General Synod treasurer Peter Blachford has announced the establishment of the Letting Down the Nets Trust, funded by a gift of life insurance by eight staff members and financial development consultants. The trust will be administered by the Anglican Foundation on behalf of General Synod for future financial development and congregational development initiatives.
More than most Anglican priests, Lt. Col. the Rev. John Fletcher’s ministry is the world. As Command Chaplain (Army) of the Canadian Armed Forces, Mr. Fletcher follows Canadian troops and their chaplains wherever they are deployed.
Reports that the Anglican Church of Canada has or is considering disinvestment in Israel are unfounded, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the Canadian Primate, says.
Healthy parishes are the heartbeat of our church. We have a variety of parishes across Canada – large, small, urban, rural, thriving, struggling. Many are using creative ideas and programs, suited to their context, to build strong, vibrant communities of faith. This is good news that needs to be shared!
Prime Minister Stephen Harper should move immediately to release funds designated for affordable housing, according to the leaders of four Canadian churches – Archbishop Andrew Hutchison of the Anglican Church of Canada, Bishop Ray Schultz of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Rev. Peter Short of the United Church of Canada and Henry Hess of the Christian Reformed Church of North America.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is to visit Pope Benedict XVI in Rome later this year. The visit will mark the fortieth anniversary of the Archbishop Michael Ramsey’s meeting with Pope Paul VI in 1966 and the founding of the Anglican Centre in Rome in the same year.
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has written a pastoral letter to the 38 primates of the Anglican Communion setting out some thinking on the Lambeth Conference in 2008 and asking them to use Lent as a period of reflection about their own journeys and the challenges facing the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of the 40-day Lenten period.
During Lent it is traditional to give up or let go of something (or several things) that we like a lot and find pleasure in. We will ask and hear the familiar question: “What are you giving up for Lent?”
Preparations are now underway for a second “justice camp” directed at youth and adults.
The camp, an ecumenical initiative, will be held at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa, May 8-14. The theme is advocacy — Seeking Justice Engaging the Powers.
The office of Financial Development of General Synod has produced new Gift Planning resources that encourage Anglicans to support the mission of the Church.
Over the past few weeks I have been pondering on my time as a deployed chaplain to Camp Mirage (a support element of Task Force Kabul), while at the same time trying to catch-up with things Anglican — what a task! There are many images from my six months in the desert, some wonderful, some not so wonderful, but it was an experience I would not trade for the world.
Church leaders are urging Anglicans and Lutherans to put the needs of children and families hard hit by poverty front and centre in the federal election.
Last month, hundreds of Belizeans, visitors and clergy attended the consecration of Bishop Philip Wright, the 14th bishop of the diocese of Belize, at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Belize City. The Primate of the West Indies, Archbishop Drexel Gomez, consecrated him.
Canadian Anglicans will join the rest of the world in commemorating World AIDS Day with prayer services and vigils on Dec. 1.
Canadian indigenous Anglicans’ desire to form a self-determining community within the church took a step forward last summer when the 5th Sacred Circle approved a declaration calling for a native national bishop to be elected with a year.