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Its name may have changed, but the organization formerly known as the Church Army in Canada retains its singular focus on evangelism while offering an ever-increasing range of practical resources for those called to ministry. Threshold Ministries, which traces its roots to the Church Army founded by 19th century British evangelist William Carlile, adopted its … Continued
Grande Prairie has an intriguing demographic profile: it has the youngest average age in all of Canada. This knowledge has sharpened the focus of Christ Church, the local Anglican congregation, located 456 km NW of Edmonton in the Diocese of Athabasca.
General Synod Communications and the Anglican Journal, the church’s editorially independent newspaper, have entered into a partnership to distribute stories of national significance. This story is shared through this arrangement. This story was originally published on the Anglican Journal website on January 12, 2015. The Anglican Journal’s extensive and award-winning coverage of the historic Truth and Reconciliation … Continued
Anglican and Lutheran youth across Canada have the opportunity to bring water to homes in a remote, northern fly-in community as part of the ongoing National Youth Project (NYP). A joint effort between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada that works through the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund … Continued
Archivists at the Anglican Church of Canada have completed the digitization of paper records related to Indian residential schools, marking a major step forward for the church’s work with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Nearly 300,000 digitized pages held by the church have now been submitted to the TRC for transfer to the National … Continued
Tucked into the southern shore of Lac La Biche is a community of 2500 people. Located 200 km northeast of Edmonton in the Diocese of Athabasca, the town of Lac La Biche is supported by the oil patch, forestry, agriculture and commercial fishing and has a cultural mix of French, Cree, English, Russian and Lebanese residents.
Parishioners in a remote Quebec island community have gained major support for their ecclesiastically based community farm, thanks to a grant from the Anglican Foundation of Canada. Located near Grosse Île in the Diocese of Quebec, All Saints Memorial church on Entry Island recently received a $15,000 innovative ministries grant from the foundation for its … Continued
A sermon by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, delivered on New Year’s Day 2015 at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa. Today, dear friends, we celebrate the naming of the Lord. Second only to the joy of the birth of a child is the delight of parents in naming their new … Continued
Welcoming visitors with open arms, the Church of Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields in the Diocese of Toronto offered a community breakfast and open drop-in on Christmas Day, along with a traditional holiday Mass service. While the community breakfast is a longstanding fixture at the church – taking place every Saturday and Sunday and for many years at … Continued
As Christmas Day dawns in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, thousands of Iraqi and Syrian Christians, persecuted daily for their faith, will pray as they have for more than 2000 years with joyful thanks for the birth of Jesus Christ. Dangerously near the area occupied by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), more than 1.2 … Continued
The following is a statement from the Metropolitan Council of Cuba (MCC). MCC guides the the autonomous Episcopal Church of Cuba in matters of faith and order, meeting annually in Cuba prior to synod. The Chair of MCC is Archbishop Fred Hiltz who sits along with Archbishop John Holder of the Church in the Province of the … Continued
The following is a statement from the Episcopal Church of Cuba released December 17, 2014, concerning the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States of America. Translated into English. Original Spanish attached as a PDF. La Habana, 17 diciembre, 2014. STATEMENT OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CUBA CONCERNING TODAY’S MAJOR EVENTS For the Cuban … Continued
Christmas 2014 “The glory of the Lord shone round about them” Luke 2:9 In Bethlehem there is a beautiful chapel known as The Church of The Shepherds Fields. Built in the round it is lovingly tended by Franciscan monks. In the midst is an altar given in 1954 by devote Canadian pilgrims with a heart … Continued
Portrait of a Congregation In the Ottawa neighbourhood of Vanier, a group of Inuit Anglicans gather to worship every Sunday at 11:00, following the 9:00 English service. The hymns and liturgy are in Inuktitut and now, since the completion of the Inuktitut Bible in the summer of 2012, the Bible readings are too. These worshippers … Continued
On Nov. 10, Aigah Attagutsiak was ordained to the diaconate at Ottawa’s Christ Church Anglican Cathedral. This event was an answer to “over 30 years of prayer” for the Rev. Roger Briggs.