Primate calls for end to violence in Gaza
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has issued the following statement on the current situation in Gaza.
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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.
Anglican and Lutheran Bishops remind Minister Finley of Election Promise on Housing
Archbishop Fred Hiltz and Bishop Susan Johnson sent a reminder today to Minister Diane Finley, the newly appointed Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development to live up to a pre-election promise that a Conservative government would renew three key programs for affordable housing in Canada.
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.
Prime Minister asked to recommit to MDGs
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Anglican Primate, and Bishop Susan Johnson, National Evangelical Lutheran Bishop, have asked Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to restate his support for the Millennium Development Goals.
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.
Anticipating a different Lambeth: the Primate reflects
Canadian bishops and their spouses travel to Canterbury this week for the once-a-decade Lambeth Conference (July 16 to Aug.3), a gathering originally designed to bring together every bishop in the Anglican Communion.
Canadian Primate responds to GAFCON statement
What follows is a statement by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, in response to the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) statement issued in Jerusalem last weekend.
Primate’s new webcast highlights Aboriginal justice
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.
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.
Primate urges Harper to consult with AFN
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and National Indigenous Bishop Mark MacDonald have written the Prime Minister urging the government to consult with native people before making an apology for residential schools.
Primate asks Venables to cancel visit
In this letter, written in consultation with the House of Bishops, the Primate asks Archbishop Gregory Venables, Primate of the Southern Cone, to cancel a planned, unauthorized visit to Canada.
What makes a group of bishops a House?
It’s because they meet as a family – as brothers and sisters in Christ – says Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Primate, in a new webcast recorded from Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls, Ont., where bishops met April 14 – 18.