The Council of General Synod (CoGS) has voted to continue the print publication and journalistic mandate of the Anglican Journal for another three years at least, putting to rest at least temporarily the possibility of shutting it down, making it online-only or converting it to a corporate communications organ. The post CoGS votes to keep printing Journal—as journalistic entity—for at least three years appeared first on Anglican Journal ..read more

When he initially got the call to let his name stand for bishop of Saskatoon, the Rev. Chad McCharles, a Manitoba priest and part-time school bus driver, said his first impulse was “a hard no.” The post The Rev. Chad McCharles elected bishop of Saskatoon appeared first on Anglican Journal ..read more

The Anglican Church of Canada’s national office would have ended up with a $237,000 deficit—despite $600,000 in pared-back spending and an unusually high contribution from one diocese—if not for the unusually strong performance of its investment fund, which lifted it to a $3.19 million excess of revenues over expenses in 2024. But this investment performance consisted of "unrealized" or on-paper-only gain, and concerns about the office of General Synod's financial sustainability persist.  The post ‘Paper gains’ in investments save General Synod from deficit in 2024 appeared first on Angli ..read more

The Anglican Church of Canada should consider making major cuts to the size of its governance gatherings and committees, says the report of a commission tasked with reimagining its future. The post Primate’s commission recommends cuts to ‘top-heavy’ church structures appeared first on Anglican Journal ..read more

The church is approaching a time of important decisions—one which Anglicans can and should embrace with hope, Archbishop Anne Germond, acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told Council of General Synod (CoGS) in her opening remarks March 7. The post ‘General Synod cannot be at the periphery’ appeared first on Anglican Journal ..read more

Vestry resigns en masse to protest lack of response A fired dean and rector at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Corner Brook, Nfld. says she has filed a complaint with the ecclesiastical province of Canada alleging that Bishop of Western Newfoundland John Organ violated the province’s Safe Church Charter after, among other […] The post Fired Newfoundland cathedral dean files safe church complaint as parishioners demand bishop resign appeared first on Anglican Journal ..read more

Amid the rising international tensions and overwhelming flood of executive orders under the new Trump administration, it is the duty of Anglicans in Canada to speak up for the marginalized and vulnerable, says Canon Maggie Helwig, rector of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Church in Toronto. In a phone interview she took while multitasking on preparations for the church’s homeless drop-in program, Helwig told the Anglican Journal her goal was to bring that message to her parish. The post The church and Donald Trump appeared first on Anglican Journal ..read more

When I decided to formally study history a few years ago, it was partly with the aim of discovering the mechanics of colonization, from its inception to where I sit now, part of the result of a foiled attempt at the assimilation of Indigenous people. My studies were successful, and I can trace the lineage of colonization worldwide in a number of ways. My main goal, however, was not that discovery but to help find solutions to problems. Studying history was a place to begin, so I could see the boundaries keeping us apart as God’s people and find ways to unravel the tangles in these places, thro ..read more

In my travels, I always say to the communities, “Pray for your bishop; love, support and bless them in their ministry. In this you are doing God’s calling.” This spring there will be four diocesan episcopal elections—in Saskatoon, Moosonee, the Arctic and Rupert’s Land—as well as the election of a new suffragan bishop in the diocese of Montreal. This means that there will be, God willing in all things, five new members added to the church’s House of Bishops. Being a leader is no easy feat at the best of times, and we the people need to remember that in such a critical and vocal age. Bishops an ..read more

Five years ago the entire planet experienced the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects of this disease linger today. More recently, the devastating wildfires in California have impacted millions of lives, leaving communities wondering how they will ever recover. Our hearts break at the images of once proud lives reduced to dust and ashes by this natural disaster, as they do at images of the ruin of war. The post Lent, our ‘God-given time of disruption’ appeared first on Anglican Journal ..read more