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Texts for trial use and feedback

Also in Worship books and liturgical texts

In 2010, the General Synod mandated Faith, Worship and Ministry to work on the revision of the Church’s contemporary language liturgical texts. The Liturgy Task Force carries out this mandate and releases news texts for trial use and feedback as they become available. These draft materials are encouraged for use where the diocesan bishop allows it.

Download the Principles for Liturgical Revision (PDF) for the guidelines shaping this work.

The Ordinal (2025)

Cover of The Ordinal (2025) featuring the Anglican Church of Canada badge above the title, with subtitle noting it is proposed to the Council of General Synod for approval for trial use, evaluation, and feedback under the Ordinal

This work is approved for study, trial use, evaluation and feedback (where permitted by the Ordinary), per the Council of the General Synod (March 2025). A Task Group has been established collect and deliberate on feedback received, and will work up a final draft of the text with the expectation of delivering a new version for consideration by the General Synod in 2028.

The Ordinal (2025) represents a revision of the ordination rites in The Book of Alternative Services (1985), undertaken in response to significant theological and ecclesiological developments over the past four decades. It reflects renewed emphasis on baptismal ecclesiology, the ministry of the whole people of God, and the Church’s participation in God’s mission, as well as insights from ecumenical dialogue and Anglican liturgical scholarship. The text has been developed to support faithful, contextually grounded worship and to better express contemporary understandings of ordained ministry within the life of the Church.

The text is provided in two formats: a full version—including rationale and appendix—and an abridged three-part table version designed to support study and comparison.

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Acknowledging the land and God’s creation

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.