
U.K. visit leaves Hiltz optimistic about church leadership
The leader of the Anglican Church of Canada has emerged from his Dec. 6 meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury-elect, Justin Welby, feeling “very optimistic
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.

The leader of the Anglican Church of Canada has emerged from his Dec. 6 meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury-elect, Justin Welby, feeling “very optimistic

The Ven. Robert Hardwick is the new bishop of the Anglican diocese of Qu’Appelle, in Regina, Sask. Currently serving as the diocese’s assistant to the

A straw poll at the Nov. 15-18 meeting of the Council of General Synod (CoGS) has revealed that members feel the two-term limit for CoGS

With one click, delegates to the 2013 General Synod will be able to casttheir vote on resolutions and the results will be counted in a matterof seconds.

The legacy of the 15th Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) meeting will be its “peaceful tone,” according to the representatives of the Anglican Church of Canada

Archbishop Fred Hiltz has urged Anglicans to become part of a fellowship that supports the episcopal diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East, describing it

The Anglican Church of Canada should be prepared to be “turned inside out” and to be a church that gives birth to a Spirit-led “people’s

The Council of General Synod (CoGS) has consented to lease mineral rights on land near Lethbridge, Alta. that was once the site of a residential

Amid the fiscal challenges facing General Synod, Archdeacon Michael Thompson urged Anglicans “to be patient and kind with ourselves in this time of transition and

Anglican delegates to the 2013 General Synod/Joint Anglican-Lutheran Assembly, scheduled July 3 to 7 in Ottawa, will need to brace themselves for the possibility of

On Nov. 17, at its fall meeting in Mississauga, Ont., the Council of General Synod (CoGS) approved the 2013 budget for General Synod. The 2013

The primate of the Anglican Church of Canada says the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will be “a great ambassador” who can steer “holy

Council of General Synod (CoGS) members today agreed to view the 2013 General Synod budget as “transitional,” with undesignated reserve funding being used to address

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, kicked off the fall meeting (Nov. 15-18) of the Council of General Synod (CoGS) in

It’s time for someone else to take the ministry of the York-Simcoe area in the diocese of Toronto to its next chapter, says Bishop George

The blessing of civil marriages between same-gender couples can now take place in diocese of Rupert’s Land parishes that wish to offer them. Approximately a

The face of the Canadian family is changing. There are more common-law couples, single parents and same-sex couples in our households than ever before, according

The Oct. 1 to 9 visit to Japan of Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, will help inspire the faith of

We Were Children, a film that chronicles the lives of two survivors of the residential schools system in Canada, was among the Canadian entries to

On Sept. 16, the Rev. Georgina Bassett made history by becoming the first person of Slavey heritage to be ordained a priest in the Anglican