Please click here for a PDF version of Highlights from the Council of General Synod: May 4, 2014 Order’s of the Day / Members’ Concerns Council members began their second day of business meetings with a hymn. Jane Osler, co-chair of the Agenda and Planning Team, reviewed the agenda for the day. Cynthia Haines-Turner reported … Continued
Please click here for a PDF version of Highlights from the Council of General Synod: May 3, 2014 Council members gathered from 8:45am to 9:15am for morning prayers and Bible study at Queen of the Apostles Retreat Centre in Mississauga. Business meetings began with opening formalities at 9:30am. Opening Formalities Jane Osler, co-chair of the … Continued
The Anglican Church of Canada is preparing for a new annual church observance. Jerusalem Sunday takes place on Sunday, June 1, 2014 and celebrates companionship with the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, which extends over Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. It is home to several thousand Arab Anglicans in thirty parishes. Situated in one of … Continued
Four recent ordinations in the Diocese of Saskatchewan were marked by reverent worship, firm exhortations to Gospel preaching—and a great deal of feasting.
A statement on Earth Day, April 22, 2014 from Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada and Bishop Susan Johnson, National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. “This fragile Earth, our island home” At your command all things came to be: The vast expanse of interstellar space, Galaxies, suns, the planets in … Continued
In a new online video, National Bishop Susan C. Johnson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) and Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC), offer a joint Holy Week and Easter message to the two churches. The two leaders share their reflections as they attend the Truth and Reconciliation … Continued
The Commission on the Marriage Canon met for the first time April 3-4, 2014, at the offices of the General Synod in Toronto. The eight commissioners, who come from across Canada and from varied backgrounds, began their day and a half together by becoming acquainted with one another, and by reviewing in detail their task … Continued
The final national event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission took place from March 27 to 30 in Edmonton, Alberta. Representatives from the Anglican Church of Canada and its ecumenical partners were among thousands gathered to hear survivor testimonies, celebrate Indigenous culture and resilience, and work toward reconciliation.
CNC: Tell us about where you live and work. AH: I live in Prince Albert [SK] now—I moved to Prince Albert because my office is there. My home community is in Montreal Lake, it’s an hour north of Prince Albert. CNC: Can you tell me about the communities that you serve? Do you minister mainly … Continued
For the last 60 years, the Diocese of New Westminster’s ACW has been sending care packages to the Diocese of Yukon.
One of Canada’s foremost experts in philanthropy has been appointed interim director of General Synod’s Resources for Mission Department, the group charged with promoting stewardship and developing partnerships throughout the church.
Council of the North Leads the Way: Structural and Cultural Renovation in Athabasca Anyone who’s spent significant time working in the Church at any level—parish, diocesan, or national—knows it is struggling to adapt its structures to new realities: an increasingly secular culture, aging congregations and depleted treasuries. In the Council of the North there has … Continued
The Anglican Church of Canada will soon have a new diocese. On July 6, 2013, the General Synod approved Resolution B001, a proposal that an area mission in Northern Ontario become an indigenous diocese—bringing to fruition plans that have been decades in development and which, according to Bishop Lydia Mamakwa, were born out of “the … Continued
In August of 2012, Terry and Ida Reid loaded a year’s worth of belongings onto their half-ton truck and left Newville, in Central Newfoundland, to head west and north. “We were leaving our friends and family, our house–and definitely our comfort zone. We felt it was a calling–and we responded.” The Reids were responding to … Continued
Interview with The Rt. Rev. Tom Corston (Bishop of Moosonee, Retd) Council of the North Communications(CNC): Tell us about the changes that are taking place in Moosonee. Tom Corston(TC): The diocese over the last few years has started to see some difficult changes, mostly brought about by the economic situation in the one-industry towns in … Continued