About 130 young people gathered in a heavily fortified bank vault in the depths of the ‘Diefenbunker’ near Carp, Ont., on Nov. 17, 2013. They were there for a Eucharist and sermon comparing the pacifism of Christ and the “redemptive violence” of the bestselling novel and movie The Hunger Games.
After a hymn and morning Bible study at 8:45 am, committee members and COGS associates broke off for committee meetings and further training sessions. There was no morning session of COGS.
COGS convened once again at its usual meeting place, Queen of the Apostles Renewal Centre in Mississauga, Ont. COGS members began their day with a celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the chapel at 8:45 am. After a brief break at 10 am, business began with opening formalities.
At 8:45 am, COGS members gathered for Bible study. The morning session began at 9:15.
The Anglican Church of Canada’s Indigenous Ministries department and Anglican Video (part of Communications and Information Resources) are teaming up to share important news for Indigenous Anglicans from this year’s General Synod.
This January, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU) turns 106 years old. Every year Christians gather to pray together across denominational boundaries–and every year a different country produces resources to be used around the world.
Many Anglican parishes across the country face the question of what to do with aging church buildings–churches and parish halls that have structural problems, waste energy, and are just too big for congregational needs.
A new peer-to-peer learning program in the Diocese of Fredericton is changing the way the diocese–and now the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada–looks at continuing education for clergy.
“This is not a blueprint, it’s a vision of what the church can be. Its first purpose is renewal—and renewal is about unity, because the more faithfully we live into God’s will for what it means to be church, the closer we draw to those who seek the same thing.”
Many Christians reflect on questions of human dignity, personal identity, and social justice. What happens when you introduce a scientific angle, such as the bioethical questions raised by genetic research and technology?
Every six to eight years, delegates representing 590 million people from 150 countries meet to discuss cooperation, mutual support, and unity. They meet again this month at the 10th assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Busan, South Korea.
Delegates from cities across Canada and the US will gather in Phoenix, Ariz. next week to discuss issues facing First Nations people living in urban areas.
The idea was planted in 2009. Su McLeod—family ministry facilitator for the Diocese of British Columbia—attended a Truth & Reconciliation event at the University of Victoria. There, a conversation with Chief Bobby Joseph got her thinking about how to bring together Aboriginal and non-aboriginal young people.
Archdeacon Michael Thompson, General Secretary of General Synod, has written the following statement on behalf of the Anglican Church of Canada regarding recent violence in Peshawar and Nairobi.
For one week each summer, the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Havana hosts a music camp for children and young adults called the Campamento-Taller de Jovenes Episcopales (Episcopal Youth Camp & Workshop). Father Aurelio de la Paz Cot runs the camp for the Diocese of Cuba—an extra-provincial diocese within the Anglican Communion.