immigration Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/immigration/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:07:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg immigration Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/immigration/ 32 32 170042892 Americans need Canadian prayers. They also need Canadian action. https://anglicanjournal.com/americans-need-canadian-prayers-they-also-need-canadian-action/ https://anglicanjournal.com/americans-need-canadian-prayers-they-also-need-canadian-action/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:46:29 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166821 Three years ago, I visited the diocese of Quebec as a foreign journalist writing about the sometimes weird, sometimes wonderful world of anglophone Christians in a place where neither group is the social norm. During this time, I participated in a Lenten book study of A Canticle for Leibowitz—one of my favourite books. A group […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/americans-need-canadian-prayers-they-also-need-canadian-action/feed/ 7 166821 Demographic, cultural changes key to declining church membership: Sociologist of religion https://anglicanjournal.com/demographic-cultural-changes-key-to-declining-church-membership-sociologist-of-religion/ https://anglicanjournal.com/demographic-cultural-changes-key-to-declining-church-membership-sociologist-of-religion/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:45:57 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162255 Shifting immigration patterns and broader social changes are key factors in declining membership within the Anglican Church of Canada, according to a sociologist who studies religion in Canada. But while many Protestant denominations face similar challenges, growing congregations also exist within these traditions that share a number of common features.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/demographic-cultural-changes-key-to-declining-church-membership-sociologist-of-religion/feed/ 1 162255 Episcopalians gather in public witness outside immigrant detention centre https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopalians-gather-in-public-witness-outside-immigrant-detention-centre/ https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopalians-gather-in-public-witness-outside-immigrant-detention-centre/#respond Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:01:46 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=156438 A thousand Episcopalians, at least two for every one female incarcerated at the Hutto Detention Center in rural Texas, stood under the blistering sun July 8 in public witness to the actions of the U.S. government in its enforcement of immigration policies that have separated families over the last couple of months and have led to roundups of migrants and deportations.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopalians-gather-in-public-witness-outside-immigrant-detention-centre/feed/ 0 156438 Convention to face ‘tough societal questions’ confronting the Episcopal Church https://anglicanjournal.com/convention-to-face-tough-societal-questions-confronting-the-episcopal-church/ https://anglicanjournal.com/convention-to-face-tough-societal-questions-confronting-the-episcopal-church/#respond Wed, 27 Jun 2018 14:20:51 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=156307 When the 79th General Convention considers the resolutions proposed by the House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church, it will confront “tough questions” facing the Episcopal Church in the current social environment. [The 2018 General Convention will be held July 5 to July 13 at the Austin Convention Centre, Austin, Texas.] The  pressing […]

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