coronavirus Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/coronavirus/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:06:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg coronavirus Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/coronavirus/ 32 32 170042892 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/life-marches-on/feed/ 1 167502 Role for church seen in vaccinating North https://anglicanjournal.com/role-for-church-seen-in-vaccinating-north/ https://anglicanjournal.com/role-for-church-seen-in-vaccinating-north/#respond Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:06:31 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167279 In guidance produced during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in April, the World Health Organization (WHO) was emphatic: “Religious leaders, faith-based organizations, and faith communities can play a major role in saving lives and reducing illness related to COVID-19.”

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/role-for-church-seen-in-vaccinating-north/feed/ 0 167279 ‘I look in the mirror, I see Absalom Jones’ https://anglicanjournal.com/i-look-in-the-mirror-i-see-absalom-jones/ https://anglicanjournal.com/i-look-in-the-mirror-i-see-absalom-jones/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:00:26 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166943 Each February, the Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania celebrates the life and legacy of Absalom Jones. The first African-American to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, Jones also founded the first Black Episcopal congregation, the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, and is in the Episcopal Church’s calendar of saints.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/i-look-in-the-mirror-i-see-absalom-jones/feed/ 1 166943 ‘He loved the Lord’: Angus Sewap remembered as role model, humble and dedicated priest https://anglicanjournal.com/he-loved-the-lord-angus-sewap-remembered-as-role-model-humble-and-dedicated-priest/ https://anglicanjournal.com/he-loved-the-lord-angus-sewap-remembered-as-role-model-humble-and-dedicated-priest/#respond Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:36:43 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166603 Canon Angus Sewap, a Pelican Narrows priest whose quiet presence carried tremendous authority, has died from complications due to COVID-19. He was 72.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/he-loved-the-lord-angus-sewap-remembered-as-role-model-humble-and-dedicated-priest/feed/ 0 166603 Positive presence https://anglicanjournal.com/positive-presence/ https://anglicanjournal.com/positive-presence/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:37:01 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166085 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on seniors’ and long-term care homes, with the advanced age of residents making them particularly vulnerable to the virus. Since 2018, the Rev. Joanne Webster, associate priest at St. Matthias Anglican Church in Edmonton, has served as a part-time chaplain at local seniors’ residence the Canterbury Foundation.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/positive-presence/feed/ 0 166085 Seminaries expand remote learning as pandemic continues https://anglicanjournal.com/seminaries-expand-remote-learning-as-pandemic-continues/ https://anglicanjournal.com/seminaries-expand-remote-learning-as-pandemic-continues/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:36:13 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165782 Theological colleges across Canada have adapted their teaching models to the COVID-19 pandemic, as online and remote learning become the new norm. In seminaries that previously offered online programs, faculty and students were able to quickly make the shift to internet-based learning. An April survey by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) —which, according to […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/seminaries-expand-remote-learning-as-pandemic-continues/feed/ 0 165782 Ethicists stress mutual responsibility amid school reopenings https://anglicanjournal.com/ethicists-stress-mutual-responsibility-amid-school-reopenings/ https://anglicanjournal.com/ethicists-stress-mutual-responsibility-amid-school-reopenings/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:21:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165898 The return of students to classrooms in August and September sparked mixed emotions among Canadians still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/ethicists-stress-mutual-responsibility-amid-school-reopenings/feed/ 1 165898 The discomfort—and faithfulness—of transformation https://anglicanjournal.com/the-discomfort-and-faithfulness-of-transformation/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-discomfort-and-faithfulness-of-transformation/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:30:23 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165710 Human beings find infinite ways to establish groups within which to feel safe.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-discomfort-and-faithfulness-of-transformation/feed/ 0 165710 Federal grant extends PWRDF maternal and child health program for pandemic https://anglicanjournal.com/federal-grant-extends-pwrdf-maternal-and-child-health-program-for-pandemic/ https://anglicanjournal.com/federal-grant-extends-pwrdf-maternal-and-child-health-program-for-pandemic/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:04:10 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165798 The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has received major support from the Government of Canada, allowing it to extend its maternal and child health program to protect against COVID-19. PWRDF announced in June that it had received a nearly $2-million grant from the federal government to extend the work of its partners in […]

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