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Christmas reflection and blessing from the Primate

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In her book, “Awaiting The Child: An Advent Journal,” Isabel Anders writes on Christmas Eve, “The ordered sequence of the weeks has brought us to the bedside of this babe, to the declaration that this child is indeed the Christ Child, the one toward whom all our waiting and expectations has been directed.” In the same reflection, she reminds us that beyond the festival of Christmas is the season of Epiphany—“a further revealing of Christ, his purposes for us and for the world.”

A ‘full communion’ Christmas greeting

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Once again this year, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and National Bishop Susan Johnson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, come together to offer a reflection on the Christmas season and greetings to all Canadian Anglicans and Lutherans.

New Anglican Military Ordinariate website

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A new website describes the work and ministry of the Anglican Military Ordinariate (AMO) in Canada and throughout the world. The ordinariate includes all Anglicans who serve in the Canadian Forces, including regular and reserve forces in the air, maritime, or land force commands.

Anglican, Lutheran youth organize cross-Canada theatre tour

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Jenny Salisbury is excited about her summer plans: “We’re creating a motley, merry band of players that is going to travel across the country.” The Toronto-based playwright, director, and Anglican youth minister is directing Roots Among the Rocks, an ecumenical theatre project that will gather seven young performers to live in community, create a play, then take it on the road between May and August.

Church and NGO leaders call on Ottawa to renew KAIROS funding: Funding cancellation puts human rights defenders at greater risk

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The widow of a murdered Congolese human rights defender from a KAIROS-supported group, Canadian church leaders and the heads of some of Canada’s most respected non-governmental organizations are calling on the Canadian government to renew funding for the human rights program of KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives.

Archbishop of Canterbury's World AIDS Day message 'a space for hope'

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has released his 2009 World Aids Day video, in which he speaks with the Revd Patricia Sawo, a church leader and mother from Kenya, about her experiences of living with HIV. The video highlights the plight of expectant mothers who are HIV positive and the support they need to prevent the transmission of HIV to their babies.

A statement from the Primate on World AIDS Day 2009

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An interview with the Rev. Patricia Sawo, a church leader and mother living with HIV in Kenya inspired Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to entitle his World Aids Day Message A Space for Hope. Patricia says of her church “My congregation knows about my status and people in my church know that this is a place where, if they come with HIV, they can be loved.” The Archbishop says “when the Church is doing its job, it is providing space for people to face themselves, to be themselves, and to cope with the future.”

2009 Advent calendar now online

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As a special gift this season, anglican.ca features an online Advent calendar. On each day of Advent a new image and short reflection will be posted about the ministry that Canadian Anglicans are engaged in-both at home and overseas. Expect to be encouraged and challenged by what God is doing through this beloved church, from the Arctic to Tanzania.

Desert Experiences

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by Padre Canon Baxter Park I must confess as I look around this Anglican Church of Canada, an institution that I love, I sometimes find myself feeling pretty morose about the future.  I may be wrong but the church gives the impression its downsizing. Staff layoffs at our national office and once healthy and viable … Continued

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