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The newest Fredism in PWRDF’s Fred Says campaign is “Let’s Jam.” The Cuban Council of Churches (CCC) is working to train people in farming techniques, but also in how to preserve food so their excess harvest can feed their families throughout the year and even how to cook the new foods they are growing. Bishop Griselda Delgado … Continued
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre, Sorrento, BC, has received commitment for $250,000 in funding from the Diocese of New Westminster. This contribution matches a Ministry Investment Fund (MIF) grant and allows the centre to launch a residential youth leadership program. The MIF grant runs from 2014 through 2016, with contributions of $80,000 in each of … Continued
For the last 60 years, the Diocese of New Westminster’s ACW has been sending care packages to the Diocese of Yukon.
Nominations for General Synod’s inaugural Companion of the Worship Arts are now open. The honour will be conferred to an individual who has made significant contribution to the worship life of the Anglican Church of Canada at the local, diocesan, and national levels. It recognizes the recipient’s ongoing inspiration and encouragement to others, together with service to God through worship, spirituality, and the arts.
More than a decade ago parishioners at North Saanich’s Holy Trinity Anglican Church began responding to challenges faced by nearby Tseycum, Tsawout, Pauquachin, and Tsartlip First Nations. In discrimination and need they saw opportunity for new relationship and a new way of being church in this Vancouver Island community. With the blessing of then-rector, Archdeacon … Continued
Starting Ash Wednesday, March 5th, the Anglican Church of Canada will share daily videos produced by the Society of Saint John the Evangelist. Love Life: Living the Gospel of Love is series of short reflections delving deeply into the Gospel of John. Each video reflects on a different theme and offers viewers a provocative question to encourage living a life of abundant love.
The federal government’s decision to appeal a British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling that found it completely liable for physical and sexual abuse at the Alberni Indian Residential School is disappointing because it will prolong the uncertainty for those seeking compensation, says Archdeacon Jim Boyles, general secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod. … Continued
Young people have deep questions about life, the universe, and God. Many youth leaders probably wish they had a little more support and background knowledge to help guide them. “Not everybody can drop everything and go to seminary,” says Andrew Stephens-Rennie, member of the Anglican Church of Canada’s National Youth Initiatives team, “but we can … Continued
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), formed in 2008 to help begin healing over Canada’s residential school system for Indigenous peoples, will be holding its final public event at the end of March in Edmonton. Similar to past events, this one will feature traditional ceremonies, survivor gatherings and statements, an education day, and more. Although … Continued
A call for prayer from Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
What follows is a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the situation in South Sudan.
A message from the Primate on the eve of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 2014.
In services marking this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, we will be exchanging a sign of peace with the greeting “Don de Dieu” which means “Gift of God”. The peace and unity we share in Christ is God’s gift to us and to the world. How we embrace and embody its beauty and grace is the opportunity this Week of Prayer affords the whole church.
Every two years, nearly 1,000 Anglican and Lutheran youth travel from across Canada to the Canadian Lutheran-Anglican Youth (CLAY) gathering. CLAY gives youth the chance to meet other young Christians while learning, worshipping, and studying the Bible together.
Parishes and dioceses across the Anglican Church of Canada have financial needs that can’t be met by normal congregational giving—costly building repairs or improvements, expansion of community ministry initiatives, or other special projects that help the church to serve God’s mission in Canada.
A service marking 70 years since the ordination of the Anglican Communion’s first woman priest will be held in London, England.