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Celebrate Pentecost joyfully and abundantly

Archbishop Shane Parker — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:00:41 +0000

“Pentecost is a celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church,” Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, writes in his May column.

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In a divided world, faith points to path of unity

Archbishop Chris Harper — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:00:12 +0000

In his May column, National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Chris Harper calls for the church to be an instrument of healing and inclusion.

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April 2026 letter to the editor

Letters to the Editor — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:04:57 +0000

Coverage of primate's visit to the Holy Land a welcome window into painful circumstances, a reader says.

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Walking on holy ground

Sally Armour Wotton — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:00:57 +0000

Sacred or holy ground has been at the centre of our belief systems since ancient times.

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Beauty heralds the new season

Archbishop Chris Harper — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:00:31 +0000

National Indigenous Archbishop Chris Harper meditates on the resurrection, the return of beauty to the church after the Lenten season and its parallels to spring's new life.

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The hope we need can never be destroyed

Archbishop Shane Parker — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:00:57 +0000

In his Easter message, Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, calls the resurrection of Jesus the most profound statement of God’s abundant, gracious love.

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Pray with deep trust, then listen to the spirit

Archbishop Shane Parker — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:00:48 +0000

Six years ago in March, we suddenly had to take up masking, distancing and sanitizing as weapons of choice in our early fight against the global coronavirus pandemic. The development of effective vaccines was relatively rapid, although the distribution was uneven around the world.

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Find God’s truth and peace in silence

Archbishop Chris Harper — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:41:30 +0000

The Lenten season has an important aspect of listening, of prayerful opening of our ears to seek what the Almighty is saying to us. Listening is an important skill that few these days seem to master.

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Drinking from our own well: How a Salt Spring Island experiment recovered Christian contemplation

Nicholas Fournie — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:30:56 +0000

Nurtured by Margaret Haines’ founding vision for The Contemplative Society, this initiative used a parish setting as a laboratory to prove a vital point: the Anglican tradition already possessed the spiritual depth many Western seekers were crossing oceans to find.

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February 2026 letter to the editor

Letters to the Editor — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:52:43 +0000

As a former Diocese of Toronto social justice and advocacy consultant, I was delighted to learn of the Primate's support for a Universal Basic Income in line with a living wage for all Canadians.

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