The Revd Canon Virginia ‘Ginny’ Doctor, a Mohawk from the Six Nations and canon to the ordinary for the Episcopal diocese of Alaska, is the new indigenous ministries coordinator for the Anglican Church of Canada.
Finding new Indigenous models of governance is emotionally charged work in the Anglican Church of Canada. That's why members of the Council of General Synod (COGS) will be receiving the Mississauga Declaration, a cry for self-determination, alongside other governance updates at its meeting 18 to 20 November.
Indigenous Anglican leaders in northern Manitoba have committed to developing an area mission that would include sections from the dioceses of Brandon and Keewatin. At a Feb. 12 meeting in Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Man., representatives from 25 Anglican churches agreed that by Dec. 31, 2011, they would raise more than $34,000, establish a regional sacred circle gathering, and elect a bishop.
In what was described as an “historic moment” the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada on June 9 approved the introduction of a new canon law that firmly establishes a self-determining national indigenous ministry within the church.
Using a time-honored tradition of standing behind the nominee of their choice, delegates from 16 native communities in the Diocese of Keewatin's northern Ontario region elected Archdeacon Lydia Mamakwa as their first area bishop on March 6.
A call for First Nation, Métis and Inuit aged 16 to 19 to develop their media skills while preserving the age-old tradition of storytelling. If you are interested in or have experience in storytelling, if you enjoy new media and are willing to learn, then read on
A native Hawaiian from the Episcopal Church has strongly encouraged indigenous Anglicans gathered in Port Elgin, Ontario to pursue their dream of building a self-determining indigenous Anglican church in Canada.
On Aug. 6 National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald and Archbishop Terry Finlay, the Primate's special envoy on residential schools, will attend a rally to support the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) in their challenge of Ontario's Bill 191: the Far North Act. The act will dictate the land use planning process in NAN territory.
No one ever really knows what ideas will arise from Sacred Circle. It's a unique time and space when Canadian Aboriginal Anglicans can meet, pray, worship, and dream about the future. This year Sacred Circle will meet in Port Elgin, Ont. from August 9 to 15, with the theme "The Mighty Wind of the Spirit: the New Beginnings."
For the past two years, Archdeacon Larry Beardy of Keewatin has been leading some exciting and difficult conversations about a new Area Mission serving communities in the dioceses of Brandon and Keewatin. What's been easing the way? Basic Bible study, in a method known to some as Gospel-Based Discipleship.
A cathedral full of strawberries - some churches have been really creative on the National Aboriginal Day of Prayer (NADP), June 21. Eileen Scully, coordinator for ministry and worship, remembers a 2001 service in the Diocese of Huron cathedral that ended with a Mohawk reconciliation ceremony. Everyone was handed a strawberry. "That was really quite wonderful," she said. "It was a huge celebration."