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JUST OVER thirty years ago two young women, Teresa from rural New Brunswick, Jane from rural Nova Scotia, were “sent” to a week-long camp...
continue readingTHERE’S THE OLD SAW about the famous Jewish violinist who was asked why he chose the violin over, say, the piano. “If you’re in a ru...
continue readingTHE DIOCESE OF BRANDON has a new bishop-elect. On Nov. 25th the Ven. Rachael Parker was chosen on the second ballot by 21 clergy and 28 laity. She succeeds Bp Willliam Cliff who served the diocese for seven years from 2016–2023 and who is now Bishop of Ontario
continue reading(Staff) HEALTH Minister Mark Holland says Canada is not ready to expand eligibility for assisted death to people whose only medical condition is a mental illness. He said the Liberal government agrees with the conclusion of a joint parliamentary committee report, released on Jan. 29, that more time is needed before such an expansion can happen. The report concluded that fundamental issues around the expansion have not yet been resolved.
continue reading(Staff) A PROMINENT Canadian evangelical scholar, speaker and author has been fired by a Christian university on the east coast after a lengthy investigation into student allegations of inappropriate...
THE ANGLICAN Network in Canada (ANiC) has elected the Venerable Mike Stewart as its Suffragan Bishop
He also had permission from the Commanding Officer to offer several Services, both voluntary and mandatory. This was before the new directive from the Chaplaincy General came into effect this past Oct...
continue readingOTTAWA, ON – MORE THAN eight in ten Canadians agree that euthanasia and assisted suicide eligibility “should not be expanded without improving access to mental health care first.” Th...
continue readingNEW directive for military chaplains that came down one month before Remembrance Day could spell the end of open displays of religion in the Canadian Armed Forces. It will certainly limit them. Others...
continue readingA RECENT POLL of 174 living composers called J.S. Bach the “greatest composer of all time.” That would make Bach the Shakespeare of music. But just as the brilliant stage performances o...
continue reading(Staff) THIS HAS BEEN a summer of smoke and flame as more than 1,000 wildfires burnt across Canada. It is the country’s worst wildfire season on record in terms of area burned. Wildfires forced...
continue readingFollowing the election of Bishop William Cliff on April 29th to serve as the 13th bishop of our diocese, an allegation against Bishop Cliff was received by our Metropolitan Archbishop Anne Germond. Th...
continue readingThe Anglican Planet invited Bishop Don Harvey to reflect on the Anglican Network in Canada’s 15th Annual Synod which was hosted by St. Peter & St. Paul’s church in Ottawa Nov. 2-4. Bp...
continue readingWHEN ONE well-dressed gentleman in Minden, Ontario selected a particularly ugly tie from his wardrobe to donate to St Paul’s Children’s Christmas Gift Sale, he did not expect to ever see i...
continue readingRELIGIOUS COMMITMENT is declining in Canada, but there are hopeful trends as well, and much to consider for evangelists.
continue reading(Staff) WHEN the Church of England passed a motion in early February to allow prayers of blessing for same-sex couples, it sent shock waves around the globe and set in motion calls from other Pr...
continue readingTrial Pastoral Liturgies for Journeys of Gender Transition and Affirmation, proposed governance changes and the reception of a document related to Abp. Mark McDonald’s resignation were on the ag...
continue readingA PRIEST serving in the Anglican Church of Canada has written an excellent article on the current state of euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada and the churches’ response to it.
continue readingINDIGENOUS ANGLICANS in Canada have a new leader. Chris Harper, Diocesan Bishop of Saskatoon, has been named National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop and Presiding Elder of the Sacred Circle with pasto...
continue readingHE SURVIVED a severe bout of COVID-19 when it struck him two years ago, but the Bishop of Saskatchewan has found its long-term effects so devastating that he is stepping down on April 30, the third Su...
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