
Church still growing in Zimbabwe diocese
“We need your prayers,” says Bishop Chad Gandiya, diocese of Harare, Zimbabwe. Niagara Falls, Ont. The Anglican diocese of Harare continues to face challenges related
Marites (Tess) Sison was editor of the Anglican Journal from August 2014 to July 2018, and senior staff writer from December 2003 to July 2014. An award-winning journalist, she has more that three decades of professional journalism experience in Canada and overseas. She has contributed to The Toronto Star and CBC Radio, and worked as a stringer for The New York Times.

“We need your prayers,” says Bishop Chad Gandiya, diocese of Harare, Zimbabwe. Niagara Falls, Ont. The Anglican diocese of Harare continues to face challenges related

Scully Niagara Falls, Ont. How well is the Anglican Church of Canada recruiting, discerning, encouraging and training candidates for ordination to the priesthood? Are they

ANIMAL INSTINCTS: New monthly service exceeds hopes and expectations as church fills pews with paws. An Anglican church in Beaconsfield, Que., has been filling its

Ever since she was ordained a priest in 1998, Barbara Andrews said she had always served the Anglican Church of Canada “kind of on the

Niagara Falls, Ont.The Canadian House of Bishops was asked to weigh in on the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund’s (PWRDF) ongoing efforts to change

Niagara Falls, Ont.A task force has been formed to review how the Canadian House of Bishops meet and how it provides leadership for the church.

Johnson As Canadians gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving, Archbishop Colin Johnson, metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario, asked them to reflect on the 300,000 Ontarians

Bishop Barbara Andrews at her consecration on Oct. 18. Ever since she was ordained a priest in 1998, Barbara Andrews said she had always served

Governor General Michaëlle Jean has led an emotion-filled ceremony at Rideau Hall to jump-start the work of a commission created to look into the dark legacy of the Indian residential schools in Canada.

As Canadians gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, Bishop Colin Johnson of the diocese of Toronto is asking them to reflect on the 300,000 people in Ontario

West Costgrove Churches should play a major role in getting the “moral message” out about the human toll exacted by the war on drugs on

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, paid tribute to the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine (SSJD) on its 125th founding

Port Elgin, Ont.The Governance Working Group (GWG) presentation on ways to enhance the Anglican Church of Canada’s national ministry to indigenous peoples was a “great

SO HAPPY TOGETHER Archbishop Fred Hiltz with Hannah Alexie (left) and Elizabeth Colin, both from the diocese of Yukon. Port Elgin, Ont.The 6th Indigenous Sacred

MEET AND GREET: Rev. Arthur Anderson, diocese of Qu’Appelle (left), shares a traditional greeting with Malcolm Naea Chun, secretary general of the Anglican Indigenous Network,

Archbishop Fred Hiltz conducts a service during his eight-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories Aug. 22 to 30. Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the primate

When he was ordained as a deacon in 1988, the Rev. Arthur Anderson’s uncle gave him an eagle feather tied with a cross. It was

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is releasing an initial grant of $15,000 and is accepting donations to help tens of thousands of

Archbishop John Privett When John Privett was declared the new metropolitan (senior bishop) of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon, he was surprised.

Archbishop Claude Miller (center, left) receives a blessing from Bishop Percy Coffin (center, right), diocese of Western Newfoundland, during his installation as metropolitan of the