October 2025 Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/october-2025/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:30:36 +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 2025 Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/october-2025/ 32 32 170042892 God has opened a new vista for our church https://anglicanjournal.com/god-has-opened-a-new-vista-for-our-church/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:00:17 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213872 Sutherland is a sparsely populated part of northwest Scotland. As you travel there the roads get increasingly narrow and twisty, with only a single lane in many places.

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]]> 213872 To be called a child of God is no simple and small thing https://anglicanjournal.com/to-be-called-a-child-of-god-is-no-simple-and-small-thing/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 13:00:37 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213876 FEATHER: Almighty God, we the children of your creation bless you for this new day and the time needed to do all that we are called to do.

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]]> 213876 Irwin-Gibson to retire as bishop of Montreal https://anglicanjournal.com/irwin-gibson-to-retire-as-bishop-of-montreal/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:41:21 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213864 Bishop Mary Irwin-Gibson of the diocese of Montreal will retire Oct. 5 after a 44-year career in the church—including 10 years as diocesan bishop of Montreal.

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]]> 213864 Kindred Earth https://anglicanjournal.com/kindred-earth/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:05:44 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213852 One year ago, fire swept through the mountain town of Jasper, Alta., reducing St. Mary and St. George Anglican Church to its stone foundation, ringed by ash and charred timbers. The absence of that sacred space lingers, a scar in the town’s centre and in the hearts of those who prayed there.

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]]> 213852 Young Lutherans, Anglicans ask for larger role https://anglicanjournal.com/young-lutherans-anglicans-ask-for-larger-role/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:48:38 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213743 “The church doesn’t always recognize or value young people. But we are the past, present, and future of this church,” begins a prayer drafted based on table discussions at this summer’s Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth (CLAY) gathering, held Aug. 21 to 24 in Saskatoon. This year’s event, themed “Rooted and Rising,” brought together around 350 youth from around the country, making it larger than the previous gathering of around 300 in 2023, but with substantially fewer than pre-pandemic highs of around 850, says Sheilagh McGlynn, the Anglican Church of Canada’s animator for youth ministries.

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]]> 213743 Canada’s first Indigenous bishop ‘saw himself as Christ’s faithful soldier and servant to life’s end’ https://anglicanjournal.com/canadas-first-indigenous-bishop-saw-himself-as-christs-faithful-soldier-and-servant-to-lifes-end/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:16:38 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213733 Bishop Charles Arthurson, who became the first Indigenous bishop in Canada upon his election as suffragan bishop of the Anglican diocese of Saskatchewan in 1989—a position he held until his 2008 retirement—died Aug. 30 in Prince Albert, Sask.

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]]> 213733 General Secretary’s employment ends after three-month leave of absence https://anglicanjournal.com/general-secretarys-employment-ends-after-three-month-leave-of-absence/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:02:35 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213723 Archdeacon Alan Perry is no longer the general secretary of General Synod, per a press release posted on anglican.ca Sept. 3. The release does not specify a reason for the ending of his employment in the role.

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]]> 213723 Bishop Organ announces Oct. 1 resignation on ‘advice’ of provincial House of Bishops https://anglicanjournal.com/bishop-organ-announces-oct-1-resignation-on-advice-of-provincial-house-of-bishops/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 19:40:39 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213708 Bishop of Western Newfoundland John Organ, whom the provincial metropolitan found violated misconduct policies when he fired a former cathedral dean, has hired a new dean and will resign effective Oct. 1.

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]]> 213708 David Crawley, one-time acting primate, remembered as early advocate for LGBTQ+ people, skilled negotiator https://anglicanjournal.com/david-crawley-one-time-acting-primateremembered-as-early-advocate-for-lgbtq-people-skilled-negotiator/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:02:51 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213678 “David drove change wherever he was. He never accepted the status quo,” says the Rev. Ken Gray, retired dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kamloops, B.C. He’s describing Archbishop David Crawley, former bishop of Kootenay, metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon and acting primate, who died Aug. 17 at age 88. Crawley is remembered by friends and colleagues as an intelligent debater, an articulate leader and a passionate and early advocate—even during his early career—for causes that were not always popular at the time. 

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]]> 213678 New ACIP elected; Sacred Circle prepares shift to new ‘Council Fire’ representation https://anglicanjournal.com/new-acip-elected-sacred-circle-prepares-shift-to-new-council-fire-representation/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:00:21 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213597 Sacred Circle elected a new Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) Aug. 9 based on the old model of members representing ecclesiastical provinces, while setting the stage for a shift to elections based on regional language areas and land and water territories.

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