Sean Frankling

Mild-mannered reporter. Currently writing for the Anglican Journal (https://t.co/72H5dh46qj), occasional freelancing for the Toronto Star

Articles

Get to know the primatial candidates

1 week ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

Chris Harper, National Indigenous ArchbishopHometown: Onion Lake Cree Nation, Sask./Alta., Presently: Edmonton, Alta. Ordained: Deacon – Feb. 6, 2005, Priest – Oct. 16, 2005Consecrated: Nov. 17, 2018Favourite scriptural passage: Ephesians 4:1-4 FNVFavourite hymn: “In the Garden,” “This Little Light of Mine,” “On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand”What is the biggest challenge now facing the Anglican Church of Canada, and what should be done about it?
Sacred Circle’s August meeting to build framework of emergent Canadian Indigenous church

1 week ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | Sean Frankling

[Anglican Church of Canada] 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 Aug. 5-10 in Calgary, Alberta.
Sacred Circle to build framework of emergent Indigenous church

1 week ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

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 August 5-10 in Calgary, Alta.
Alexander Pryor new diocesan bishop of Arctic; Anna Martha Keenainak and Jared Osborn suffragans

3 weeks ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

The diocese of the Arctic has elected and consecrated three new bishops at its diocesan synod, running May 8 to 15 in Edmonton. Former Executive Archdeacon Alexander Pryor has been consecrated as the new diocesan bishop. Assisting him as suffragans will be bishops Anne Martha Keenainak and Jared Osborn. The three will succeed former Diocesan Bishop David Parsons and suffragan bishops Joey Royal and Lucy Nester, all of whom retired in 2024.
Panel outlines six paths to ‘big change’ in church

1 month ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

Acting primate urges Anglicans to join work of transformationThe 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.
Beloved Bishop Robert Bennett remembered for people-first ministry

1 month ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

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 relationships with parishioners first. Bennett died April 14 after a life touched by the love of his wife, Kathleen, their daughters Meghan and Jessica and countless Anglicans, an amazing number of whom Bennett always remembered by name, say his friends.
Israel bombs Anglican hospital in Gaza

1 month ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

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 at some points been the only one functioning in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, is funded and operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. The IDF warned the hospital 20 minutes before the bombing, and the hospital was evacuated.
Canadian priest’s Lego church replicas draw life-sized attention

1 month ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | Sean Frankling

[Anglican Church of Canada] The Rev. James Spencer has been building with Lego since he was eight years old. Today, that lifelong hobby is getting his parish, St. Mary’s Anglican Church with buildings in Clarenville and Burgoyne’s Cove, Newfoundland, Canada, noticed online—and forming the heart of a new ministry to local children.
Priest’s Lego church replicas draw life-sized attention

1 month ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

The Rev. James Spencer has been building with Lego since he was eight years old. Today, that lifelong hobby is getting his parish, St. Mary’s Anglican Church with buildings in Clarenville and Burgoyne’s Cove, Nfld. noticed online—and forming the heart of a new ministry to local children.
Regional parish development programs aim to improve organization and outreach

1 month ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

In the diocese of Ottawa, it started in 2020 with a two-year consultation process looking into the state of parish ministry, says the Rev. Jon Martin, rector at St. John’s Kanata and chair of the diocese’s parish development sub-committee. “We met with people and asked them about the challenges and fears, successes, hopes,” he says. “A number of our parishes were in frightened survival mode.” What they found was a desire for tools to get out from under the shadow of decline, he says.