diocese of Huron Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/diocese-of-huron/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:08:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg diocese of Huron Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/diocese-of-huron/ 32 32 170042892 COVID-19 challenges refugee work https://anglicanjournal.com/covid-19-challenges-refugee-work/ https://anglicanjournal.com/covid-19-challenges-refugee-work/#respond Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:00:37 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=169970 The pandemic has dealt a massive blow to refugee sponsorship in Canada—but there’s some hope things will get easier soon both for those who hope to make Canada their home and those who help them get here, say some Anglican refugee assistance workers.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/covid-19-challenges-refugee-work/feed/ 0 169970 ‘Life marches on’ https://anglicanjournal.com/life-marches-on/ https://anglicanjournal.com/life-marches-on/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2021 04:00:53 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167502 As the pandemic persists, Anglicans across Canada continue to adapt life- and death-defining liturgies.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/life-marches-on/feed/ 1 167502 Home at last: Retired dean finds housing as Anglicans raise funds in support https://anglicanjournal.com/home-at-last-retired-dean-finds-housing-as-anglicans-raise-funds-in-support/ https://anglicanjournal.com/home-at-last-retired-dean-finds-housing-as-anglicans-raise-funds-in-support/#respond Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:52:46 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167492 The Rev. Jonas Allooloo, who found himself homeless last October two years after his retirement, has moved into a small one-bedroom apartment in the city with his wife Meena.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/home-at-last-retired-dean-finds-housing-as-anglicans-raise-funds-in-support/feed/ 0 167492 This disease has a theological term: Sin https://anglicanjournal.com/this-disease-has-a-theological-term/ https://anglicanjournal.com/this-disease-has-a-theological-term/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2020 14:40:49 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=164495 In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends–The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. You don’t have to call me the “N-word” to be racist. You simply have to “joke” that you can’t see the ashes in the form of a cross on my forehead […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/this-disease-has-a-theological-term/feed/ 0 164495 New bishop elected for diocese of Huron https://anglicanjournal.com/new-bishop-elected-for-diocese-of-huron/ https://anglicanjournal.com/new-bishop-elected-for-diocese-of-huron/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2019 14:17:52 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=161528 Canon Todd Townshend was elected 14th bishop of the diocese of Huron at a diocesan synod Oct 26. Townshend was elected on the third ballot by the diocese’s orders of clergy and laity at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Ont. There were four other candidates. Townshend is the dean of the faculty of theology at […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/new-bishop-elected-for-diocese-of-huron/feed/ 1 161528 ‘Soul Man, will you pray for us today?’ Priest takes the gospel to the streets of rural Ontario https://anglicanjournal.com/soul-man-will-you-pray-for-us-today-priest-takes-the-gospel-to-the-streets-of-rural-ontario/ https://anglicanjournal.com/soul-man-will-you-pray-for-us-today-priest-takes-the-gospel-to-the-streets-of-rural-ontario/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:38:44 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=160759 A diocese of Huron priest is reaching out to the unchurched by giving services from the back of his SUV in the parking lots of southern Ontario.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/soul-man-will-you-pray-for-us-today-priest-takes-the-gospel-to-the-streets-of-rural-ontario/feed/ 0 160759 Marriage vote failure ripples through church https://anglicanjournal.com/marriage-vote-failure-ripples-through-church/ https://anglicanjournal.com/marriage-vote-failure-ripples-through-church/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2019 19:12:38 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=160718 General Synod’s failure to pass a resolution to amend the marriage canon to expressly allow solemnization of same-sex marriage, followed by a communiqué from the House of Bishops effectively commending diocesan-based decisions on the matter, has triggered a wave of responses across the Anglican Church of Canada.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/marriage-vote-failure-ripples-through-church/feed/ 4 160718 Diocese of Huron announces nominees for bishop https://anglicanjournal.com/diocese-of-huron-announces-nominees-for-bishop/ https://anglicanjournal.com/diocese-of-huron-announces-nominees-for-bishop/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2019 16:00:14 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=160640 The Electoral Procedures Committee of the diocese of Huron has announced the nominees for bishop of the diocese, to be chosen at an electoral synod October 26. The names of the candidates, who were nominated by Huron’s diocesan council, were announced on August 12. On August 14, the list was updated to include William Cliff, […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/diocese-of-huron-announces-nominees-for-bishop/feed/ 0 160640 Former Anglican priest sentenced for sexual abuse https://anglicanjournal.com/former-anglican-priest-sentenced-for-sexual-abuse/ https://anglicanjournal.com/former-anglican-priest-sentenced-for-sexual-abuse/#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:00:14 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=159002 Former Anglican priest David Norton was sentenced to nine years in prison March 22 for sexually abusing four boys from Chippewas of the Thames First Nation nearly 40 years ago. Norton was found guilty in November of one count of sexual assault and three counts of indecent assault against minors. In addition to jail time, […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/former-anglican-priest-sentenced-for-sexual-abuse/feed/ 0 159002 Bishop of Huron supports supervised drug consumption sites in London https://anglicanjournal.com/bishop-of-huron-supports-supervised-drug-consumption-sites-in-london/ https://anglicanjournal.com/bishop-of-huron-supports-supervised-drug-consumption-sites-in-london/#comments Fri, 25 May 2018 20:09:07 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=155675 Linda Nicholls, bishop of the diocese of Huron, has written a letter to the city council of London, Ont. in support of two proposed sites allowing for the supervised consumption of opioids and other drugs.

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