diocese of Niagara Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/diocese-of-niagara/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:07:38 +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 Niagara Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/diocese-of-niagara/ 32 32 170042892 Deacons meet in ‘threshold time’ at first virtual conference https://anglicanjournal.com/deacons-meet-in-threshold-time-at-first-virtual-conference/ https://anglicanjournal.com/deacons-meet-in-threshold-time-at-first-virtual-conference/#respond Thu, 22 Jul 2021 20:31:57 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=168656 The diaconate has a vital role to play for the church in transformative times, Anglican deacons across Canada heard at their latest triennial conference—the first ever held online.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/deacons-meet-in-threshold-time-at-first-virtual-conference/feed/ 0 168656 Pandemic puts vulnerable food workers in focus https://anglicanjournal.com/pandemic-puts-vulnerable-food-workers-in-focus/ https://anglicanjournal.com/pandemic-puts-vulnerable-food-workers-in-focus/#respond Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:03:06 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165991 The people who come from other countries to work on Canada’s farms have never had it particularly easy—but the pandemic has added a sharp edge to the stressful conditions under which they work, says the Rev. Antonio Illas, the diocese of Niagara’s missioner to migrant farmworkers. In addition to hard work and the vulnerability that […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/pandemic-puts-vulnerable-food-workers-in-focus/feed/ 0 165991 Five years after the ‘Syrian surge,’ refugee sponsorship levels remain high. Is it enough? https://anglicanjournal.com/five-years-after-the-syrian-surge-refugee-sponsorship-levels-remain-high-is-it-enough/ https://anglicanjournal.com/five-years-after-the-syrian-surge-refugee-sponsorship-levels-remain-high-is-it-enough/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:43:06 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163184 In the fall of 2019, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, sent a letter to Jack Palmer-White, Anglican Communion’s permanent representative to the United Nations. The letter, “Refugee Sponsorship: A Canadian Anglican Perspective,” outlined the Anglican Church of Canada’s work in this area since the late 1970s, when the government of […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/five-years-after-the-syrian-surge-refugee-sponsorship-levels-remain-high-is-it-enough/feed/ 0 163184 ‘I could hold them for a while’: Priest’s 21-km walk raises $1,700 for DRC women https://anglicanjournal.com/i-could-hold-them-for-a-while-priests-21-km-walk-raises-1700-for-drc-women/ https://anglicanjournal.com/i-could-hold-them-for-a-while-priests-21-km-walk-raises-1700-for-drc-women/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:33:24 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162860 When the Rev. Naomi Kabugi heard about this year’s Ride for Refuge event, she knew immediately that it was a cause she wanted to support. Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) teams participating in the annual walking and biking fundraiser were raising money for Maison Dorcas, a safe home for women who have been […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/i-could-hold-them-for-a-while-priests-21-km-walk-raises-1700-for-drc-women/feed/ 0 162860 Anglican heraldry a rich, artistic expression of church identity https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-heraldry-a-rich-artistic-expression-of-church-identity/ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-heraldry-a-rich-artistic-expression-of-church-identity/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:20:58 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162732 About a year ago, Barry Hill was rummaging through old files at the historic Mohawk Chapel in Brantford, Ont., “just to see what was in the musty manuscripts,” when he made an exciting discovery: a letter postmarked by Buckingham Palace.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-heraldry-a-rich-artistic-expression-of-church-identity/feed/ 0 162732 Around the dioceses, December 2019 https://anglicanjournal.com/around-the-dioceses-december-2019/ https://anglicanjournal.com/around-the-dioceses-december-2019/#comments Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:18:18 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=161790 Niagara church builds relationship with Islamic group A church in the diocese of Niagara is fostering interfaith dialogue with a local Islamic cultural centre. The relationship between All Saints Anglican Church in Erin, Ont., and the Erin Islamic Cultural Centre began when the Rev. Joan Dunn met with people from the newly-opened centre in the […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/around-the-dioceses-december-2019/feed/ 2 161790 New program helps lay leaders serve with ‘wonder and joy’ https://anglicanjournal.com/new-program-helps-lay-leaders-serve-with-wonder-and-joy/ https://anglicanjournal.com/new-program-helps-lay-leaders-serve-with-wonder-and-joy/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:00:49 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=158716 A new small group program developed by Canon Dawn Davis, faith formation co-ordinator for the diocese of Niagara, aims to help lay leaders deepen their faith and become more confident spiritual leaders.  The program, called Revive, is being released through Forward Movement, a ministry of The Episcopal Church (TEC) in the United States.  Davis first conceived of the program in 2008, while rector at Trinity Church Aurora in […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/new-program-helps-lay-leaders-serve-with-wonder-and-joy/feed/ 2 158716 Esteemed Anglican military chaplain and priest dies after motor vehicle collision https://anglicanjournal.com/esteemed-anglican-military-chaplain-and-priest-dies-after-motor-vehicle-collision/ https://anglicanjournal.com/esteemed-anglican-military-chaplain-and-priest-dies-after-motor-vehicle-collision/#comments Tue, 01 May 2018 16:39:27 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=155224 Canon Robert Fead, a priest in the diocese of Niagara, died after a vehicle collision Monday, April 30. Fead, 54, was the rector of St. Jude’s Anglican Church, in Oakville, Ont., honorary canon of Christ’s Church Cathedral in Hamilton, Ont., and a chaplain with the Anglican Military Ordinariate. The crash happened in Wainfleet, Ont., the […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/esteemed-anglican-military-chaplain-and-priest-dies-after-motor-vehicle-collision/feed/ 10 155224 Susan Bell: ‘Profoundly honoured’ to be Niagara diocese’s first woman bishop https://anglicanjournal.com/susan-bell-profoundly-honoured-niagara-dioceses-first-woman-bishop/ https://anglicanjournal.com/susan-bell-profoundly-honoured-niagara-dioceses-first-woman-bishop/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2018 22:14:20 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=154484 Canon Susan Bell was elected coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Niagara Saturday, March 3. As coadjutor bishop, she will automatically become the 12th bishop of Niagara—the first woman to hold that title since the diocese was founded in 1875—when the current bishop, Michael Bird, steps down in June. An electoral synod convened at Christ’s […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/susan-bell-profoundly-honoured-niagara-dioceses-first-woman-bishop/feed/ 2 154484 Bishop of Niagara to take new position with diocese of Ottawa https://anglicanjournal.com/bishop-niagara-take-new-position-diocese-ottawa/ https://anglicanjournal.com/bishop-niagara-take-new-position-diocese-ottawa/#respond Fri, 15 Sep 2017 19:51:20 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=151011 Michael Bird, who has served as bishop of Niagara since 2008, will be stepping down as of June 1, 2018 to take up a “new, yet-to-be announced ministry position” with the diocese of Ottawa, the diocese of Niagara announced Tuesday, September 12.

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