A Continuum of Healing and Wholeness
This is the first installment of a special series By Canon Christyn Perkons Members of the Anti-racism Working Group will be sharing reflections about their perspectives on the group’s work over the next several months. The sixteen participants, invited by the bishop to join a team charged with making recommendations that would help the diocese […]
Anti-Racism: A Journey Towards Healing and Wholeness: White Fragility and the Privilege Knapsack
This is the third Installment of this series By Deirdre Pike It has been just over a year since one man’s last breaths were literally heard around the world. George Floyd’s murder at the knee of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin reignited support for Black Lives Matter protests in North American communities and beyond, […]
New Program Revives the Lenten Journey
By The Reverend Canon Leslie Gerlofs Revive Lent premiered in churches across our diocese and around the Anglican Communion for six weeks during this extraordinary Lenten season. Small groups which formed in several Niagara parishes met online in the hopes of growing in intimacy with God as followers of Christ through engagement in spiritual practices […]
Delving into the Meaning of National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day, a day for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We asked several people in our diocese for their reflections on what the day means for them, and for our ongoing work of reconciliation. The […]
Called to Life, Compelled to Love: Welcoming Refugees
For more than two decades, parishes in our diocese have been helping refugees regain their self sufficiency and self determinacy, warmly welcoming them into the communities of the diocese, providing emotional, physical, and financial support and protection as they resettle in Canada. It is just one of the ways we continue to live into our […]
Statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
BY GENERAL SYNOD COMMUNICATIONS ON MARCH 17, 2021 From Churches Beyond Borders: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Anglican Church of Canada, The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America In Advent 2020, Churches Beyond Borders expressed a commitment to dismantling racism, combating white supremacy and actively seeking opportunities to engage more deeply on these important issues. In this […]
Queer hymn collection offers ‘much-needed’ resource for LGBTQ+ Anglicans and allies
Le Chœur gai de Montreal (Montreal Gay Men’s Chorus) sings at the annual pride mass at Christ Church Cathedral, diocese of Montreal. A new hymnal expands musical selections for LGBTQ+ Anglicans. Photo by Janet Best Music played a healing role for many Anglicans after an amendment to the marriage canon that would have recognized same-sex marriage failed […]
Canadian Anglican archbishops sign anti-conversion therapy declaration
An international interfaith commission has called for an end to violence against and criminalization of LGBTQ+ people and a global ban on conversion therapy. The declaration by the Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ Lives, which launched Dec. 16, 2020, was signed by around 400 religious leaders from more than 35 countries. Among the launch signatories of the […]
Using Our ‘Holy Imagination’ in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
The dignity of the human person was a grounding principle for the recent diocesan forum, “Human Trafficking? Not in My Community!” From Bishop Susan Bell’s opening prayer to Archbishop Anne Germond’s concluding remarks, the 70 people in attendance were surely filled to overflowing with information on the issue, and compassion for the victims, when the […]
General Synod-funded research project addresses human trafficking
Since it was publicly identified in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, COVID-19 has claimed the lives of more than two million people worldwide. The global pandemic has had far-reaching effects in almost every area of our lives, and as many have said, has exacerbated previously existing issues of inequality around the globe. In the Asia […]
