People – Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/people/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:08:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg People – Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/people/ 32 32 170042892 New animator for ecumenical, interfaith relations named https://anglicanjournal.com/new-animator-ecumenical-interfaith-relations-named/ https://anglicanjournal.com/new-animator-ecumenical-interfaith-relations-named/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:32:47 +0000 http://2017.anglicanjournal.com/?p=143215 The Anglican Church of Canada will have, starting this fall, a new staff person in charge of relations with other religious organizations. The Rev. Scott Sharman, currently interfaith chaplain at the University of Alberta and also the diocese of Edmonton’s ecumenical officer, has been named as the church’s animator for ecumenical and interfaith relations, the […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/new-animator-ecumenical-interfaith-relations-named/feed/ 0 143215 A story of our time https://anglicanjournal.com/a-story-of-our-time/ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-story-of-our-time/#respond Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:33:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/a-story-of-our-time/ It’s late May, and our last day in Canada before we fly back to Scotland. We’re sitting on a bench on Granville Island, Vancouver, taking in the atmosphere in the warm afternoon sunshine and trying to eat large ice creams before they either fall to the floor or rise skywards in the beak of some […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/a-story-of-our-time/feed/ 0 92778 For ‘non-binary’ youth, marriage debate and vote cut deep https://anglicanjournal.com/for-non-binary-youth-marriage-debate-and-vote-cut-deep/ https://anglicanjournal.com/for-non-binary-youth-marriage-debate-and-vote-cut-deep/#respond Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:26:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/for-non-binary-youth-marriage-debate-and-vote-cut-deep/ Jordan Sandrock isn't able to say what was going through their head when, after hearing the first pronouncement on the same-sex marriage vote at General Synod, they rushed out of the conference room where the vote was held and collapsed in tears on the floor of the corridor outside.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/for-non-binary-youth-marriage-debate-and-vote-cut-deep/feed/ 0 113584 Former Archbishop turns tables on William Shakespeare https://anglicanjournal.com/former-archbishop-turns-tables-on-william-shakespeare/ https://anglicanjournal.com/former-archbishop-turns-tables-on-william-shakespeare/#respond Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:05:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/former-archbishop-turns-tables-on-william-shakespeare/ A play written by the former Archbishop of Canterbury and Wales, Rowan Williams, about the "lost years" of celebrated English playwright Williams Shakespeare has opened in a theatre in Wales.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/former-archbishop-turns-tables-on-william-shakespeare/feed/ 0 113839 The Rev. Clarke Raymond remembered as bridge-builder https://anglicanjournal.com/the-rev-clarke-raymond-remembered-as-bridge-builder/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-rev-clarke-raymond-remembered-as-bridge-builder/#respond Fri, 20 May 2016 20:11:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/the-rev-clarke-raymond-remembered-as-bridge-builder/ The Rev. Clarke Raymond, a former high-level staffer at the Anglican Church of Canada's national office, is being remembered for his decades of contributions to the national church.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-rev-clarke-raymond-remembered-as-bridge-builder/feed/ 0 113764 Henri Nouwen’s gift to Anne Lamott https://anglicanjournal.com/henri-nouwen-s-gift-to-anne-lamott/ https://anglicanjournal.com/henri-nouwen-s-gift-to-anne-lamott/#respond Wed, 18 May 2016 15:15:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/henri-nouwen-s-gift-to-anne-lamott/ When Anne Lamott found herself, at age 31, a self-loathing drug and alcohol addict, it was the idea of "radical self-love," as expressed by Henri Nouwen and writers like him, that allowed her to turn a corner on her life, the 62-year-old American writer told a Toronto audience last week.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/henri-nouwen-s-gift-to-anne-lamott/feed/ 0 113613 Rita Lee Chiu, sister of first female Anglican priest, mourned https://anglicanjournal.com/rita-lee-chiu-sister-of-first-female-anglican-priest-mourned/ https://anglicanjournal.com/rita-lee-chiu-sister-of-first-female-anglican-priest-mourned/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:36:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/rita-lee-chiu-sister-of-first-female-anglican-priest-mourned/ Friends and family are remembering Rita Lee Chiu-sister of the Rev. Florence Li Tim-Oi, the first female Anglican priest-for her humility, her generosity and her love of people and God.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/rita-lee-chiu-sister-of-first-female-anglican-priest-mourned/feed/ 0 113744 New UCC moderator sees closer ties with Anglican church https://anglicanjournal.com/new-ucc-moderator-sees-closer-ties-with-anglican-church/ https://anglicanjournal.com/new-ucc-moderator-sees-closer-ties-with-anglican-church/#respond Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:12:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/new-ucc-moderator-sees-closer-ties-with-anglican-church/ The relationship between the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada (UCC) is back on track, the United Church's moderator says-and she's delighted about it.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/new-ucc-moderator-sees-closer-ties-with-anglican-church/feed/ 0 113670 Former bishop of Cariboo James Cruickshank dies https://anglicanjournal.com/former-bishop-of-cariboo-james-cruickshank-dies/ https://anglicanjournal.com/former-bishop-of-cariboo-james-cruickshank-dies/#respond Mon, 04 Jan 2016 21:39:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/former-bishop-of-cariboo-james-cruickshank-dies/ After a career that spanned more than 50 years of ordained ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada, James David Cruickshank, seventh bishop of the diocese of Cariboo, died December 30 in the presence of his family. He was 79.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/former-bishop-of-cariboo-james-cruickshank-dies/feed/ 0 112129 Priest remembered for twin passions for ministry, journalism https://anglicanjournal.com/priest-remembered-for-twin-passions-for-ministry-journalism/ https://anglicanjournal.com/priest-remembered-for-twin-passions-for-ministry-journalism/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:50:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/priest-remembered-for-twin-passions-for-ministry-journalism/ For many years, says Bishop of Qu'Appelle Robert Hardwick, a man from Swift Current, Sask., found himself tuning in to daily five-minute radio slots on spiritual themes, hosted by a Saskatchewan Anglican priest.

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