account in any decision to divest from fossil fuel companies?
After serving at its helm for over six years, the executive director of The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) will be retiring next spring, Primate Fred Hiltz announced this week.
The Sorrento Centre, an Anglican-operated retreat and conference centre in south-central British Columbia, has been issued a fine of $14,384 by the provincial government for allegedly allowing workers to work in the presence of exposed asbestos.
Mississauga, Ont. Half a millennium after the birth of the movement that saw much of western Europe torn by religious wars, the Roman Catholic and
The church needs to think about being more “entrepreneurial” to pay for itself in the decades to come, Bishop John Chapman, of the diocese of Ottawa, told the Council of General Synod (CoGS) Saturday, November 14.
Moving forward as they are on a number of ecumenical fronts-including, now, working toward a worldwide “communion of communions,”-the Canadian Lutheran and Anglican churches have become the envy of their American cousins, the co-chair of the Joint Anglican-Lutheran Commission said Friday evening, November 13.
From its relationships with Indigenous peoples to its approach to coming talks on gay marriage to its possible “synergies” with the new federal government, and more, the Anglican Church of Canada has many reasons to be hopeful for the future, Archbishop Fred Hiltz told members of the Council of General Synod (CoGS) at their fall meeting.
A 67-year-old woman is set to become the first female native Hawaiian priest in the entire Anglican Communion.
Development and advocacy work everywhere comes with unique stresses. In the Philippines, it can mean risking your life.
Soon after The Rev. Claire Miller arrived at her new parish of St. Thomas Anglican Church in Owen Sound, Ont., she complained to a parishioner about feeling drained. Now, years later, she still remembers his response.
For many years, says Bishop of Qu’Appelle Robert Hardwick, a man from Swift Current, Sask., found himself tuning in to daily five-minute radio slots on spiritual themes, hosted by a Saskatchewan Anglican priest.
Anglican Church of Canada bishops will be meeting in the near future to discuss implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action, National Indigenous Bishop Mark MacDonald said following a House of Bishops meeting in October.
“Something new is bubbling—the Spirit has got a cauldron going, and stuff is bubbling up!”
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