Posted in Anglican Church in North America on Jan 20th, 2012
This has been a long time in coming, doesn’t go far enough – actually, I’m not sure it goes anywhere – is full of Rowanesque ambivalence and…. come to think of it, I’m not sure it says anything useful at all. Still, here it is: Archbishops Rowan Williams of Canterbury and John Sentamu of York [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America on Dec 23rd, 2011
We’ve not been covering the events Archbishop Duncan is referring to in his letter below, as they’ve been covered very well on blogs South of the border, refer to events taking place South of the border (with the exception of the involvement of ACiC through AMiA), and frankly – don’t really need us to chime [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 8th, 2011
By e-mail. Largest Anglican Church Congregation in Canada Leaves Historic Church Home Because of Differences in Belief · Differences in belief lead to loss of buildings for Vancouver congregation · Supreme Court decision upholds liberal Diocese as intended ministry · St. John’s 100-year history to continue at new location in Vancouver VANCOUVER, BC – September [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Aug 11th, 2011
From bclocalnews.com The Diocese of New Westminster has received a $155,000 cheque from four churches, including St. Matthew’s parish in Abbotsford, to cover legal costs as ordered by the courts. The funds were issued from the legal representatives of the 22 individuals who took the diocese to court for control of the church properties and [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Network in Canada on Aug 2nd, 2011
Via email from ANiC Communications: Two more ANiC churches are holding memorial services for the Rev John Stott who died July 27 in England at the age of 90. If you can possible participate in one of these services, you are urged to do so. You’ll be encouraged and challenged by what God can do [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Communion, Anglican Network in Canada on Jul 12th, 2011
From WORLDMag.com Anglicanism has begun a global and North American reformation, according to Archbishop Robert Duncan of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), who recently delivered his annual state of the church address, describing the growth and challenges faced by orthodox Anglicans. Duncan serves as both head of the ACNA and bishop of the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 27th, 2011
From the Ottawa Sun: A storied congregation has gone from worshipping in the same building as Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, to a makeshift altar inside a theatre where it’s BYOB: Bring Your Own Bible. “Ultimately, a church is people,” said Rev. George Sinclair. More than 100 worshippers gathered at St. Alban’s [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 26th, 2011
From the Ottawa Citizen (lots of photos and a video at the link): By Kelly Patterson, Ottawa Citizen It was a historic moment in Ottawa as a subdued crowd of about 300 filed out of St. Alban’s Anglican Church on King Edward Avenue on Sunday, leaving behind a place where some have roots going back [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 24th, 2011
ST. ALBAN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH WALKOUT ON SUNDAY JUNE 26 Background unique to Ottawa On Feb 16, 2008 at a specially called meeting of the parish, the church voted overwhelmingly to separate from the Diocese of Ottawa and realign with another branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The vote for the move was 79 in favour, [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 17th, 2011
I haven’t had time to read the stories I’m linking to, but I thought it was important to get them up. Vancouver Sun story National Post story Anglican Journal Story
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 16th, 2011
From the Globe and Mail: The Supreme Court will not wade into a property fight between the Anglican Church and dissident congregations. Four British Columbia parishes broke away from the mainstream church over the controversial issue of same-sex blessings. The Anglican Church had asked the Supreme Court to end the legal squabble over who owns [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Network in Canada on May 11th, 2011
The second page of the print edition of “Crosstalk”, the Diocese of Ottawa’s newspaper, contains the following announcement under “clergy news” (the online version is here, but I couldn’t get it to load): The bishop has appointed the Rev. Mark Whittall as the incumbent of the Parish of St. Alban’s Church effective July 3…[he will] [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Network in Canada on May 5th, 2011
From the ANiC Newsletter: Welcome to ANiC’s first parish in Calgary ANiC now has a parish in Calgary. The congregation of about 80 families held their first service May 1 in rented premises, leaving behind their former building. They will be taking some time to recalibrate their vision for ministry in their community and consider [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Network in Canada, Prayer on Feb 23rd, 2011
By e-mail: Yesterday, Archbishop Bob Duncan and I wrote Bishop Victoria Matthews – formerly bishop of Edmonton and now bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand – assuring her of our prayer and support for the people of her diocese who have been devastated by a second – far more destructive – earthquake in less than six [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis, Prayer on Feb 12th, 2011
UPDATE: The Diocese of Ottawa’s spin on the issue is here. They would like people to think that they sold St. George’s property back to them, and that we at St. Alban’s have left with nothing. This is untrue. The reality of the matter is, that between the ANiC parishes and the Diocese of Ottawa, [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America on Feb 1st, 2011
Another example of a TEC Diocese behaving badly. Read it all at the Anglican Curmudgeon: First, let me quote the press release issued by Archbishop Duncan’s office, which is all there was, at first (H/T: Transfigurations; bold emphasis added): The Anglican Church in North America expressed sadness over a proposed church property settlement involving St. [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jan 29th, 2011
From the ANiC Newsletter: A proposed settlement over the church buildings of the ANiC congregations, St. Alban’s and St. George’s Ottawa, has been negotiated with their former Anglican Church of Canada diocese. Both churches are now in the process of holding votes to ratify the settlement. The parish of St George’s will vote to ratify [...]
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