Inspired by the story of an Iqaluit cathedral dean left homeless after retirement, the Diocese of New Westminster’s Anglican Church Women (ACW) raise money for a fund to house retiring clergy in Indigenous and underserved northern communities.
Bishops and archbishops from across the worldwide Anglican Communion are gearing up for the 15th Lambeth Conference, which after repeated delays is finally set to take place July 26 to Aug. 8.
The National Worship Conference, taking place every two years, provides a forum for Anglicans and Lutherans to learn more about how each other approaches worship.
Faith communities may have lost some of the heft they once had in shaping public opinion in Canada—but ecumenism, including full communion between the Anglican
An unaudited financial statement released to Council of General Synod (CoGS) from the church’s financial management committee shows investment income helping propel General Synod to a surplus of about $3.6 million— on a total budget of $8.6 million—for 2021.
National Indigenous Archbishop Mark MacDonald; Philip Poole, retired area bishop of York-Credit Valley in the diocese of Toronto; and Suzanne Lawson, who has held leadership positions at various levels of the church each received one of the awards, which recognize contributions to community service, worship, evangelism, education and ecumenical and interfaith cooperation.
Moving beyond pain towards new life, Anglicans envision the future with ever greater focus in the April issue of the Anglican Journal.
A Toronto seminary is hoping its new institute for church research and data analysis will be a “game-changer” for understanding how societal trends affect church decline and growth.
Even as Canada dropped virtually all COVID-related health restrictions in February and March, spread of the more contagious Omicron subvariant BA.2 might suggest the pandemic is far from over. But the possibility of a sixth wave doesn’t mean Christians can’t find creative ways to celebrate Easter.
The founding documents for Sacred Circle, the self-determining Indigenous church within the Anglican Church of Canada, have been revealed to the world.
The March issue of the Anglican Journal explores themes of change and transition while re-affirming commitment to Christian values.
Principals of two leading seminaries—one Anglican, the other Lutheran—say that full communion between the Anglican Church of Canada and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada has had a relatively muted effect on theological education. Yet they also see opportunities for closer ties at a time when this field is experiencing major upheaval.
Worship on the land has always been part of life in the Arctic. It is, Bishop Joey Royal said, “baked into Arctic Christianity, because the people in this land up until the last century or so were nomadic and lived in family groups on the land.”
The Anglican Church of Canada has prepared a set of gender-themed liturgies for trial use, including a blessing on gender transition, that the church’s director of Faith, Worship and Ministry says could be the first of their kind for a national church in the Anglican Communion if they are eventually authorized.
Moosonee bishop founded influential school of ministry Retired Indigenous bishop Tom Corston died on Jan. 7 after a struggle against cancer. He was 72 years
Eleanor “Ellie” Johnson, the longtime director of partnerships for the Anglican Church of Canada who played a key role in the settlement agreement for residential school survivors, died on Jan. 7.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will visit Canada from April 29 to May 3, accepting an invitation from Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and National Indigenous Archbishop Mark MacDonald.
A pair of Anglican and Lutheran hospital chaplains open up on a “new world” of exhaustion—and life-giving work transcending conventional boundaries.
Psychologist Myrna Lashley shares her thoughts on the church’s historic role in propagating systemic racism as well as the role of Christians in the movement to fight it.
The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) awarded more than $1 million in grants in 2021—a total that executive director Scott Brubacher calls “extraordinary” and potentially the largest in the foundation’s 64-year history.
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