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Toronto church cancels room booking for NDP leadership candidate after pressure from pro-Israel groups

St. Paul’s Bloor Street Anglican Church in Toronto approved, then revoked a booking by NDP leadership candidate Yves Engler ...
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Newly appointed dean at Corner Brook cathedral steps down as protesters continue to demand reinstatement of Catherine Short

The Rev. Kris Gosse, whom Bishop of Western Newfoundland John Organ appointed as dean of the Cathedral of St. John the ...
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Historic Toronto church, destroyed by fire, to be rebuilt as smaller structure inside remains of old building

St. Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto, which featured unique Byzantine Revival architecture and irreplaceable artwork by ...
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Stained glass on the silver screen

When St. Clement’s Anglican Church in North Vancouver, B.C. got a request to use their building for filming a TV production ...
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Spreading the ‘aroma of Christ’: A lay academic takes the helm at Wycliffe

This summer, Kristen Deede Johnson became the first non-ordained principal of the University of Toronto’s Wycliffe College, a ...
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Anglican ecumenists awarded King Charles III Coronation Medal

Two prominent Anglican ecumenists were awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal June 20: Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan, ...
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‘Wherever he could contribute, he gave his time’: Bob Boeckner guided church pensions, responsible investment

Robert “Bob” Boeckner, longtime trustee of the General Synod Pension Plan (GSPP) and a highly valued member of several ...
Anglican Journal

Canada’s first Indigenous bishop ‘saw himself as Christ’s faithful soldier and servant to life’s end’

Bishop Charles Arthurson, who became the first Indigenous bishop in Canada upon his election as suffragan bishop of the Anglican diocese of Saskatchewan in 1989—a position he held until his 2008 ...
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General Secretary’s employment ends after three-month leave of absence

Archdeacon Alan Perry is no longer the general secretary of General Synod, per a press release posted on anglican.ca Sept. 3.
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Young Lutherans, Anglicans ask for larger role

The church doesn’t always recognize or value young people. But we are the past, present, and future of this church,” begins a prayer drafted based on table discussions at this summer’s Canadian ...
Anglican Journal

A prayer to know the blessing of this moment

Feather: Almighty one, today we lift our prayer of thanksgiving to you for the blessings and gifts seen and unseen. We thank you for the sun which courses across the sky to remind us of the precious ...