The Episcopal Church Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/the-episcopal-church/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:08:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg The Episcopal Church Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/the-episcopal-church/ 32 32 170042892 ‘We’re the ones who are testing it out’ https://anglicanjournal.com/were-the-ones-who-are-testing-it-out/ https://anglicanjournal.com/were-the-ones-who-are-testing-it-out/#respond Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:38:40 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=168920 The full communion partnership between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is both influenced and influencer when it comes to models for ecumenical partnerships.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/were-the-ones-who-are-testing-it-out/feed/ 0 168920 ‘Contemplative Knitting’ spins a vision of prayer—stitch by stitch https://anglicanjournal.com/contemplative-knitting-spins-a-vision-of-prayer-stitch-by-stitch/ https://anglicanjournal.com/contemplative-knitting-spins-a-vision-of-prayer-stitch-by-stitch/#respond Tue, 01 Jun 2021 04:01:50 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167741 Contemplative Knitting By Julie Cicora Publisher: Morehouse Publishing, 2021 168 pages ISBN: 9781640652620 Available through contemplativeknitting.com Knitting has been around for centuries, but it may be more popular than ever after the COVID-19 pandemic spurred widespread lockdowns in most of the world over the past year. Even former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama has taken […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/contemplative-knitting-spins-a-vision-of-prayer-stitch-by-stitch/feed/ 0 167741 Episcopal bishops grapple with life in a COVID-19 epicentre https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-bishops-grapple-with-life-in-a-covid-19-epicentre/ https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-bishops-grapple-with-life-in-a-covid-19-epicentre/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2020 16:00:03 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165598 Since the first cases appeared there in early spring, the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the United States. The Centre for Disease Control reports, at writing, that there have been more than 3.8 million cases in the country and upwards of 180,000 deaths caused by the virus. For leaders in the U.S.-based Episcopal Church, this unprecedented […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-bishops-grapple-with-life-in-a-covid-19-epicentre/feed/ 0 165598 Sovereignty and safety concerns front of mind for Indigenous communities warding off COVID-19 https://anglicanjournal.com/sovereignty-and-safety-concerns-front-of-mind-for-indigenous-communities-warding-off-covid-19/ https://anglicanjournal.com/sovereignty-and-safety-concerns-front-of-mind-for-indigenous-communities-warding-off-covid-19/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:57:08 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=164800 Prayers over Keeyask On May 22, freezing rain pelts down on northern Manitoba’s Provincial Road 280, the north access road to the site of the Keeyask hydro project. About 20 people are gathered there, keeping about two metres apart, at a blockade meant to keep workers from entering the site. Among those gathered is Bishop […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/sovereignty-and-safety-concerns-front-of-mind-for-indigenous-communities-warding-off-covid-19/feed/ 0 164800 Anglicans find humour during COVID-19 isolation https://anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-find-humour-during-covid-19-isolation/ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-find-humour-during-covid-19-isolation/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:45:09 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163940 As the coronavirus pandemic continues across the globe, Anglicans are adapting to a new normal of physical distancing measures, online services and video conferencing. While this is a tense and frightening time, many people find humour to be a good tool to cope. “I believe humour does have an important role to play as we […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-find-humour-during-covid-19-isolation/feed/ 0 163940 ‘Invite everyone to more’: A conversation with Canon Stephanie Spellers https://anglicanjournal.com/invite-everyone-to-more-a-conversation-with-canon-stephanie-spellers/ https://anglicanjournal.com/invite-everyone-to-more-a-conversation-with-canon-stephanie-spellers/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:37:51 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163568 Canon Stephanie Spellers is the canon to the presiding bishop for evangelism, reconciliation and creation care in the U.S.-based Episcopal Church. She was appointed in 2015 by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, who has called himself the “chief evangelism officer” of the Episcopal Church. Since 2017, the church has been running evangelism initiatives and revivals at […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/invite-everyone-to-more-a-conversation-with-canon-stephanie-spellers/feed/ 0 163568 Europe’s churches bring light to lockdown https://anglicanjournal.com/europes-churches-bring-light-to-lockdown/ https://anglicanjournal.com/europes-churches-bring-light-to-lockdown/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:32:11 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163214 Every day at noon, Edgardo Sasuman, sacristan for St. James Episcopal Church in Florence, Italy, rings the church’s bells. It’s a call of solidarity and love from a church that is on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis. St. James has managed to offer online services on Sundays and Wednesdays and hopes to start […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/europes-churches-bring-light-to-lockdown/feed/ 0 163214 Leading Women to leadership: Binational conference inspires ordained Anglican women to break ‘stained glass ceiling’ https://anglicanjournal.com/leading-women-to-leadership-binational-conference-inspires-ordained-anglican-women-to-break-stained-glass-ceiling/ https://anglicanjournal.com/leading-women-to-leadership-binational-conference-inspires-ordained-anglican-women-to-break-stained-glass-ceiling/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2019 19:51:47 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=161973 Dozens of ordained women from the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church gathered together Oct. 8-10 for the Leading Women conference, an all-women meeting at the Mundelein Seminary in Chicago that sought to encourage women in church leadership.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/leading-women-to-leadership-binational-conference-inspires-ordained-anglican-women-to-break-stained-glass-ceiling/feed/ 0 161973 Closer to Jesus of Nazareth: Q&A with Bishop Michael Curry https://anglicanjournal.com/closer-to-jesus-of-nazareth-qa-with-bishop-michael-curry/ https://anglicanjournal.com/closer-to-jesus-of-nazareth-qa-with-bishop-michael-curry/#respond Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:00:18 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=161381 Bishop Michael Curry is the 27th and current presiding bishop of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church. Curry garnered international attention in 2018, when he preached at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. His animated sermon even inspired an homage by Kenan Thompson on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update.” The bishop sat down for an […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/closer-to-jesus-of-nazareth-qa-with-bishop-michael-curry/feed/ 0 161381 Bishop of Athabasca to resign for new positions with diocese of Dallas https://anglicanjournal.com/bishop-of-athabasca-to-resign-for-new-positions-with-diocese-of-dallas/ https://anglicanjournal.com/bishop-of-athabasca-to-resign-for-new-positions-with-diocese-of-dallas/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:56:10 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=160634 Almost exactly a decade after being elected bishop of the diocese of Athabasca, Fraser Lawton will be resigning to take up positions with the Episcopal Church’s diocese of Dallas.

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