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‘Worship on the land is the fundamental experience of Arctic Christians’

Matthew Puddister — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:00:16 +0000

Worship on the land has always been part of life in the Arctic. It is, Bishop Joey Royal said, “baked into Arctic Christianity, because the people in this land up until the last century or so were nomadic and lived in family groups on the land.”

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‘Game-changing’ $400,000 anonymous gift to Council of the North will fund ministry training

Matthew Puddister — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:00:04 +0000

Shortly before its first in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic, held Oct. 4-6 at a hotel near Toronto’s Pearson Airport, the Council of the North was given an early Christmas present.

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Arctic bishop broadcasts to the pandemic-stricken

Matthew Puddister — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:00:30 +0000

As the fourth wave of COVID-19 engulfs much of Canada, an Arctic bishop is standing ready to restart a series of weekly radio broadcasts to bolster hope and bring comfort.

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Home at last: Retired dean finds housing as Anglicans raise funds in support

Matthew Puddister — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:52:46 +0000

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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‘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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No room in the inn

Matthew Puddister — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:35:01 +0000

Two years ago, the Rev. Jonas Allooloo was dean of St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit, Nunavut, preparing to retire after more than four decades of work in the Anglican Church of Canada that included stints as a member of General Synod, participation in various national committees and work as a translator who helped produce the first Inuktitut Bible.

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Marriage vote failure ripples through church

Matthew Puddister — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 19:12:38 +0000

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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Three new suffragan bishops to be elected in diocese of the Arctic

Tali Folkins — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 17:00:13 +0000

The diocese of the Arctic is expected to have three new suffragan bishops-elect after a series of elections this Thursday, March 28—one to replace outgoing suffragan Darren McCartney and the others to fill two newly re-created positions.

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‘You can’t be selfish and survive’ in Canada’s harsh but beautiful North

Joelle Kidd — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 13:00:25 +0000

The Ungava Peninsula in Nunavik, northern Quebec, is flanked by Hudson Bay on one side and Ungava Bay on the other. Here, above the treeline, wide open skies frame sweeping views of snow through the crisp, cold air. “It’s a beautiful place, amazingly beautiful,” says Esther Wesley, co-ordinator of the Anglican Healing Fund. “But life […]

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Arctic Anglicans face dangers of climate change

Joelle Kidd — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 13:00:08 +0000

City dwellers may not know just how many kinds of ice there are. “There are all sorts…just the same way that there are all sorts of snow,” says Esther Wesley, co-ordinator of the Anglican Healing Fund. It’s a distinction important to northern communities where ice can be gathered to melt down into drinking water. “They […]

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