[By Marites N. Sison Anglicanjournal] The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has contributed $20,000 to assist about 5,000 Syrian families in the Qalamoun area who have been displaced by the ongoing violence in their country.
Martins River - It was a $300 suspected attempted theft that turned into a $100,000-plus bill for the victims.
[Anglican Journal by Marites. N.Sison] The Seventh Sacred Circle will be considered a point in which the sense of unity, community and resolve of indigenous Anglicans to pursue a self-determining ministry was “brought to a new level,” said National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald.
[Anglican Journal] An ecumenical organization teaching sustainable farming techniques is helping Nicaraguan farmers feed their families and generate income, Church World Service (CWS) reports.
By Julian Uzielli,Metro News
A local church marquee is turning heads in London with a racy reference to the popular erotic novel 50 Shades of Grey.
The Ven. Adam Halkett, archdeacon of Saskatchewan and priest-in-charge at St. Joseph’s, Montreal Lake First Nations, has been elected the first diocesan indigenous bishop of Saskatchewan. He was chosen July 28 by the diocese's general assembly in Prince Albert.
A collection of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s essays and lectures during his decade of leadership as symbolic head of the Anglican Communion and senior bishop of the Church of England will be released this September.
On Aug. 5 to 12, more than 200 indigenous Anglicans from across Canada are expected to gather in Pinawa, Man., to discuss how they can move forward with their goal of "taking responsibility for indigenous ministry" within the Anglican Church of Canada.
The Rev. Cathy Miller has a passion for green and for the Marks of Mission, especially the fifth mark, to safeguard the integrity of creation and renew the life of the earth. The two come happily together in the Green Team, an initiative led by Miller, associate priest at 160-year-old All Saints’ Anglican Church in Collingwood, Ont., a skiing and resort town near Georgian Bay.
Want a one-way ticket to hell? Steal a Bible.
That's what blaspheming thieves did Thursday morning, when they defiled an Anglican Church in Hope, making off with three cherished antique Bibles and valuables from the Christ Church National Historic Site.
A Presbyterian church is opening its doors to civil servants of any creed and anyone who’s suffering from the stress of public sector layoffs.
On one level, the first wedding held at the Anglican Church of Canada's national offices will resemble many other weddings, with finery, music, and celebration. But it is a moment of Anglican Communion harmony that might not have happened 10 years ago: the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, will conduct the marriage service for the Primate of Central Africa, Archbishop Albert Chama, and his childhood friend Ashella Ndhlovu, a resident of Toronto.
I was so sick on our Fiji stopover. There we were in the Nadi airport, on our way to the Solomon Islands, and I was throwing up in every available receptacle, excusing myself from my coworkers because, of course, this was a business trip. What could be more awkward?
The lean-and-mean sort of downsizing that has marked corporate Canada of late may be poised to affect the ecclesiastical province of Canada - reducing the number of its dioceses so it can carry out God’s mission more efficiently.
This June, close to 20 bishops from Africa, the United States and Canada will converge on Toronto to engage in building better relationships between national churches.
The following announcement was made by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Primate, and Bishop John Chapman of Ottawa on the 5th March.
The Rev. Laurette Gauthier Glasgow has been appointed Special Advisor for Government Relations for the Anglican Church of Canada (The General Synod and the Diocese of Ottawa) while also continuing as Incumbent for the Parish of St. James, Leitrim, in the Diocese of Ottawa.
The Government of Canada and the Anglican Church today celebrated a joint agreement under which approximately 50 refugee families have been brought to this country from countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia and Iran.
IQALUIT — John Reginald Sperry, a long-serving bishop of the Anglican Arctic diocese, died Feb. 11 in Hay River, Northwest Territories. He was 87.
A demolition crew dismantled the 166-year-old church towards the end of January and all that remains there now is the graveyard and a level patch of earth.
