Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on May 30th, 2008
From here: Anglicans across Canada will be invited to “help shape the mission priorities” for 2010 to 2019 of General Synod, the governing body of the Anglican Church of Canada, by participating in a voluntary, congregation-based Lenten study next year. The study will allow participants to share their vision for their church’s work. … Well, [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on May 30th, 2008
An episcopal synod will convene today at Christ Church Cathedral, Whitehorse, and a coadjutor bishop is expected to be chosen tomorrow. As of the close of nominations for Coadjutor Bishop for the Diocese of Yukon as set by the Nominating Committee we are pleased to announce that three [actually, four --- ed.] candidates will proceed [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on May 30th, 2008
From here: Bishop Ronald Ferris of the northern Ontario diocese of Algoma, who also served as bishop of the Yukon, said he intends to retire, effective Sept. 30, 2008. … Bishop Ferris has been known as a strong conservative voice on the issues surrounding homosexuality. At the 2004 General Synod governing convention, he stood with [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on May 29th, 2008
Dear Friends, Please pray for the three men who will be ordained as Deacons in the Church of God on Sunday coming, and for their wives as they prepare for ordained ministry. v Keith Stodart and his wife Jenny. Keith currently serves as membership coordinator and is part of the leadership development team of ANiC. [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on May 29th, 2008
ANIC press release: A B.C. Supreme Court judge, Madam Justice Allan, has ordered the congregation of St. Mary of the Incarnation in Metchosin (St. Mary’s), to hand over their church building to the diocese of B.C. in the Anglican Church of Canada, pending the resolution of a trial over who is entitled to ownership of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2008
Small change to blog rules, please read them if you haven’t lately!
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on May 28th, 2008
Here.
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on May 28th, 2008
Hmm… Church records $777,000 deficit Residential schools refund prevents much larger loss The national office of the Anglican Church of Canada has reported a deficit for the fifth straight year in 2007, with a shortfall of $777,195; the amount is $290,768 more than the loss recorded in 2006 at $486,427. The deficit would have been [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on May 28th, 2008
Something from VOL here: By J.I. Packer 5/26/2008 My mind, like everyone else’s, I suppose, resembles a manufacturing site where all sorts of planned movements and processes take place in the illuminated foreground, while at the rear, more or less in the dark, are piled heaps of clutter; clutter, however, of which various bits may [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on May 26th, 2008
From LC.net: The Diocese of Huron has overwhelmingly voted to grant permission to clergy “whose conscience permits, to bless…civil marriages between same-sex couples.” In the house of laity: 227 yeas, 87 noes In the house of clergy: 97 yeas, 36 noes With almost 100% of those registered for Huron synod voting. One priest, whose parish [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on May 26th, 2008
Something of interest here from the recent meeting of CoGS: Revision of the marriage canon Lela Zimmer asked on behalf of the committee if COGS could clarify whether it wants to consider a revision of the marriage canon, or a process to consider such a revision. She also requested clarification on whether this work is [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on May 26th, 2008
Press release from the Anglican Essentials Ottawa website: (Click on News or Upcoming Events) BISHOP MALCOLM HARDING IN KANATA Saturday May 31 and Sunday June 1, 2008 One of the greatest mysteries in the universe is also one of the most powerful and effective forces in all our lives, whether we know it or not, [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on May 25th, 2008
Video of key conference sessions now online here.
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on May 25th, 2008
Go take a look.
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on May 24th, 2008
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Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on May 24th, 2008
From the comments (thanks, Gerry!): Tomorrow, Sunday the 25th of May at 10:30 AM Newfoundland Time, the first Service of the new ANiC Parish of “St. Stephen the Martyr” will be held in St. John’s, Nfld. at the Adventist Church, 20 Aldershot Street. The new Rector is Reverend Howard Hynes (formerly of St. John The [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on May 24th, 2008
Waterloo Record article on Diocese of Huron’s same sex blessings vote here. H/T Stand Firm and J. Muirhead in the comments.
Posted in Anglican Crisis, Anglican Network in Canada on May 24th, 2008
Church pews nearly empty at St. Hilda’s Sunday service Breakaway members draw record crowds at new location By Tina Depko News May 24, 2008 The most recent court decision regarding who gets to use St. Hilda’s Anglican Church has resulted in close to 100 breakaway members moving offsite, with new Sunday services held at the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on May 23rd, 2008
I was reading this Journal article where Abp Hiltz talks about mission: Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, said that “an emerging focus around mission” characterized a spring gathering of the third Anglican Lutheran International Commission (ALIC) in Chennai, India. Meeting from April 28 to May 5, the group discussed “how [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21st, 2008
It’s not that we are slacking much more than usual, but rather that other than jumble sales etc, there doesn’t seem to be much in the way of Canadian Anglican news out there at the moment. Which probably means that somebody is nefariously plotting something, somewhere…. Feel free to post comments on any particularly iniquitous [...]
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