An Ontario priest who opened up to his congregation this winter about his past struggles with alcoholism and depression says clergy might be more effective if they worry less about trying to seem flawless.
A small spiritual community in Victoria, B.C., is paying its bills partly with the help of a centuries-old tradition: monastic brewing. Since summer 2016, the
By the time 68-year-old Carolyn Sitlington was to be given a death-causing drug at a London, Ont., hospital on July 5, 2016, the pain from her Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, had become considerable.
It’s a video to make your hair stand on end. Creepy sounds and whispers lend an eerie feeling to dizzyingly quick shots of a church
On May 12, participants at a conference of the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer (Canada) in Cochrane, Alta., were treated to a “powerful” presentation that “engaged everyone completely” for two and a half hours, says event organizer the Rev. Bonnie Luft, priest-in-charge at Saint Francis of Assisi Anglican Church in Airdrie, Alta.
For Larry Beardy, Indigenous suffragan bishop of the Northern Manitoba Area Mission, genealogy is not a mere hobby. His family feels the same way. A
Photo: A3PF Family/Shutterstock Some people, if asked, would probably say that prayer means asking for something, and indeed the Oxford Canadian Dictionary defines prayer as
Their unique appeal to the imagination allows the stories of C.S. Lewis to reach us in ways that ordinary discourse about God often can’t, attendees
As the November meeting of Council of General Synod (CoGS) approached, it was clear that the same-sex marriage debate and a self-determining Indigenous expression of
The Anglican Church of Canada should apologize to the country’s Indigenous people for having “demonized” their traditional spirituality, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican
N.B. Anglican sees larger role for church in social enterprise An Anglican who runs a “tool library” in Saint John, N.B., says an untapped opportunity
When St. Mark’s Anglican Church, in St. John’s, Nfld., first set up a system for receiving regular pre-authorized payments electronically from its parishioners’ bank accounts in the late 1990s, only 13 parishioners opted for it.
Mississauga, Ont. Tough decisions are likely going to have to be made by leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada in the years ahead as
Mississauga, Ont. When it meets next July, General Synod can be expected to vote on a proposed “gradual exit strategy from print” for the Anglican Journal and other church
Joachim Fricker, former suffragan (assistant) bishop of the diocese of Toronto and one of the principal authors of the Book of Alternative Services (BAS), will be remembered for his brilliance and his friendly personality as well as his gifts as a liturgist, say some of the people who knew him.
Albany Bishop William Love’s refusal to accept a General Convention compromise on same-sex marriage has sent shockwaves through his New York diocese, with both his supporters and those who oppose his decision expressing uncertainty about what will happen next.
Anglicans may have a better idea of what sort of amendment, if any, is likely to be proposed to a resolution on same-sex marriage in a matter of weeks, says Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
The Rev. Bill Crockett, who died October 29 at age 84, was a brilliant but humble theologian whose importance shaping liturgy and thought in the
World multifaith gathering expected to draw throngs to Toronto Thousands of people of faith traditions from around the world are expected to gather in Toronto
Almost two years to the day after being elected bishop of the diocese of Algoma, Anne Germond has been installed as metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario.
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