February 2022 Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/february-2022/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:02:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg February 2022 Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/february-2022/ 32 32 170042892 Pandemic challenges hospital chaplains https://anglicanjournal.com/pandemic-challenges-hospital-chaplains/ https://anglicanjournal.com/pandemic-challenges-hospital-chaplains/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:04:05 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170396 A pair of Anglican and Lutheran hospital chaplains open up on a “new world” of exhaustion—and life-giving work transcending conventional boundaries.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/pandemic-challenges-hospital-chaplains/feed/ 0 170396 ‘Racism is very bad for your health’ https://anglicanjournal.com/racism-is-very-bad-for-your-health/ https://anglicanjournal.com/racism-is-very-bad-for-your-health/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:50 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170379 Psychologist Myrna Lashley shares her thoughts on the church’s historic role in propagating systemic racism as well as the role of Christians in the movement to fight it.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/racism-is-very-bad-for-your-health/feed/ 0 170558 Anglican Foundation gives out more than $1 million in grants for 2021 https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-foundation-gives-out-more-than-1-million-in-grants-for-2021/ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-foundation-gives-out-more-than-1-million-in-grants-for-2021/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:44 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170387 The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) awarded more than $1 million in grants in 2021—a total that executive director Scott Brubacher calls “extraordinary” and potentially the largest in the foundation’s 64-year history.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-foundation-gives-out-more-than-1-million-in-grants-for-2021/feed/ 0 170559 Richard Johns remembered as steady presence at Church House https://anglicanjournal.com/richard-johns-remembered-as-steady-presence-at-church-house/ https://anglicanjournal.com/richard-johns-remembered-as-steady-presence-at-church-house/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:31 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170394 Richard Johns, who served for three decades as director of personnel at Church House, died on Nov. 28 after a year of long-term care in Vancouver. He was 93 years old. An Anglican priest who first served as a priest in charge in California, Johns also worked in parishes in Nicaragua and Guatemala. He spent […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/richard-johns-remembered-as-steady-presence-at-church-house/feed/ 0 170394 February issue shows Anglicans meeting challenges https://anglicanjournal.com/february-issue-shows-anglicans-meeting-challenges/ https://anglicanjournal.com/february-issue-shows-anglicans-meeting-challenges/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:29 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170419 February issue shares stories of struggle—from racism to the pandemic—and reflection on coping.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/february-issue-shows-anglicans-meeting-challenges/feed/ 0 170419 Seeing through the pandemic’s haze https://anglicanjournal.com/seeing-through-the-pandemics-haze/ https://anglicanjournal.com/seeing-through-the-pandemics-haze/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:18 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170314 I left home very early that morning to prepare for the 8 a.m. Eucharist at the parish I served, driving in a dense fog. As I approached the church, I began to detect unusual shapes on the lawn where there should not be any! I was concerned, as we had a special service planned for […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/seeing-through-the-pandemics-haze/feed/ 0 170553 The fulfillment of the Sacred Circle https://anglicanjournal.com/the-fulfillment-of-the-sacred-circle/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-fulfillment-of-the-sacred-circle/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:06 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170330 National Indigenous Archbishop Mark MacDonald on the two foundational documents of the Indigenous Anglican church.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-fulfillment-of-the-sacred-circle/feed/ 0 170555 Anglican Journal welcomes new staff writer https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-journal-welcomes-new-staff-writer-2/ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-journal-welcomes-new-staff-writer-2/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:03 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170411 Sean Frankling officially joined the Journal team on Jan. 4, bringing experience in both print and digital media.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-journal-welcomes-new-staff-writer-2/feed/ 0 170411 On steering past the spireas—and surrendering our burdens https://anglicanjournal.com/on-steering-past-the-spireas-and-surrendering-our-burdens/ https://anglicanjournal.com/on-steering-past-the-spireas-and-surrendering-our-burdens/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:01 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170317 The myriad attempts to back out of my long, narrow driveway are embarrassingly comical.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/on-steering-past-the-spireas-and-surrendering-our-burdens/feed/ 0 170554 ‘Passionate for justice’: Anglicans remember Desmond Tutu https://anglicanjournal.com/passionate-for-justice-anglicans-remember-desmond-tutu/ https://anglicanjournal.com/passionate-for-justice-anglicans-remember-desmond-tutu/#respond Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:42:06 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170268 “In a time when we’re accustomed to fallen heroes, Desmond Tutu was the real thing,” recalls Michael Ingham, retired bishop of New Westminster.

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