Members of the Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, who met jointly with the Anglican House of Bishops in Niagara Falls Ont. this week, issued the following statement at the conclusion of the gathering.
A post-Lambeth statement was released by the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada at the conclusion of its meeting in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Link to it in full here. This statement is also available as a PDF…
The following statement was released by the House of Bishops at the conclusion of its meeting in Niagara Falls, Ont.
Today’s Church Times contains a news report by Bill Bowder on the recently published A Lambeth Commentary on the Saint Andrew’s Draft for an Anglican Communion. See Bishops’ approval of Covenant hangs in the balance. See also the review by…
The Rev. Rob Towler is not a fan of Willie Nelson. Yet this Kitchener, Ont. priest changed his cell phone ring tone to Willie Nelson’s twangy version of “Amazing Grace,” so that every time his phone goes off, he donates a toonie to the Council of the North, the 10 financially supported dioceses in Canada’s north.
Bishop Bob Duncan has written an article for this week’s Church of England Newspaper. Anglican Mainstream has reproduced it. See An Emerging North American Province. The twin trajectories of The Episcopal Church and of the Anglican Church of Canada away…
An email was published yesterday which announces that Bishop Keith Ackerman of the Diocese of Quincy will retire, effective 1 November. That’s the day after tomorrow! The text of the announcement can be found here, or here, or here. The…
Dale Rye has written at Covenant under the title What’s Up Down Under? The recent decision of the Diocesan Synod of Sydney, in the Anglican Church of Australia, to allow the administration of Holy Communionâ€â€i.e., the celebration of the Eucharistâ€â€by…
Just released by ABC Publishing, Seeds Scattered and Sown is a Canadian Anglican history that includes several overlooked perspectives: those of Aboriginals, women, and other minorities. Eight historians contributed essays to the book, which covers the colonial period to post-World War II, and in many ways, post-Christian, era in Canada.
Episcopal Life Online has a lengthy article, with some historical background at AUSTRALIA: Sydney diocese votes for lay and diaconal presidency — again. Bishop Alan Wilson has commented on this subject on his blog, see Lay Presidency: 2 heads better…