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Irwin-Gibson to retire as bishop of Montreal

Bishop Mary Irwin-Gibson of the diocese of Montreal will retire Oct. 5 after a 44-year career in the church—including 10 ...
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Kindred Earth

One year ago, fire swept through the mountain town of Jasper, Alta., reducing St. Mary and St. George Anglican Church to its stone foundation, ringed by ash and charred timbers. The absence of that ...
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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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Winnipeg church in final stages of heritage rehabilitation study for millions of dollars in potential repairs

Winnipeg’s 141-year-old Holy Trinity Anglican Church, recognized by the federal government as a national historic site, is in the final stages of a heritage rehabilitation study carried out by two ...
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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 national church committees dealing with finance, died June 30 at the age of 83, ...
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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 fact which she says points to the school’s willingness to try new ...
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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, former president of the Canadian Council of Churches and Archdeacon Edward ...
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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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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 ...