On November 10, Canon Clare Burns submitted her resignation from the role of Chancellor of General Synod effective no later than December 31, 2025. She was appointed Chancellor in November 2023, after serving for three years as Vice-Chancellor. I have respectfully accepted Canon Burns’ resignation and wish to acknowledge her outstanding and sacrificial contribution to … Continued
November is a pathway into winter as the triptych of spring, summer and fall slowly closes and we are drawn into the last days of the year. Perhaps that is why some of the lectionary readings which remind us of the shortness of life and the imminence of death become more vivid for us, we who live on land where November is so pronounced.
In recent days, primates of the Global Anglican Future Conference announced their decisions to leave the Anglican Communion. In response to this, we, the Primate and the Metropolitans of the Anglican Church of Canada, reaffirm the Solemn Declaration of 1893 found in the (Canadian) Book of Common Prayer: We declare this Church to be, and … Continued
In a letter to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Primate Shane Parker highlights the urgent need to phase out fossil fuels and support communities globally and in Canada facing climate impacts.
The following message was sent by email today from Archbishop Shane Parker to Archbishop of Canterbury-designate Sarah Mullally, extending his congratulations and best wishes on the news of her appointment. Dear +Sarah, I write on behalf of the Anglican Church of Canada to extend warm congratulations, many blessings and strong support to you as you … Continued
Sutherland is a sparsely populated part of northwest Scotland. As you travel there the roads get increasingly narrow and twisty, with only a single lane in many places. To allow vehicles to move in both directions, there are “passing places” carved into the landscape wherever possible.
Inspired by the Spirit-filled testimony of a residential school survivor, Primate Shane Parker calls for Survivors’ flags to be raised in every Anglican parish in Canada as visible signs of recognition, respect and hope.
Our journeys in faith often bring us to a place where we are faced with a decision to relinquish our own hopes, desires, and plans because God is calling us to something else. This is the way of Christ. It happens frequently in small ways, as we make day-to-day choices about how we will speak and act toward others, or how we will use our money or skills.
The Anglican Church of Canada has through successive Primates since October 7, 2023, written or endorsed many letters to you and the previous Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, urging the Government of Canada to lead boldly toward ending the egregious devastation of Palestinian and Israeli lives and lands through disproportionate armed violence, the imprisonment and killing of civilians, and the blockade of humanitarian aid to Gazans.
The Rt. Rev. Shane Parker, Bishop of Ottawa, was elected the 15th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada on June 26, 2025, at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Ontario, during the 44th session of the General Synod.