Richard Johns remembered as steady presence at Church House
Matthew Puddister
February 2, 2022
Richard Johns, who served for three decades as director of personnel at Church House, died on Nov. 28 after a year of long-term care in
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Richard Johns, who served for three decades as director of personnel at Church House, died on Nov. 28 after a year of long-term care in
February issue shares stories of struggle—from racism to the pandemic—and reflection on coping.
Sean Frankling officially joined the Journal team on Jan. 4, bringing experience in both print and digital media.
Updates from the Council of General Synod (CoGS), the 10th Indigenous Anglican Sacred Circle and the COP26 climate conference anchor the January issue of the Anglican Journal.
When it meets next summer, General Synod is expected to vote on a set of proposals concerning its own rules for membership and voting.
The church is headed toward a healthy surplus for 2021, CoGS heard at its November meeting. But the financial outlook for 2022 and beyond will be highly unpredictable until the pandemic’s effect on the church is known with more clarity, the council was told.
The pandemic has left its mark on the church in many ways—including, possibly, a permanent decrease in in-person attendance—and new spiritual resources will be needed as the church continues to emerge from it, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told the Council of General Synod (CoGS) Nov. 5.
CoGS has endorsed a statement calling on the federal government to repeal a section of the Criminal Code of Canada that authorizes parents, guardians and teachers to forcibly discipline children.
As November floods brought death and devastation to parts of southern British Columbia, Canadian Anglican offered prayers and help to residents.
Amal Attia, a former private-sector chief financial officer (CFO) and controller, has been appointed as the Anglican Church of Canada’s new treasurer and CFO.
A November meeting of Sacred Circle, a gathering of Indigenous Anglicans from across Canada, saw members continuing to polish a pair of foundational documents for the self-determining Indigenous church within the Anglican Church of Canada.
The next Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth (CLAY) gathering, originally set to take place in summer 2022, will be postponed until August 2023.
The hope of the Christmas season shines through the dark of winter in the December issue of the Anglican Journal.
The Anglican Church of Canada had been looking at organizing a national youth gathering for some time when the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) invited an Anglican cohort to Whitehorse in 2008 for its own youth conference.
Archdeacon Helen Kennedy has been elected the 13th bishop of the diocese of Qu’Appelle in southern Saskatchewan, winning on the second ballot at an episcopal election Oct. 17.
Two experienced Church House staffers have been promoted to head the Anglican Journal and Anglican Foundation of Canada.
Shortly before its first in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic, held Oct. 4-6 at a hotel near Toronto’s Pearson Airport, the Council of the North was given an early Christmas present.
Two Anglican Communion groups are adding their voices to demands that the world’s wealthy nations share their COVID-19 vaccines.
When Capt. Nichola Goddard was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan in 2006, becoming the first female Canadian soldier to die in combat, her family found solace from members of the Anglican church congregation where Nichola had also attended services.
From the war in Afghanistan to the COVID-19 pandemic, issues of control and the capacity for change run through the November issue of the Anglican Journal.
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