Anglican Journal

The Anglican Journal serves as the official newspaper for the Anglican Church of Canada. It operates independently and features news and opinions about Anglicanism both in Canada and around the world. In addition, the Journal includes a comprehensive section dedicated to arts and culture, as well as classified ads. Marites N. Sison holds the position of editor, with the newspaper’s main office located in Toronto.

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Victor-David Mbuyi Bipungu elected bishop of Montreal

1 week ago | anglicanjournal.com | Matthew Puddister

The Anglican diocese of Montreal has elected a Congolese Canadian and former Roman Catholic priest as its 13th bishop. Victor-David Mbyui Bipungu, archdeacon of St. Andrew and priest-in-charge at Église Anglicane de la Nativité St James (Rosemère) and St Simon and St Bartholomew’s Anglican Church (Laval-Chomedey), was elected on the fifth ballot at the May 3 diocesan electoral synod.
Panel outlines six paths to ‘big change’ in church

2 weeks 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.
Anglican-assisted refugee founds group for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

2 weeks ago | anglicanjournal.com | Matthew Puddister

Several years ago, Emel was homeless, lonely and uncertain about the future. Having fled his home in The Gambia due to anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, Emel—who prefers not to give his full name due to safety concerns—was living on the streets in Senegal and relying on the support of fellow asylum-seekers who offered him food and shelter.
Beloved Bishop Robert Bennett remembered for people-first ministry

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

3 weeks ago | anglicanjournal.com | Matthew Puddister

Physician describes working at Gaza hospital amid warEmergency and family physician Dr. Sarah Lalonde is a member of the Church of St. Mark and St. Peter in Montreal. For the last decade, she has mainly worked in rural and remote areas, including Northern Canada in Innu, Inuit and Cree communities.
Anglicans pay tribute to Pope Francis

3 weeks ago | anglicanjournal.com | Matthew Puddister

Anglican leaders have joined Roman Catholics around the world in remembering Pope Francis following the pontiff’s death April 21 at the age of 88 after suffering a cerebral stroke.
Complaint—now resolved—was made against one or more episcopal candidates, Montreal bishop says in correction of previous remarks - Anglican Journal

4 weeks ago | anglicanjournal.com | Matthew Puddister

Controversy surrounds electoral synod after search committee members resignBishop 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 as bishop of Montreal after being asked by the Journal about a harassment complaint made against at least one of them in 2020. The diocese’s electoral synod is slated for May 3.
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.
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.