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Jazz Vespers – Sunday February 23 at 4 p.m. at St. James Anglican Church Stratford. We’ll be celebrating Mardi Gras with the Home Cookin’ Dixieland Band. Please join us for this informal evening worship service. BACH VESPERS FOR CREATION: On...Diocesan events
Tips for Moving Away from Single Use Plastics. At Diocesan Synod in May 2019, a motion was passed challenging all parishes to reduce the purchase of products with single use plastics including rigid foam and to end such purchases by the beginning of 2023. Social &...
Lent: the slow approach to Easter
Joan Chittister uses the image of a waterwheel when she describes the liturgical calendar: the movement is slow, steady and continuous. By Libi Clifford
The marks of God’s mission: Part one
Thanksgiving and praise. This was my first response to our celebration on January 25 at St. Paul’s Cathedral as I was ordained bishop and seated as the 14th Bishop of Huron. By Bishop Todd Townshend
The Bishop of Huron’s Announcements
1. Bishop Townshend appoints The Reverend Daniel Bowyer as the Associate For Pastoral, Prayer and Outreach Ministries (part-time) at All Saints’, Waterloo. Dan continues as the Chaplain to Trinity Village. 2. The Collation of The Venerable Kristen Aikman as the...
Christian thinkers and fantasy stories
Every year we have a little pocket of time in mid-winter that falls between the Christmas celebrations and the beginning of Lent. I can’t think of a better time to escape into the realms of fantasy literature. By Laurel Pattenden
How to avoid emotional quicksand when triggers are everywhere?
When triggered, waves of emotion can swamp our carefully constructed sense of self. We then wrestle to right ourselves. By Rev. Jim Innes
Friendly and welcoming? Here’s your checklist!
Churches love to say that we are friendly and welcoming. All the same, we must continually ask ourselves are there limits to our welcoming. By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle.
Life in Christ: practicing Christian spirituality
“You speak in my heart and say, ‘Seek my face.’ Your face, Lord, will I seek.” (Psalm 27:11) By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon
Stewardship and Star Wars
May our proclamation be sincere and spirited. And may the Force be with us: By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter
Anglican Church of Canada News Feed
- Freedom Sunday — February 23, 2020
- Apply for an Anglican Healing Fund grant
- Statement on Conflict on Wet’suwet’en Unceded Territory
- Primate’s letter to PM Trudeau about President Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan
- Canadian Ecumenical Response to Attacks on the Lumad Evacuees in Mindanao
- Photos from the 2020 Primates’ Meeting in Jordan
- First bishop elected in the Territory of the People
- Seeking a Common Word launches joint Canadian–Muslim Dialogue initiative
- Norm Casey remembered as gentle friend, shepherd of Indigenous ministry
- Participation encouraged regarding Government consultation on medical assistance in dying
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Anglican Communion News Service
- As igrejas mexicanas atuam juntas para apoiar as famílias em sua campanha pelos parentes desaparecidos
- Igreja de Uganda realiza peregrinação de 500 quilômetros para recordar o Arcebispo Janani Luwum
- Arcebispo Melter Jiki Tais instalado como Primaz da Igreja da Província do Sudeste Asiático
- Iglesias mexicanas actúan juntas para apoyar a las familias en su campaña por encontrar a sus familiares desaparecidos
- La Iglesia de Uganda organiza una peregrinación de 500 km para conmemorar al arzobispo Janani Luwum
- Arzobispo Melter Jiki Tais nombrado primado de la Iglesia de la provincia del sudeste asiático
- Les églises mexicaines s’unissent pour soutenir les familles dans leur campagne pour les parents disparus
- L’Église d’Ouganda organise un pèlerinage de 500 km pour commémorer l’archevêque Janani Luwum
- Intronisation de l’archevêque Melter Jiki Tais comme Primat de l’Église de la Province d’Asie du Sud-Est
- Mexican churches act together to support families in their campaign for missing relatives