Traumatic memory and a future of hope
The Rev. Emmanuel Gatera loves his country and wants to see it healed. Emmanuel is from Rwanda.
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Funding theological education across the world through the International Bursary and Scholarship program
Grace Mee Bya and her husband Andrew S’Zaw Lwin first came to Canada from Myanmar in 1997. They did so with the help of the Anglican Church of Canada’s International Bursary and Scholarship program—a program funded by the generous giving of Anglicans across the country.
Diocesan youth workers to meet at Stronger Together
Being a diocesan youth worker in the Anglican Church of Canada can be an isolating experience.
“It’s probably one of the lonelier jobs in the Canadian church just because you haven’t got any close colleagues who are doing the same kind of thing that you’re doing anywhere near you,” says Judy Steers, General Synod coordinator for youth initiatives.
Wonderful news
The following is a congratulatory note in celebration of the Royal Birth from the Primate.
What does a "special advisor for government relations" do?
In the Rev. Laurette Glasgow’s world things may always be changing, but the basic realities tend to stay the same. As special advisor for government relations for the Anglican Church of Canada since March 2012, Glasgow has seen her position evolve as both she and the church learned what it was to have an ‘ambassador’ to the federal government.
A Statement by the Primate on Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday
With South Africans and millions of others around the world we rejoice that Nelson Mandela has lived to see his 95th birthday.
Statement from the Primate and the National Indigenous Anglican Bishop
The news of Federal Government tests on the effects of malnutrition on aboriginal children throughout Northern Manitoba in the 1940s is appalling. To have used the schools as labs and the children as the subjects of experiment is so inhumane. It is another tragic chapter in the long once-hidden story of the Indian Residential Schools.
A message to the residents of the community of Lac-Mégantic, Que.
The following is a message from Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, to the people of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.
Un message aux résidents de la communauté de Lac-Mégantic, Québec
Comme d’innombrables autres Canadiens, j’ai suivi les nouvelles du déraillement d’un train, des explosions et des horribles incendies qui ont suivi. Votre communauté ressemble à une zone sinistrée, ravagée et dévastée. Mes pensées sont avec vous.
Canada Lutheran, Anglican youth lead Parliament Hill event to raise awareness about issues of access to safe, clean water
On a sunny Saturday morning, hundreds of Lutherans and Anglicans gathered under the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill to worship and raise awareness about protecting Canada’s water supply.
Canadian Lutherans, Anglicans address homelessness and responsible resource extraction
Delegates to the 2013 Joint Assembly of the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) have approved a statement calling both churches to greater accountability in addressing homelessness, affordable housing, and responsible resource extraction.
Prominent Anglican named to Order of Canada
Monica Patten, chair of the Resources for Mission Committee of General Synod during the past triennium, was named a member of the Order of Canada in the Governor General’s Canada Day list this week.
Canadian Anglicans, Lutherans come together in Ottawa ‘for the love of the world’
Hundreds of members of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada are converging on Ottawa for an unprecedented joint national gathering of the two churches, where they will tackle issues like resource extraction, homelessness, and how to live out their mission in a time of diminishing church membership.
Full communion leaders offer "A Word to the Churches"
On this day when we commemorate the two “pillars of the church”—the apostles Peter and Paul—the heads of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada are issuing “A Word to the Churches.”
Why the Silent Night Project? – Q & A with the Archdeacon
With the Silent Night Project in full swing many are asking some excellent questions. What follows are excerpts from responses given by Archdeacon Fletcher to some questions posed to him and to Bishop Coffin by a reporter from the Halifax, “Chronicle Herald”.