When Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby met with the primate, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, he was “very interested” in the work of the Anglican Church of Canada’s commission on the marriage canon because of the reality that the Church of England will have to wrestle with the issue of same-sex marriage following its legislation in the U.K.
0.6 per cent of the world’s 2.2 billion Christians live in the Middle East and North Africa; they make up 4 per cent of the region’s total population, down 20 per cent from a century ago
“Does the world care that we’re being pushed out of our land and that we have nowhere to go?” Palestinian Christians posed this haunting question over and over to Lisa Barry, Anglican Video’s senior producer, by Palestinian Christians during a February trip to the Holy Land.
For National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald, participating in the national events of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) has been “a strange mixture of Good Friday and Easter.”
You will leave feeling honoured that you have met-even vicariously-the 45 native American and aboriginal young people interviewed by Deborah Ellis for her outstanding new book, Looks Like Daylight.
Aldo, the doe-eyed liturgical donkey of the Anglican diocese of Quebec-a local celebrity in his own right-is featured on the cover and inside the diocesan 2014 calendar, the sales of which will benefit the diocese’s green ministries.
Two key moments relating to the ordination of women have been seared in the memory of the Rev. Dawn Leger, an associate priest at Christ Church Anglican in Stouffville, Ont.
Land, social justice and faith will be the focus of the seventh national justice camp, to be hosted by the Anglican diocese of Edmonton this August 15 to 21.
The heads of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have agreed to co-ordinate their responses to “events that transcend” their borders, such as natural disasters.
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, today joined leaders of Toronto’s faith communities in honouring the legacy of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who will be laid to rest on Sunday, Dec. 15.
The primate of the Anglican Church of Canada today paid tribute toformer South African President Nelson Mandela, saying, he is “destinedto be remembered in the calendar of holy men and women through theages.”
An American priest who describes herself as a “Canadian enthusiast” has been elected the first woman bishop in the Anglican diocese of New Westminster and the first woman diocesan bishop in the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and the Yukon.
The Anglican Foundation of Canada is rolling out new initiatives in the coming months, all of them designed to send out a message that is “vibrant and hopeful,” said its executive director, the Rev. Canon Dr. Judy Rois.
One’s commitment to a cause-such as ending homelessness-may start with issuing a statement or signing a petition, but it doesn’t and shouldn’t end there, said Anglican diocese of Edmonton Bishop Jane Alexander.
“Have you eaten today?” With that question, Laura Marie Piotrowicz introduced the food security campaign of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) to members of the Council of General Synod (CoGS), which met here Nov. 14 to 17.
Council of General Synod (CoGS) members began their first meeting of the triennium with World Café, a community-building exercise intended to help members get to know each other and identify areas of priorities in their work.
Before theend of 2013, the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada and officersof General Synod will appoint members of a commission to carry out abroad consultation about changing the marriage canon (church law) toallow same-sex marriage.
A hush fellin the room as aboriginal bishops, clergy and elders wrapped a sunsetred Pendleton blanket over Archbishop Michael Peers, former primate ofthe Anglican Church of Canada, and prayed over him.
A team that conducted an operational review of General Synod’scommunication platforms has recommended a “long-term commitment” to thecontinued publication of the print Anglican Journal but called for a review of its format.
TheResources for Mission (RfM) department of General Synod must, as a “toppriority,” develop a strategic fundraising plan that will build donorrevenue and improve relations with dioceses and Anglicans “eager tosupport the work of the church.”
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