March 2022 Archives - Anglican Journal

Giving back to the gracious other: a Lenten prayer

Archbishop Linda Nicholls — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:00:40 +0000

The last few months have been hard. Although I am an introvert—and introverts have had a built-in advantage during pandemic restrictions—I have had enough of uncertainty and lockdowns. I know I am not alone in that sentiment!

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Stained glass and seeing with the spirit’s eyes

Sr. Wendy Grace Greyling — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:00:39 +0000

We have a number of pieces of stained glass at the convent; some are actual windows and are located in the main chapel and St. Margaret’s chapel, and some are free-standing or hanging panels which can be found in the Lady Chapel, the lobby, the book room corridor and St. Margaret’s Chapel.

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Mercy

Mark MacDonald — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:00:32 +0000

This is written as we are learning of the discovery of 93 potential burial sites associated with the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School that operated at Williams Lake First Nation, B.C., from 1886 to 1981. Many of us feel a grief painfully amplified by the gradual but noticeable disappearance of residential school grave discoveries from public consideration and conversation.

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‘Wisdom! Be attentive’

Daniel Tatarnic — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:00:31 +0000

I've learned from the school of hard knocks that there are things you best learn on your knees. Wisdom is one of those things.

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Transformation and affirmation run through March issue

Matthew Puddister — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:00:29 +0000

The March issue of the Anglican Journal explores themes of change and transition while re-affirming commitment to Christian values.

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Theological education sees ‘limited’ impact from full communion

Matthew Puddister — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:00:21 +0000

Principals of two leading seminaries—one Anglican, the other Lutheran—say that full communion between the Anglican Church of Canada and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada has had a relatively muted effect on theological education. Yet they also see opportunities for closer ties at a time when this field is experiencing major upheaval.

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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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New gender blessings for trial use

Matthew Puddister — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:00:02 +0000

The Anglican Church of Canada has prepared a set of gender-themed liturgies for trial use, including a blessing on gender transition, that the church’s director of Faith, Worship and Ministry says could be the first of their kind for a national church in the Anglican Communion if they are eventually authorized.

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Primate issues statement on Ukraine invasion

Sean Frankling — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 20:41:36 +0000

Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, asked Anglicans to pray for the people of Ukraine this week as the news broke of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the Eastern European country. “Any war brings untold pain and devastation to all involved. This one will do the same,” Nicholls said in a statement […]

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Remembering Tom Corston

Matthew Puddister — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:22:42 +0000

Moosonee bishop founded influential school of ministry Retired Indigenous bishop Tom Corston died on Jan. 7 after a struggle against cancer. He was 72 years old. Elected the ninth bishop of the diocese of Moosonee in 2010, Corston was a long-serving member of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples. He served as bishop until his […]

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