Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:04:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/ 32 32 170042892 ‘Every family has their lore’: Ins Choi on calling, theatre and Son of a Preacherman https://anglicanjournal.com/every-family-has-their-lore-ins-choi-on-calling-theatre-and-son-of-a-preacherman/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:00:54 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215713 Son of a Preacherman is based on Choi’s experience growing up as the son of a Korean-Canadian pastor whose mother had promised God he would become the same—and his journey to working in theatre instead. This fall, Choi is bringing the show on a tour that will take it home to the city that inspired it and the church where it was first staged.

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]]> 215713 Nature reveals God’s creative love https://anglicanjournal.com/nature-reveals-gods-creative-love/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:00:42 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215703 Ahead of the liturgical Season of Creation in September, Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, reflects on God's work in the intricacies and interdependencies of nature—and in human lives.

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]]> 215703 Faith is our rock through storms of change https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-is-our-rock-through-storms-of-change/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:25:27 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215684 All things change except God, who knows our very essence, National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Chris Harper says in his September column.

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]]> 215684 Late Quebec bishop Dennis Drainville held strong convictions in faith and politics https://anglicanjournal.com/late-quebec-bishop-dennis-drainville-held-strong-convictions-in-faith-and-politics/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:04:51 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215676 The 12th bishop of Quebec as well as a politician and educator, Drainville died on Aug. 3 at the age of 72.

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]]> 215676 Pursuing possibilities together: Primate reflects on a year of change https://anglicanjournal.com/pursuing-possibilities-together-primate-reflects-on-a-year-of-change/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:57:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215665 In June 2025, General Synod elected then-bishop of Ottawa, Shane Parker, as primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. One year into a triennium of significant change, the Anglican Journal sat down with Archbishop Parker to discuss the church’s progress so far and his experience leading it as primate.

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]]> 215665 ‘It’s about dignity’: Anglicans call for relief as U.S. blockade strangles Cuba https://anglicanjournal.com/its-about-dignity-anglicans-call-for-relief-as-u-s-blockade-strangles-cuba/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:58:25 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215649 Alongside Hope, the Anglican Church of Canada’s relief and development agency, is working with the Episcopal Church of Cuba and other partners to alleviate the current humanitarian crisis.

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]]> 215649 We need Anglican ‘third places’ https://anglicanjournal.com/we-need-anglican-third-places/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:55:11 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215636 The loss of "third places"—spaces other than the home or workplace where people can simply exist and socialize—has impacts that the Anglican Church can and should fix, guest writer Charlotte Sheasby says.

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]]> 215636 Churches donate $1.5 million to National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation for new permanent home in Winnipeg https://anglicanjournal.com/churches-donate-1-5-million-to-national-centre-for-truth-and-reconciliation-for-new-permanent-home-in-winnipeg/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:16:04 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215626 Holding more than 4 million records including statements from survivors, the NCTR is the world’s largest collection of materials on the history and impact of Canada's residential school system.

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]]> 215626 ACC-19 receives Nairobi-Cairo Proposals, calls for further dialogue https://anglicanjournal.com/acc-19-receives-nairobi-cairo-proposals-calls-for-further-dialogue/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:48:29 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215602 The 19th Anglican Consultative Council received proposed reforms to Anglican Communion structures as “resources for continuing discernment” at their Belfast meeting, which also saw the election of a Canadian lay Anglican to the ACC Standing Committee.

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]]> 215602 Task force to study church NDA use https://anglicanjournal.com/task-force-to-study-church-nda-use/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:07:14 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215579 The new task force is charged with studying practice and ethics surrounding NDA use, following up on work from 2025's General Synod.

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