Sean Frankling is a freelance writer based in Canada, specializing in national news and coverage of the Anglican Church. With a focus on social justice issues and religious affairs, Sean's articles provide insight into the challenges and developments within the church community and its impact on society.
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By: Sean Frankling
National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Chris Harper said that in the languages of the Plains Cree, Swampy Cree and Woods Cree as well as those of several other Indigenous peoples, the word for northern lights translates to English as "dancing spirits," which he said illustrates both an image of the peoples’ ancestors being present with them and the parallels between that image and Paul’s description of the saints as a “great cloud of witnesses.” Photo: Smit/Shutterstock
By: Sean Frankling
Mississauga Faced with mounting financial challenges, the Council of General Synod (CoGS), gathering in Mississauga, Ont. May 31-June 2, has been asked to make potentially difficult decisions about the national office’s 2025 budget—and to think deeply about the future structure of the church. In a presentation on the national office’s 2023 financial statements May 31, […]
By: Sean Frankling
Faced with mounting financial challenges, the Council of General Synod (CoGS), gathering in Mississauga, Ont. May 31-June 2, has been asked to make potentially difficult decisions about the national office's 2025 budget—and to think deeply about the future structure of the church.
Mississauga “The closer it gets, the better I’m feeling about it,” Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told the Council of General Synod (CoGS) on the prospect of her retirement this September. In a wide-ranging question-and-answer session on the evening of May 31, Nicholls shared what she saw as some of […]
By: Sean Frankling
Germond, who is also bishop of the dioceses of Algoma and Moosonee, said she had been talking with retired bishops to see if they would be able to help her lead these dioceses so that she would be better able to take on the role of acting primate. Photo: Matthew Puddister
Amid land use anxieties, churches seek to hold and transform rather than sell off property “If I could, I’d burn it all down and start over,” jokes the Rev. Tamara Connors, a deacon in the diocese of Ottawa. Connors is talking about the Anglican Church of Canada’s countless properties and church buildings. She’s mostly kidding, […]
By: Sean Frankling
Cyrus Abdullahi (not his real name) became a Christian in his 20s. After a few initial visits to an underground church a friend invited him to in Tehran, he says he felt a hint of something when the group prayed for him the first time but didn’t believe it meant anything real. It wasn’t until […]
By: Sean Frankling
Bishop of the diocese of the Arctic David Parsons has announced he will retire Dec. 31, 2024. In a career he describes as beginning with a small voice calling him to share the gospel despite his reluctance, Parsons today says his greatest highlight was meeting the people of the Arctic, whom he was called to share it with.
Bishop of the diocese of the Arctic David Parsons has announced he will retire Dec. 31, 2024. In a career he describes as beginning with a small voice calling him to share the gospel despite his reluctance, Parsons today says his greatest highlight was meeting the people of the Arctic, whom he was called to share it with.
The synod of the diocese of Moosonee voted unanimously June 26 to elect a dedicated bishop for the first time in a decade—a milestone in the history of the regional church, according to Archbishop Anne Germond, metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario and currently the bishop ministering to Moosonee. It will likely take more than nine months to create a profile of the diocese’s demographics and ministries, select candidates for bishop based on how well they fit the profile and hold an election, Germond says.
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