June 2025

June 2025 Issue

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Our leaders are called to be servants and helpers


Written by
Archbishop Chris Harper


Carried away by wind and flame

This is my final column as your acting primate, a ministry for which I am deeply grateful to have been called to serve. It has …

Written by
Archbishop Anne Germond
From left to right: National Indigenous Archbishop Chris Harper; Archbishop Greg Kerr-Wilson, Bishop of Calgary and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of the Northern Lights; Bishop of Caledonia David Lehmann; and Bishop Riscylla Shaw, suffragan bishop in the diocese of Toronto. Image: Saskia Rowley


Get to know the primatial candidates

The nominees for primate share their assessments of the present—and their hopes for the future

Written by
Sean Frankling
Harper, left, and Steven Seegerts smudge and bless the Covenant and Our Way of Life after the documents were ratified by Sacred Circle May 30, 2023. Photo: Anglican Video


Sacred Circle to build framework of emergent Indigenous church

Sacred Circle, the main governing body of the Indigenous Anglican church, will continue to give shape to the emerging self-governing institution when it meets this …

Written by
Sean Frankling


Primatial vote, future shape of church set to take centre stage at General Synod

Anglicans are gearing up for the next meeting of General Synod, which is set to take place June 23-29 at RBC Place in London, Ont. …

Written by
Matthew Puddister


Buying silence is a social sin the church cannot afford

If the cruelty of silence took a shape, it would be the scold’s bridle.

Written by
Jeffrey Metcalfe


Victor-David Mbuyi Bipungu elected bishop of Montreal

The Anglican diocese of Montreal has elected a Congolese Canadian and former Roman Catholic priest as its 13th bishop.

Written by
Matthew Puddister
“When he would go to do a parish visit, it wasn’t ‘the bishop from London’ coming, it was Bob coming. And so it was kind of a celebration. People knew him, they loved him and they looked forward to being with him,” says Bennett's close friend, Bishop Terry Dance. Photo: General Synod Archives


Beloved Bishop Robert Bennett remembered for people-first ministry

Friends and colleagues remember Bishop Robert Bennett, formerly of the diocese of Huron, as a caring, hilarious and deeply pastoral bishop who invariably put his …

Written by
Sean Frankling


‘My challenge for people is to see the children they love in the children of Gaza’

From Jan. 29 to Feb. 27, Sarah Lalonde provided medical care at the European Gaza Hospital, a trauma centre located in the southern town of …

Written by
Matthew Puddister


Safe church complaint—now resolved—was made against episcopal candidate, Montreal bishop says in correction of previous remarks

Bishop Mary Irwin-Gibson has corrected a previously reported statement that no formal complaints have been made against any of the candidates nominated to succeed her …

Written by
Matthew Puddister
Wreckage at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza after an IDF air strike destroyed a two-storey genetic laboratory and damaged a pharmacy. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas


Israel bombs Anglican hospital in Gaza

An Israel Defence Forces (IDF) air strike on Palm Sunday destroyed and damaged several buildings at  Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. The hospital, which has …

Written by
Sean Frankling
Participants in the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon's parish development course strike a pose for unity. From left to right: The Rev. Jeffrey Mackie-Dernstad, the Rev. Linda Lagroix, Karen Rooke, Liam Patience, Natasha Henderson, Kallee Lins, the Rev. Matt Koovisk and the Rev. David Burrows. Photo: Contributed


Regional parish development programs aim to improve organization and outreach

Now, the diocese of Ottawa has become the latest in a recent wave of regions across the Anglican Church of Canada to begin work on …

Written by
Sean Frankling

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