Saying that he hoped to “dispel rumour or misunderstanding,” Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has written to his fellow leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion explaining the developments around the blessing of same-sex unions, which has embroiled Canadian Anglicans in conflict.
10 January 2008
It is with joy that Canada sends you the news that the Reverend Canon Dr. Linda Nicholls has been elected Bishop Suffragan for the Diocese of Toronto. She will be consecrated on 2 February 2008.
07 December 2007
It was something most had not experienced before, nor would they have such an opportunity again. They described it as breath taking, awe inspiring, spiritually moving and the list of superlatives went on.
08 November 2007
Canada’s Anglican bishops, at their regular fall meeting, decided to leave in place a set of pastoral guidelines concerning church services for gay couples that stops short of blessings or marriage.
06 November 2007
Bishop Susan Moxley, the suffragan, or assistant, bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, was elected diocesan bishop on Oct. 20 in an episcopal election at All Saints Cathedral, Halifax.
24 October 2007
The Bible’s New Testament is now available in the Naskapi language, the fruit of 25 years of translation work by Silas Nabinicaboo, a lay reader of the aboriginal church in Kawawachikamach, diocese of Quebec, and Bill Jancewicz, an American translator associated with the Wycliffe Bible Translation Society.
10 October 2007
Conflicting interpretations of the ramifications of General Synod’s recent decisions around same-sex blessings have led the bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada to consult with their chancellors.
22 August 2007
Bishop Victoria Matthews, who broke new ground for women in episcopal ministry and was twice a candidate for primate, or national archbishop, announced on August 2 that she will resign as leader of the diocese of Edmonton, citing that she believes 'God is now calling me in a different direction.'
08 August 2007
In a crowded Winnipeg hall last month, the Anglican Church of Canada and 10 other faith groups recommitted themselves to work for Aboriginal justice.
25 July 2007
After a nail-biting election that took nearly three hours, a majority of the delegates of the General Synod elected Bishop Fred Hiltz of the diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as the 13th Primate or national Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Canada.
25 June 2007