October 2024 Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/october-2024/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Sat, 28 Jun 2025 19:25:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg October 2024 Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/october-2024/ 32 32 170042892 A daunting new role—and a welcoming church https://anglicanjournal.com/a-daunting-new-role-and-a-welcoming-church/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:13:33 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=188663 In this season of giving thanks, I write my first words to you in my new role as your acting primate with heartfelt gratitude for the gift the Anglican Church of Canada has been to me for close to 40 years—and with profound thanks for the dedication, Christ-centred leadership and commitment of our 14th primate, […]

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]]> 188663 Anglican elder care specialist and advocate named to Order of Canada https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-elder-care-specialist-and-advocate-named-to-order-of-canada/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:13:04 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=188661 Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, a specialist in frailty and geriatric care and a lifelong Anglican, was appointed to the Order of Canada in June for his work in advancing the field of elder care. Rockwood is the senior medical director for the Frailty and Elder Care Network at Nova Scotia Health, the province’s health-care authority, and […]

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]]> 188661 On giving thanks for Christ-centred community https://anglicanjournal.com/on-giving-thanks-for-christ-centred-community/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:09:55 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=188666 FEATHER (Prayer): Creator God, we the children of your creation lift the prayer feather of Thanksgiving. In this season that you have so freely gifted, we give thanks for gifts seen and unseen. Grant us openness of heart and mind to know you are ever with and before us in all things. Forgive us that […]

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]]> 188666 ‘A constant trickle … until there’s little or nothing left’ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-constant-trickle-until-theres-little-or-nothing-left/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:44:36 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=188648 Massive loss of cultural wealth feared as cash-strapped churches struggle to preserve buildings Second in a two-part series, Endangered Legacy: Churches at Risk. Read part one. The destruction by fire of St. Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto last June underscores risks faced by aging churches across Canada, an architectural historian says—and the country could face […]

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]]> 188648 Northern bishops speak out against primate’s commission https://anglicanjournal.com/northern-bishops-speak-out-against-primates-commission/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:58:17 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=188624 Council of the North chair blasts paper drafted by panel with no Indigenous members as ‘offensive’ Two bishops in the Council of the North, a grouping of northern dioceses that get financial support from the national church, have raised concerns about the process by which a primatial commission has approached the council’s future. Bishop Lesley […]

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]]> 188624 Black Anglican group holds first conference https://anglicanjournal.com/black-anglican-group-holds-first-conference/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:17:08 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=188610 Moving forward in its goal of strengthening Black participation and representation within the Anglican Church of Canada, the association Black Anglicans of Canada (BlAC) held its first national conference Aug. 14-17 at St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg. BlAC vice chair the Rev. Jacqueline Daley said about 30 lay and clergy members from […]

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]]> 188610 The Rev. Michael Creal remembered for ‘prescient’ commitment to social justice https://anglicanjournal.com/the-rev-michael-creal-remembered-for-prescient-commitment-to-social-justice/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:58:59 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=188544 The Rev. Michael Creal, a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada, refugee activist and professor at York University, died August 23 at the age of 97. Creal had received the Order of Canada in June in recognition of his lifelong efforts on behalf of refugees. 

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]]> 188544 Deacons see new potential as emissaries for church in ‘fractured world’ https://anglicanjournal.com/deacons-see-new-potential-as-emissaries-for-church-in-fractured-world/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 20:08:38 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=188471 National conference offers feedback on draft theological statement Deacons in the Anglican Church of Canada are seeking to redefine their role in a changing world as they look toward next year’s General Synod—where diaconal ministry is set to be a major topic of discussion. Anglican Deacons Canada (ADC), the national association of Anglican deacons, held […]

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