Primate Linda Nicholls reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting the Anglican Church of Canada to review worship practices, including the eucharist, and discern new ways to live sacramental…
[row] [column md="7"] As Christmas approaches we find ourselves greeting and being greeted in a variety of ways – I wish you a Merry Christmas, I pray your Christmas is…
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Imagine with me for just a few minutes that tiny little community that was the infant Church—Peter and John and James and Andrew and Philip and Thomas and Bartholomew and…
In May 2016, Anglican bishops from Canada, Africa, Europe and the US met in Accra, Ghana, for the Seventh Consultation of Bishops in Dialogue, sharing mission experiences, reflecting on history…
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New commentaries by a group of bishops from across the worldwide Anglican Communion are offering a valuable supplement to the testimonies produced by the Consultation of Anglican Bishops in Dialogue.…
Yesterday, Archbishop Fred Hiltz met with more than 120 members and friends of the LGBTQ community in Toronto at celebration of the Holy Eucharist at St. John’s, West in Toronto.…
One of my happiest childhood memories of Christmas is the visiting that happened. Every night between Christmas and New Year’s Day, one part of my family would welcome all the…
This acknowledgement is crafted in light of the Principles of Reconciliation by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, as we seek to live faithfully in Christ and in right relationship with all.
We give thanks to the Creator for this land, its waters, forests and all living beings, and for the abiding presence of Christ among us. From coast to coast to coast, these have been cared for and nurtured by First Nations, Inuit and Métis through countless generations.
We honour the enduring relationship Indigenous Peoples have cultivated with these lands and waters, and the treaties and agreements that reflect these sacred bonds. We acknowledge the harms caused by colonial expansion, through frameworks like the Doctrine of Discovery and structures like the residential school system. We recognize our past failures as a Church, including disruption of connections to the land and suppression of Indigenous spiritualities.
Guided by the gospel of Jesus Christ, we confess our need for healing. We commit ourselves to seeking truth, pursuing reconciliation and nurturing harmony with all creation. We place our trust in Christ, through whom all things are reconciled to God.
May God strengthen us to live faithfully as stewards of the Earth. Let us walk in love, justice and reconciliation, joining in God’s work to restore all creation.