A message from Anglican, Lutheran leaders for Earth Day 2022
This past year has provided many examples of the urgent need to take bold action to protect God’s Creation.
Archbishop Linda Nicholls
“I have seen the Lord!” (Easter message 2022)
In this Easter message, National Bishop Susan Johnson (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada) and Archbishop and Primate Linda Nicholls (Anglican Church of Canada) remind us of the hope, joy and promise of the risen Christ.
God’s promise. Our Commitment. Giving with Grace.
Making a gift to Giving with Grace is a reflection of God’s generosity of love and grace poured into the world. Your support ensures that the work of the whole Church continues. Please make a gift today.
Praying for peace
The Primate invites Anglicans across Canada to join in prayer for the people of Ukraine and a swift end to the unprovoked invasion.
World Interfaith Harmony Week—February 1-7, 2022
We join our voices together to endorse the annual United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week (February 1–7) and to encourage you to observe this week in ways that are meaningful for your local context. Our churches are committed to pursuing friendship, peace, and common cause with our neighbours of diverse spiritual and religious beliefs.
An update on Assembly 2022 planning
When planning for Assembly 2022 began two years ago, it was with an eager desire to gather in Calgary to celebrate 20 years of full communion, and deepen and grow the relationship between our two churches. Since then, we have been deeply impacted by the COVID pandemic. We have seen restrictions tighten and then loosen, only to be tightened again (and again!). Through all this uncertainty, we remain a people of hope, addressing these challenges with creativity and faithfulness.
New Year’s Day sermon by Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
The Most Rev. Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada preached the following sermon at the New Year’s Day Choral Morning Prayer for Christmastide at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa.
A joint Christmas message from the Primate and National Bishop
When we remember 2021, we will remember the pandemic and its global effects as wave after wave of illness, lockdowns, missed events and lost opportunities washed over us.
Primate and National Indigenous Archbishop host Sunday prayer service for B.C.
On Sunday, November 21 at 5:30pm Eastern (2:30pm Pacific), Archbishop and Primate Linda Nicholls and National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Mark MacDonald will host “A Vigil for British Columbia”.
UN campaign against gender-based violence inspires Churches Beyond Borders 2021 devotional
Coinciding with Advent, this year’s devotions by Churches Beyond Borders are also timed with and inspired by the United Nations’ annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign.
Anglican, Lutheran leaders unite in letter to PM, urge action in climate crisis
We write to express our concern about the ongoing impact of human-caused climate change on communities in Canada and around the world, and to call for action from the Canadian government in ensuring that Canada make its fair-share contribution to reducing greenhouse emissions and mitigating the impacts of climate change.
A Statement on the Indian Residential Schools from Indigenous Survivors, Elders, and Leaders
There are no words to describe what we feel in our hearts, as we face, once again, the fear and pain of all that has happened. We are not surprised by the discovery of the children’s remains, but the strength of our feelings now has become overwhelming. We are reliving childhood feelings of helplessness, made … Continued
Telling and Teaching the Truth: The Church’s Obligation to Education about the Ongoing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
From Churches Beyond Borders: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Anglican Church of Canada, The Episcopal Church, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
A letter from Anglican, Lutheran leaders about the 2021 federal election
What kind of a Canada do you desire? How is that desire rooted in your spiritual convictions as a follower of the way of Jesus Christ? Let’s talk about that in our churches, discuss it with candidates in our ridings, pray about it in the deep longing of our hearts, bear witness to it in our public discourse, and seal it with a vote that thoughtfully considers what will make our country a good place for all, and therefore a good place for each of us.
Committed to Reconciliation through the Healing Fund
The Anglican Church of Canada is committed to the work of healing to address the harmful legacy and intergenerational effects of the Indian Residential School system. Through our participation in these schools, Indigenous peoples in Canada experienced horrific trauma, pain and hurt. The Anglican Healing Fund is in the forefront of our response to support healing. Established in 1992, this fund has supported … Continued