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.
Bishop Henry Hill was a man passionate about dialogue between Anglican and Orthodox churches. So passionate, in fact, that the former Diocese of Ontario bishop not only served as the Archbishop of Canterbury’s representative in related dialogues, but in 1991 he set up the St. Basil Scholarship so scholars from Canadian Anglican and Oriental Orthodox churches could travel overseas to learn more about each other’s faith.
April may feel like the cruellest month, but its arrival means warmer weather and probably time off are one less calendar-flip away. If these rainy days are driving you to your day planner, you may want to consider how continuing education fits in.
The second edition of our new email newsletter, Info! News from General Synod, is now available online.
Rev. Dr. Isaac Kawuki-Mukasa has been appointed coordinator for dialogue: ethics, congregational development and inter-faith relations in the Faith, Worship, and Ministry Department at General Synod.
In a new webcast, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, warmly calls out to “fellow travellers” on this journey towards Easter. See him speak on Holy Week at www.anglican.ca.
An Ontario court has issued an interim ruling that the Diocese of Niagara will be denied access to two parishes that voted recently to leave the Anglican Church of Canada.
On Jan. 24, the Pension Office Corp. of the Anglican Church of Canada will move from the national office at 80 Hayden Street, Toronto, to a new site one block away. Originally the move was scheduled for Nov. 1, 2008.