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Campus chaplains meet to discuss common concerns

Anglican chaplains can be found on Canadian university campuses from Halifax to Victoria, and every year, they play a vital role in helping young adults adjust to the strains of navigating higher education.

21 July 2017

Episcopal Church of Cuba working with communities to transform lives

The Anglican Alliance has been on a fact finding mission to the Episcopal Diocese of Cuba to learn more about its mission and development programme.

18 July 2017

First ever meeting of Mexico's ordained women

Three quarters of the current women priests and deacons in the Anglican Church of Mexico have held a gathering to celebrate the ministry of ordained women in the province.

17 July 2017

Anglican leaders in Canada help fire stricken communities

As wildfires rage across British Columbia’s Central Interior, Anglican leaders in the region are doing what they can to support their communities, says Bishop Barbara Andrews of the Central Interior-based Territory of the People.

13 July 2017

Episcopal priest takes dying dog on road trip for 'Last Howlelujah Tour'

The Revd Bill Miller is taking a close friend to Las Vegas on vacation, but this trip is about the bark, not the bet.

11 July 2017

River of Life pilgrimage paddles its way down Connecticut River

Episcopal pilgrims in the United States have reached Day 30 of their 410-mile journey down the Connecticut River

04 July 2017

Episcopal Church assisting with three projects in Haiti

At its recent meeting in June in Port-au-Prince, the Haiti Partnership Committee took steps that enable progress on three projects: Holy Trinity Cathedral Complex, St. Barnabas Agricultural College and St. Vincent’s Centre for Handicapped Children.

29 June 2017

Canadian Primate : look beyond quarrels to church’s wider calling of working for justice

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada reflected on the church’s role in society in an opening address to Council of General Synod (CoGS), taking place in Mississauga.

26 June 2017

Member of indigenous community is first woman to be ordained in Guyana

The diocese of Guyana has its first ever female Deacon. Rita Hunter was ordained last Saturday at Christ Church in Georgetown by the Bishop of Guyana, the Right Revd. Charles A. Davidson.

16 June 2017

'River of Life' pilgrimage down Connecticut River offers 40 days of prayer, paddling

 New Hampshire Bishop Robert Hirschfeld has rowed on the Connecticut River for years. It once was a sort of industrial “sewer” but has since been cleaned up and restored to “a place of stunning beauty,” he said. Bishop Hirschfeld intends to show it also can be a place of worship and an inspiration for prayer.

13 June 2017