2006 Narrative Budget now available
General Synod’s departments of Financial Management and Information Resources announce the publication of Step by Step, a narrative budget for 2006.
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New Volunteers in Mission website launched
The Anglican Church of Canada’s Volunteers in Mission (VIM) program has launched a new, revamped website.
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A survey to improve the usefulness of General Synod’s website has been posted online and a paper copy will shortly go out with the Winter Ministry Mailer.
The Primate's New Year's Day sermon, Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa
The following is the text of a sermon preached on New Year’s Day at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa by Archbishop Andrew S. Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Churches step up their advocacy for trade justice
As the 6th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) proceeds in Hong Kong, (Dec.13-18,) the Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, KAIROS, joined the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) and other bodies in lobbying national governments and WTO delegates.
Dates for 2008 Lambeth Conference announced
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has officially announced the Lambeth Conference dates in an Advent Letter to the 38 primates around the world. Archbishop Williams, at whose invitation the bishops come to the conference, outlined his hopes for this global meeting of Anglican bishops. He spoke of the conference as an opportunity for “individual Christian pastors to meet Jesus afresh, for our church to be renewed in mission, for the world to hear good news.”
Primate reviews 'difficult' year
Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, reviews the highlights and difficult moments of the year now ending in a webcast that will be posted to the church’s national web site (www.anglican.ca) on Monday, Dec. 19.
Building blocks for community
Over the past few weeks I have been pondering on my time as a deployed chaplain to Camp Mirage (a support element of Task Force Kabul), while at the same time trying to catch-up with things Anglican — what a task! There are many images from my six months in the desert, some wonderful, some not so wonderful, but it was an experience I would not trade for the world.
Anglican, Lutheran leaders urge action on poverty during federal election
Church leaders are urging Anglicans and Lutherans to put the needs of children and families hard hit by poverty front and centre in the federal election.
Clergy shortages challenge the diocese of Belize
Last month, hundreds of Belizeans, visitors and clergy attended the consecration of Bishop Philip Wright, the 14th bishop of the diocese of Belize, at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Belize City. The Primate of the West Indies, Archbishop Drexel Gomez, consecrated him.
Canadian Anglicans asked to mark World AIDS Day
Canadian Anglicans will join the rest of the world in commemorating World AIDS Day with prayer services and vigils on Dec. 1.
Indigenous Anglicans move towards self-determination
Canadian indigenous Anglicans’ desire to form a self-determining community within the church took a step forward last summer when the 5th Sacred Circle approved a declaration calling for a native national bishop to be elected with a year.
Residential schools agreement is ‘good news’ for everyone, Primate says
Today’s announcement of a comprehensive agreement on native residential schools issues is good news for the Anglican Church and good news for Canada’s indigenous people, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada says.
A letter to the Church from the Primate
Today, I bring to members of the church, especially to our indigenous brothers and sisters who attended residential schools, some very good news.
The federal government working with the Assembly of First Nations, ourselves and other Christian denominations has reached an agreement to all outstanding residential schools issues. I hope that this will bring a just and lasting solution to this painful part of our history for those who suffered either from abuse while they were there, or from the policy of assimilation that the schools were meant to foster.
Canadian church remains "important part of the Communion"
The Anglican Church of Canada “remains an important part of the Anglican Communion,” Bishop John Paterson, of Auckland, N.Z., the chair of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), told members of the Council of General Synod (CoGs).