september 2023 Archives - Anglican Journal

Christian unity a matter of discipleship—and of increasing ‘urgency,’ ecumenical lead says

Matthew Puddister — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:25:55 +0000

Seventh instalment of Hearing the Lambeth Calls, a 10-part series on the calls to the global Anglican Communion made at the 2022 Lambeth Conference. This month’s call: Christian unity. Ecumenism and the search for Christian unity are no mere niche interest, the Anglican Church of Canada’s lead animator for ecumenical and interfaith relations Canon Scott Sharman says, […]

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Church to publish MAID essays

Sean Frankling — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:20:58 +0000

The Anglican Church of Canada will publish a set of writings on medical assistance in dying (MAID) this September with the aim of helping members of the church in their discernment around the issue. The Rev. Eileen Scully, the church’s director of Faith, Worship and Ministry, who is compiling and editing the project, says the […]

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Bringing justice and peace to a new season

Archbishop Chris Harper — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:15:52 +0000

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. —Amos 5:24 The Season of Creation, a globally and ecumenically recognized time for prayer and care for the earth, begins Sept. 1 and is themed “Let Justice and Peace Flow” this year. The month ends with the National Day of Truth and […]

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Reflections on General Synod and Assembly

Archbishop Linda Nicholls — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:15:23 +0000

Writing only days after the conclusion of the Assembly and General Synod 2023 held in Calgary, let me reflect on some aspects of this synod for our Anglican family. There were wonderful moments of affirmation of relationships old and new. Our relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) is maturing: we made commitments […]

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Burnout is the whole church’s problem

Martha Tatarnic — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:10:05 +0000

In my recent book, Why Gather? and during the talks I’ve given about it across Canada, I’ve spoken openly about my struggle with burnout in ministry. Although I didn’t want to admit it at the time, I went into 2020 actively wondering if there was something else I could do with my life. With the […]

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‘Music will teach you how to feel’

Sean Frankling — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:05:04 +0000

A scholar and composer ponders the role of church music amid a 1,700-year-old culture war As an educator, composer, curator and practitioner, Robert Busiakiewicz has been working with sacred music for much of his adult career. Busiakiewicz, who holds a master’s of philosophy in music from Cambridge University, has served as music director for St. […]

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Synod votes no to extending primate’s term

Matthew Puddister and Sean Frankling — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Gathered for six-day Assembly, Anglicans, Lutherans vote on justice issues, liturgy, planning and more In the wake of two votes against a resolution that would have extended her term, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told General Synod at its meeting in Calgary this summer that she would decide when she […]

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Sacred Circle ratifies founding documents of Indigenous church

Matthew Puddister — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:55:36 +0000

Chris Harper installed as national Indigenous Anglican archbishop The 11th Indigenous Anglican Sacred Circle saw ratification of the Covenant and Our Way of Life, founding documents for the self-determining Indigenous church within the Anglican Church of Canada, along with the installation of Chris Harper as the new national Indigenous Anglican archbishop. The gathering of Indigenous […]

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Former bishop of Central Newfoundland remembered for message of kindness and hope

Sean Frankling — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 18:34:26 +0000

A former bishop of the diocese of Central Newfoundland has died at age 87. Bishop Edward Marsh led the diocese from 1990 to his retirement in 2000, after which he continued to serve the diocese in various parishes on a fill-in basis. He died in Gander June 28. During his career, Marsh held incumbencies in […]

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Alice Medcof was pioneer for women in the church

Matthew Puddister — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:31:19 +0000

Canon Alice Medcof, an Anglican priest who helped found the International Anglican Women’s Network (IAWN)—an Anglican Communion group with a mandate to report to the Anglican Consultative Council on the work of women and challenges women face—and who served two terms as its chair, died July 13 after a short illness. She was 88. Part […]

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