Primate speaks out against Gaza City bombing

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has issued a joint statement with the Rev. David Giuliano, Moderator of the United Church of Canada, calling for an independent investigation into the Israeli bombing of the Shaja’ih Family Healthcare Centre in Gaza City on Jan. 10, 2009. The full text of the letter is below, or view it as a PDF.

Primate’s New Year’s Day address

What follows is the text of an address by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, delivered on New Year’s Day at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa. It has become traditional for the Anglican Primate to deliver an address in the nation’s capital on the first day of the year.

In solidarity with the world’s poor

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Anglican Primate, and Susan Johnson, National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, issued the following statement during the The Walk of Witness in Support of the Millennium Development Goals, September 25, 2008, in Ottawa.

The Primate at Lambeth

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, offers his thoughts on the Lambeth Conference in several articles and a webcast. Anticipating a different Lambeth: the Primate reflects (webcast) Reflections from Archbishop Fred Hiltz before the Lambeth Conference Primate’s sermon in Glasgow, July 13 On his way to the Lambeth Conference, the Primate … Continued

“What God hath joined together …”

What follows is an article by Archbishop Fred Hiltz published in The Globe and Mail on July 15, 2008. Next week about 700 Anglican bishops from throughout the world will gather at the University of Kent in Canterbury, Eng., for the 2008 Lambeth Conference. In convening this once-a-decade gathering the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, … Continued

An appeal for prayer on the eve of Lambeth

This week about 700 Anglican bishops from throughout the world will gather at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, for the 2008 Lambeth Conference. In convening this once-a-decade gathering, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has expressed his hope that the bishops’ relationships with one another in Christ will be deepened and that our capacity for compassionate and courageous leadership will be strengthened.

Primate calls for prayer June 8

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, asks that on Sunday, June 8, Canadians pray for Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s apology to residential school survivors. The apology is scheduled for June 11 in the House of Commons, and Archbishop Hiltz plans to attend, along with the Ven. Sidney Black and the Rev. Gloria Moses, co-chairs of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples.