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The Rev. Mia Anderson, who won the 2013 Montreal International Poetry Prize, appeared in many stage productions in Canada and the U.K. before becoming an Anglican priest. Photo: Danielle Giguére

National News

Mia Anderson: On the stage, on the page and in the pulpit

Leigh Anne Williams May 23, 2014

Over 70 Anglican and Lutheran bishops, clergy and laity attended the consultation, which aimed to facilitate the building of networks and friendships among those who are passionate about building healthy and vital parishes. Photo: Marites N. Sison

National News

Conference energizes participants

Anglican Journal Staff May 16, 2014

The new St. Jude's Cathedral was opened in 2012. In 2005, the old igloo-shaped cathedral was extensively damaged by arson and rendered unusable. Photo: Courtesy of the Diocese of the Arctic

National News

Arctic diocese strikes debt deal

Anglican Journal Staff May 16, 2014

National Consultation on Congregational Vitality participants share ideas about what makes churches succeed. Photo: Marites N. Sison

National News

What makes churches grow?

Marites N. Sison May 15, 2014

Diocese of Rupert’s Land Bishop Don Phillips and Archdeacon Anne Germond, diocese of Algoma, participate in “missional speed dating,” a way of introducing participants to each other at the National Consultation on Congregational Vitality. Photo: Marites N. Sison

National News

A hub for healthy and vital churches

ajadmin May 14, 2014

The diocese of Brandon is suing its former executive archdeacon, the Rev. Noah Njegovan.

National News

Diocese sues former executive archdeacon

Leigh Anne Williams May 14, 2014

Agricultural training conducted by the Episcopal diocese of Cuba has helped Cuban farmers become more self-sufficient and has made their families healthier.

National News

Training Cuban farmers

Anglican Journal Staff May 13, 2014

Annette Stokes says she wanted to, and tried to, keep her daughter. Photo: Marites N. Sison

National News

Taken

Leigh Anne Williams May 13, 2014

Ayak Yangalis, from the state of Bor, is one of nearly a million displaced by the ongoing violence in South Sudan. She has been living under a tree after she and her family were forced to flee their home early this year. Photo: ACT Alliance/Paul Jeffrey

International News

Prayers and aid urged for South Sudan

Anglican Journal Staff May 9, 2014

Chancellor David Jones gave CoGS advance notice that some of the money paid into the Indian Residential Schools settlement may be returned to the 32 Anglican entities involved. Photo: Leigh Anne Williams

National News

Settlement funds remaining

Leigh Anne Williams May 7, 2014

Calls for the release of the abducted schoolchildren have exploded on Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls, created by a group in Abuja, Nigeria, who wanted their government to exert more efforts in securing their release.

International News

‘Pray for abducted schoolgirls’

Anglican Journal Staff May 7, 2014

Glenn Harvey’s original illustration, which accompanied the article, Corrective lenses needed, in the September issue’s special report on gender in the media, won first place at the 2014 Canadian Church Press Awards.

National News

Journal wins 11 Canadian Church Press awards

Anglican Journal Staff May 6, 2014

Praying for the new diocese, (left to right) Archdeacon Sidney Black, Bishop Lydia Mamakwa, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Bishop Mark MacDonald and the Rev. Norman Wesley at the Council of General Synod meeting in Mississauga, Ont. Photo: Leigh Anne Williams

National News

Awaiting birth of Mishamikoweesh

Leigh Anne Williams May 5, 2014

Council of General Synod members vote by consensus that all submissions to the Commission on the Marriage Canon will need to be identified when posted online. Photo: Marites N. Sison

National News

CoGS discusses marriage canon submissions policy

ajadmin May 5, 2014

Michael Thompson, general secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada, told CoGS that support will be available for dioceses that find the costs of General Synod 2016 prohibitive. Photo: Leigh Anne Williams

National News

General Synod 2016: Location, location, location

Leigh Anne Williams May 4, 2014

Bishops spent their time praying, participating in Bible studies and group conversations at Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls, Ont. Photo: Courtesy Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre

National News

Bishops spend week in retreat

ajadmin May 2, 2014

The Rev. Andrew Wesley, commission co-chair and a survivor of Indian residential schools, says he is eager to contribute to the work of reconciliation, in particular, the role of forgiveness. File photo: Brian Bukowski

National News

Primate’s commission begins work

Marites N. Sison May 2, 2014

Crosstalk editor Art Babych's award-winning photo from an Anglican-Lutheran youth event focused on water issues on Parliament Hill last July.

National News

Anglican Journal recognized with 15 awards

Anglican Journal Staff April 28, 2014

(L to R) The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins, at an ecumenical reception in St. James Cathedral Centre. Welby visited the Anglican Church of Canada April 7 to 8. Photo: Michael Hudson

International News

Ecumenism must involve dialogue & social action, says Welby

Marites N. Sison April 11, 2014

Archbishop Fred Hiltz hosted a dinner for the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and his wife, Caroline, at St. James’ Cathedral Centre. Guests included “a host of people from Canada who are so deeply committed to the works of the Anglican Communion,” said Hiltz. Photo: Michael Hudson

International News

Welby & Hiltz discuss issues of sexuality, reconciliation

Marites N. Sison April 10, 2014

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