children Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/children/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:04:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg children Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/children/ 32 32 170042892 Grieving for our children https://anglicanjournal.com/grieving-for-our-children/ https://anglicanjournal.com/grieving-for-our-children/#respond Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:00:53 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169097 The May discovery of the remains of 215 children who were buried on the grounds of the Kamloops Residential School, and the discovery of similar graves on the grounds of every residential school that has been examined, tears at the hearts of all of us who are working toward reconciliation.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/todays-children-are-watching/feed/ 2 168952 Helping young people in a post-pandemic world https://anglicanjournal.com/helping-young-people-in-a-post-pandemic-world/ https://anglicanjournal.com/helping-young-people-in-a-post-pandemic-world/#respond Thu, 08 Apr 2021 18:30:10 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167555 The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) is seeking to help young people thrive after the COVID-19 pandemic with a new fundraising campaign that the foundation is calling its most ambitious yet.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/helping-young-people-in-a-post-pandemic-world/feed/ 0 167555 Canadian Anglicans respond as pandemic disrupts family life https://anglicanjournal.com/canadian-anglicans-respond-as-pandemic-disrupts-family-life/ https://anglicanjournal.com/canadian-anglicans-respond-as-pandemic-disrupts-family-life/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:07:36 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163762 While concerns grow about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns on families and children, some Canadian Anglicans have been reaching out in new ways to help them.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/canadian-anglicans-respond-as-pandemic-disrupts-family-life/feed/ 0 163762 ‘Joyful and fun and experimental’: Messy Church program offers new approach to reconciliation education https://anglicanjournal.com/joyful-and-fun-and-experimental-messy-church-program-offers-new-approach-to-reconciliation-education/ https://anglicanjournal.com/joyful-and-fun-and-experimental-messy-church-program-offers-new-approach-to-reconciliation-education/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:00:57 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=159529 A new initiative in the diocese of Edmonton is helping churches learn about reconciliation through an interactive and intergenerational Messy Church. Messy Church is a non-traditional church service typically aimed at families. Most Messy Churches meet once a month. The meetings include a craft time, a ‘celebration’ involving story, song, prayer or games, and a […]

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