General Synod 2016 Archives - Anglican Journal

Remembering and repenting as we pray for Jews

Bruce Myers — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:00:20 +0000

If you stand in the chancel of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Quebec City and look straight up, you’ll see four gilded Hebrew letters elaborately carved into the ceiling. Known as the tetragrammaton, they form the name for God most often used in the Hebrew Scriptures. For the Anglicans who gather to worship […]

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How do we act like a church?

Mark MacDonald — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:16:00 +0000

Until very recently, it was widely accepted that models of governance, administration and decision-making used in government were also appropriate for the church.

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Bishops shift focus from same-sex marriage to mission

André Forget — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:32:00 +0000

After three years spent in intense debate over a resolution to allow the marriage of same-sex couples, the House of Bishops intends to shift its focus to "evangelism and discipleship and mission" in the next triennium, says Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, following the house's September 22-27 meeting in Winnipeg.

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Bishop raises $22,000 cycling across Saskatchewan

Tali Folkins — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:12:00 +0000

Sometime before he was about to embark on his cross-province bicycle ride this June, Bishop Rob Hardwick, of the diocese of Qu'Appelle, was approached by someone wanting to know what the point of it was.

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Indigenous bishops criticize same-sex marriage vote

Tali Folkins — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 20:27:00 +0000

In the wake of July's vote on same-sex marriages at General Synod, Indigenous Anglicans intend to "proceed towards self-determination with urgency," the Anglican Church of Canada's three Indigenous bishops say.

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Diocese of Toronto elects first openly gay bishop

Tali Folkins — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:35:00 +0000

A gay man living with a male partner is among three priests to have been elected suffragan bishops in the diocese of Toronto this weekend.

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Caledonia electoral synod cancelled after parishioner complaint

Tali Folkins — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:18:00 +0000

An election to choose a successor to Bishop William Anderson, of the diocese of Caledonia, has been cancelled after a parishioner complained it was in violation of the canon law of the diocese.

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General Synod 2016: What now?

John Clarke — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:18:00 +0000

Opinion submissions on religious topics (maximum 500 words for print; 800 words, online) will be considered for publication; send queries to letters@anglicanjournal.com In July, the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada passed, on first reading, a resolution that if approved on second reading at the next General Synod in 2019 will make changes […]

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Hard work lies ahead

ajadmin — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:10:00 +0000

In summing up General Synod's debate and vote on same-sex marriage last July, Primate Fred Hiltz concluded:

"We have been deeply divided over the solemnizing of same-sex marriage for a very long time. That has not changed."

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For ‘non-binary’ youth, marriage debate and vote cut deep

Tali Folkins — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:26:00 +0000

Jordan Sandrock isn't able to say what was going through their head when, after hearing the first pronouncement on the same-sex marriage vote at General Synod, they rushed out of the conference room where the vote was held and collapsed in tears on the floor of the corridor outside.

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