Dissident Anglican clergy, who walked out of their diocesan synod protesting a vote to allow same-sex blessings, have an offer of "ecclesiastical protection" from a bishop far afield of their Vancouver-area diocese of New Westminster.
The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop Michael Peers, welcomed the open letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Revd Dr Trevor Walters.
The diocese of New Westminster will have same-sex blessings, but also likely fewer parishioners after its synod voted 63 per cent in favour of blessing the unions of gay and lesbian couples.
A new fundraising proposal, aimed at injecting fresh life into the Anglican Church's work and nailing down an amount that residential schools negotiators can offer to the federal government, was presented to Council of General Synod (CoGS) at its spring meeting. CoGS approved the proposal, dubbed the Marigold Report, with one amendment.
Bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk - currently a suffragan, or assistant bishop - in the diocese of the Arctic, was elected coadjutor bishop on May 25, on the fourth ballot.
It says something about a community - even a community that, by its very nature, is exclusively women - when even the man delivering the heating oil is considered nearly family.
Bishop Andrew Hutchison, of the diocese of Montreal, is now Archbishop Hutchison after being elected metropolitan of the ecclesiastical Province of Canada in what is likely the Anglican Communion's first electronic election.
The enormous changes in Canadian society over the past several decades have put clergy under more physical and mental stress than ever and the church is seeking ways to improve and support clergy and staff well-being.
The Revd Canon Dr Eugene R Fairweather, a Canadian Anglican theologian and ecumenist of international stature, died on Saturday 6 April, in Nova Scotia. Fr Fairweather spent almost his entire career at the divinity faculty at Trinity College, Toronto, from 1944 until his retirement in 1987, where he trained generations of Anglican priests. From 1964 he held the position of Keble Professor of Divinity at the college.
A Toronto-based Anglican and lighting engineer is on a quest to improve lighting in churches as well as other spaces we inhabit.
In a move designed to save thousands of dollars in travel expenses, eliminate an extra meeting and preserve summer vacations, the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada plans to vote for a new metropolitan by fax and e-mail.
The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is calling for donations for refugee relief in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the city of Goma has been devastated by volcano eruptions.
'Faith and culture are intimately connected'
Archbishop Michael Peers began the new year with a warning that Canada seems to be moving toward a secular society, devoid of any mention of faith.
The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada today announced the completion of the sale of its property in Toronto as part of a five-year plan, first announced in 1998, to provide new headquarters for the church's national office.
The following is a statement from the house of bishops in response to the Oct. 29 federal government announcement regarding residential school claim settlements:
Reacting to the federal government's decision to move unilaterally towards a partial solution to resolving claims arising from Indian Residential Schools, church organizations today urged the government to consider a comprehensive solution to the issue.
Canadian Anglicans are again being urged to write their members of Parliament and local newspapers to express their views on the litigation surrounding residential schools.
Vi Smith, a well-known lay person and elder with the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples, died recently at the age of 85.
While synod members focused primarily on the healing and reconciliation, apology and forgiveness of General Synod 2001, an important set of documents were quietly approved.
Three members of the Canadian Sisters of the Church will travel halfway across the world in September to help their fellow sisters celebrate the inauguration of a new province in the religious order.
General Synod staff spent a day sweeping broken glass, taking inventory, straightening offices and changing the locks after break-ins on two consecutive nights at their downtown Toronto office.
Just weeks after stunning General Synod with an emotional absolution of the Anglican Church of Canada and its leader, Archbishop Michael Peers, aboriginal Bishop Gordon Beardy of Keewatin has announced his resignation.
Full communion between Anglican and Lutheran churches in Canada is coming to the Internet just weeks after being approved by the national churches.
Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster has apologized to gay and lesbian Anglicans for how slowly the church is moving on deciding how to minister to them. The apology came during a General Synod presentation on sexuality, particularly how to give pastoral care to gays and lesbians.
Bishop Gordon Beardy of Keewatin formally forgave the church for its past dealings with indigenous peoples at a native healing ceremony during the meeting of the General Synod. The forgiveness comes eight years after the Primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, apologized on behalf of the church for its part in the residential school system.
Two denominations came together here in a joint worship celebration, making real the biblical concept of one bread, one body. A children's choir provided a light touch to joint synod service.
I greet you in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Greetings first of all to you who have come from every part of this wonderful land - chosen by your diocese as delegates to this Synod. I trust that you feel a deep loyalty to and pride in your local church and your diocese.
Toronto, Friday, May 18, 2001 - Led by the Primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, a senior five-person delegation representing the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada meeting Thursday, May 17 with the Hon Herb Gray, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, received assurances that the federal government is now in a position to "move from dialogue to formal discussions, leading to an agreement" in the ongoing matter involving 'residential schools' litigation.
