A new Anglican-Lutheran prayer cycle (PDF) lists prayer suggestions for the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) side by side. The suggestions cover the work of bishops, ministries, and staff and are for use in Sunday services between Nov. 2008 and Nov. 2009. The prayer cycle was developed by the Joint Anglican-Lutheran Commission, which oversees this relationship in Canada.
The Anglican Church of Canada has launched an official page on Facebook, the popular social networking website.
Thursday, Sept. 25, world leaders will gather at the United Nations in New York in an attempt to re-energize the world’s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals.
On July 29, members of the Anglican Church of Canada led the morning Eucharist for the Lambeth Conference, the gathering of all Anglican bishops in Canterbury, England. Throughout the conference, which runs from July 16 to Aug. 3, different regions have taken turns leading the 7:15 a.m. communion service.
On a sunny summer day, Lynne Samways Hiltz, wife of Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Primate, ventured out to the Scarborough Bluffs alongside Lake Ontario. With the help of Anglican Video staff, she recorded her own contributions to the Amazing Grace Project, where all Canadian Anglicans are invited to sing “Amazing Grace,” on or before Nov. 23, 2008. The purpose of the project is to celebrate our identity as Canadian Anglicans and also to raise funds for the Council of the North. Learn more here.
Ecumenists know a thing or two about having a good conversation, and the Lambeth Conference could learn from this.
Where to go for a Canadian take on the Lambeth Conference? The Anglican Church of Canada has organized a hub on its website where you can go to stay informed about the once-a-decade meeting of all Anglican bishops, which will run in Canterbury, England, from July 16 to Aug. 3.
New essays on human sexuality, written by Canadian Anglican theologians, are now available for your consideration, as part of the Anglican Church of Canada’s ongoing discernment about the blessing of same-sex unions.
Canadian Anglicans knit “mission” and “justice” a little closer together when they approved the new Partners in Mission and Ecojustice (PMEJ) Committee at the 2007 General Synod. Now a new, redesigned website explains how PMEJ works—and more.
In a new six-minute webcast, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, addresses the “beloved church” from the windy tundra of Iqaluit, Nunavut. He visited Iqaluit from May 31 to June 2 for the Diocese of the Arctic synod.
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.
On Nov. 23, all Canadian Anglicans are invited to sing the hymn “Amazing Grace,” wherever and whenever they can—in their church, on a boat, in a trio, or with a crowd of noisy teens.
The May issue of Info! News from General Synod is available online. Highlights include
Standing in a sunlit church, the People’s Gospel Choir of Montreal begin their song with slow formality. Then the tempo picks up, the piano rumbles, and the choristers dance and clap. One woman breaks loose in a kind of frenzy, boogying to and fro with her arms swaying.
Did you know that ecumenical prayers were written and used for Expo ’67?
These are two of the prayers included in Liturgies for Christian Unity: The First Hundred Years (Novalis, 2008), compiled by the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) to mark the centenary of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.