June 2021
Making The Effort to Engage and Listen to Each Other
I write this for you shortly after the most recent House of Bishops meeting. Traditionally, we gather both spring and fall at Mount Carmel Monastery in Niagara Falls. It is a week of listening, reflecting, sharing, taking council, and to welcome new bishops. House of Bishops gatherings have importance in that they are times that…
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACW of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Fogo Island East parish, has been limited…
Despite the copious amount of distance from St David’s Anglican church in Pasadena, NL, to the Gambia, the smallest country…
On Easter Sunday, 2021, Gloria Penney, the organist at St. Aidan’s Church in Port Blandford, was recognized for 55 years…
I do not like pandemic church. There. I said it. I do not like online church. I do not like…
April 5, 2021: 22 ladies of the Parish of Bonne Bay North Prayer Quilt Group formed an honour guard at…
I have recently received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and am scheduled for the second dose in August.…
The confirmation class students of St. James’ Church in Port aux Basques just completed their stewardship project, raising $331.00. They decided…
Every month, I include a little message to you all, asking you to contribute to Anglican Life, and share with…
The ACW ladies of St. James Church in Port aux Basques held a wake-a-thon on April 9th at the…
Once upon a time, we assumed that every Anglican had a parish that they belonged to. When the clergy visited…
As the expression goes, “in a nutshell” the goal of PWRDF is to address poverty, gender injustice, and environmental exploitation…
St Nicholas’ Anglican Church was constructed at Amherst Cove in the 1890s, and has witnessed a story of perseverance for…
When I was a little boy, June was an exciting time of year for me. School was closing for the…
On Sunday the 25th of April, Bishop Samuel Rose of the Diocese of Eastern Newfondland and Labrador visited the parish…
The update from the Anglican Church of Canada for April 27th had this headline: “National Surprised by the Spirit initiative…
On Sunday, April 18th, 2021, Bishop Rose, accompanied by his wife Jill, visited St. Augustine’s in St. John’s. In the…
This column is about choices and giving—not out of scarcity, but of abundance and it is all related to stewardship…
On Sunday, April 11th, The Cathedral of St John the Evangelist in Corner Brook, NL, officially launched its Choral Scholars…
Sunday, April 11th, during a service of morning prayer at The Church of the Good Shepherd, in Norris Point, the…
One recent Sunday morning, as Father Greg welcomed the flock to the 10:30 service, and before the sermon commenced, he…
Lately I’ve been reading books on scientific theory and practices. I have always had an interest in science, though never…
St. Paul’s ACW (Summerside) visited Mildred Bennett to wish her happy 91st birthday and to deliver supper, flowers, and a…
The new vestry installed during morning service at St. James’, Gillams, on Sunday the 25th of April 25th. Also, a beautiful banner was…
Yvonne Cheater was inducted as a licensed lay minister and eucharistic assistant in the Parish of Gambo at a service…
“We really didn’t know what to expect when we launched the Say Yes! to Kids campaign,” says the Rev’d Canon…