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‘Racism is very bad for your health’

Matthew Puddister — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:50 +0000

Psychologist Myrna Lashley shares her thoughts on the church’s historic role in propagating systemic racism as well as the role of Christians in the movement to fight it.

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CoGS joins call against forcible correction of children

Matthew Puddister — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:00:28 +0000

CoGS has endorsed a statement calling on the federal government to repeal a section of the Criminal Code of Canada that authorizes parents, guardians and teachers to forcibly discipline children.

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Sacred Circle continues to refine key documents of Indigenous church

Matthew Puddister — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:00:02 +0000

A November meeting of Sacred Circle, a gathering of Indigenous Anglicans from across Canada, saw members continuing to polish a pair of foundational documents for the self-determining Indigenous church within the Anglican Church of Canada.

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‘Her voice will never die’

Matthew Puddister — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 18:51:36 +0000

The Rev. Canon Virginia “Ginny” Doctor, coordinator of Indigenous Ministries and a major architect of the self-determining Indigenous church, died on May 26. She was 71 years old.

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‘A narrative of light, hope and truth’: Jubilee Commission launches archival history research project

Matthew Puddister — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:02:01 +0000

The Jubilee Commission, the body established by Council of General Synod to propose a sustainable funding base for the self-determining Indigenous church, has officially launched a new archival research project on historical funding trends for Indigenous ministry within the Anglican Church of Canada.

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‘We have to help one another to survive’: A conversation with Jonas Allooloo

Matthew Puddister — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:46:03 +0000

In December 2020, the Anglican Journal published “No room in the inn.” This article detailed how the Rev. Jonas Allooloo—former dean of St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and a key translator of the first Bible in Inuktitut—was effectively homeless two years after his retirement in January 2019.

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Indigenous Ministries ramps up pandemic pastoral care

Tali Folkins — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:18:29 +0000

General Synod’s department of Indigenous Ministries is adjusting its pastoral support program to better respond to increasing levels of pandemic-related stress in Indigenous communities across Canada, says National Indigenous Archbishop Mark MacDonald—work in which Resources for Mission (RfM), the national church’s fundraising arm, has been a valuable partner.

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‘It’s like a rolling high tide that’s coming’: Indigenous communities prepare for COVID-19

Joelle Kidd — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 19:09:21 +0000

As Indigenous communities across Canada ramp up social distancing and isolation measures in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Anglican Indigenous leaders say people are turning to prayer and looking to the past. “Elders have memories, or can give oral recollections, of when pandemics decimated their populations not too long ago. So they have […]

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Next Sacred Circle planned for June 2020

Tali Folkins — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 21:59:39 +0000

The next gathering of Sacred Circle—a meeting of Indigenous Anglicans from across Canada—will be held June 14-19 in Orillia, Ont., the Council of General Synod (CoGS) heard Friday, Nov. 8.

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In depth: Indigenous self-determination measures pass in nearly unanimous vote

Joelle Kidd — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:11:52 +0000

Vancouver In an historic vote, General Synod decided almost unanimously July 12 to approve changes to Canon XXII that enable a self-determining Indigenous church within the Anglican Church of Canada, and to bestow the title of Archbishop upon National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald, a position which now ranks among the metropolitans. The vote was […]

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