Newfoundland Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/newfoundland/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Wed, 09 Dec 2020 21:02:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Newfoundland Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/newfoundland/ 32 32 170042892 ‘God is waiting for us’ https://anglicanjournal.com/god-is-waiting-for-us/ https://anglicanjournal.com/god-is-waiting-for-us/#respond Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:09:07 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166179 As COVID-19 propels us towards a different kind of Christmas, this Advent could be a time for considering God’s expectations for Christians and the church, says Newfoundland priest and theological studies professor Robert Cooke.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/god-is-waiting-for-us/feed/ 0 166179 Come from Away: Resurrection and Hope in Gander, Newfoundland https://anglicanjournal.com/come-from-away-resurrection-and-hope-in-gander-newfoundland/ https://anglicanjournal.com/come-from-away-resurrection-and-hope-in-gander-newfoundland/#comments Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:00:41 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162683 Do you remember where you were on Sept. 11, 2001? Most everyone has a story to tell about where they were on that day when the Twin Towers—centrepieces of New York City’s World Trade Center and once the tallest buildings in the world—came crashing down. Come from Away tells a distinctively Canadian story about how […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/come-from-away-resurrection-and-hope-in-gander-newfoundland/feed/ 4 162683 Archbishop Percy Coffin announces retirement https://anglicanjournal.com/archbishop-percy-coffin-announces-retirement/ https://anglicanjournal.com/archbishop-percy-coffin-announces-retirement/#respond Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:02:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/archbishop-percy-coffin-announces-retirement/ Archbishop Percy Coffin, metropolitan of the province of Canada since 2014 and bishop of the diocese of Western Newfoundland since 2003, is planning to retire following the election of a successor this summer.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/archbishop-percy-coffin-announces-retirement/feed/ 0 113504 Reimagining ministry in Athabasca and the Atlantic https://anglicanjournal.com/reimagining-ministry-in-athabasca-and-the-atlantic/ https://anglicanjournal.com/reimagining-ministry-in-athabasca-and-the-atlantic/#respond Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:27:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/reimagining-ministry-in-athabasca-and-the-atlantic/ Jenilee Gale is a resident of Peace River, Alta., but where she considers "home" to be is a more complicated question.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/reimagining-ministry-in-athabasca-and-the-atlantic/feed/ 0 112349 Newfoundlanders still see church as part of their identity https://anglicanjournal.com/newfoundlanders-still-see-church-as-part-of-their-identity/ https://anglicanjournal.com/newfoundlanders-still-see-church-as-part-of-their-identity/#respond Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:22:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/newfoundlanders-still-see-church-as-part-of-their-identity/ The diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador is a place of contrasts. In its centre, St. John's, wealthy property developers rub shoulders with fishermen and oil workers just back from Alberta's Fort McMurray. In its farthest-flung regions, priests drive for hours to visit remote parishes in Labrador.

These contrasts are present, too, in the life of the church.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/newfoundlanders-still-see-church-as-part-of-their-identity/feed/ 0 112273 Migration a part of life in Newfoundland diocese https://anglicanjournal.com/migration-a-part-of-life-in-newfoundland-diocese/ https://anglicanjournal.com/migration-a-part-of-life-in-newfoundland-diocese/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2015 19:23:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/migration-a-part-of-life-in-newfoundland-diocese/ It is known colloquially as "the turnaround."

Every few weeks, thousands of Newfoundlanders make the long commute to northern Alberta to work in the oil industry. They stay there for a "shift" of two to four weeks, and return to their families on their weeks off.

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