Thu, Aug 21st - 10:36AM
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
 The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) has been in full communion with the Anglican Church of Canada under the Waterloo Declaration since 2001. ELCIC is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with approx. 182,077 baptized members in 620 congregations.
Except for the northwestern part of the province, Ontario churches of the ELCIC belong to the Eastern Synod, one of 5 synods of the ELCIC. The territory of the Eastern Synod runs from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its office is located in Kitchener, Ontario.
Shown are Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, National Bishop, Susan Johnson at the Diocese of Huron's Sesquicentennial Celebration Service October 28, 2007 in London, Ontario.
A recent example of cooperation between the churches is the appointment of Pastor Brad Mittleholtz, St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Wiarton, Ontario as Interim for the Anglican Parish of the Bruce Peninsula.
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Thu, Aug 7th - 10:53AM
St. Peter's Anglican, Cobourg, Ontario
 The parish of St. Peter's, Cobourg was formed in 1819 under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Quebec and a frame church constructed in 1820 on the present site.
 Alexander Neil Bethune, later the second Bishop of Toronto, was appointed rector of Cobourg in 1827. In 1839, with the formation of the Diocese of Toronto the parish was transferred to its jurisdiction. The following year the church was enlarged. In 1842 the Cobourg Theological Institute was founded with Bethune the first principal. It formed the nucleus of the divinity school in Trinity University.
The present St Peter's building was opened in 1854. It was designed by Henry Bowyer Lane and Kivas Tully and built around the old one which was then dismantled. The extensive alterations have retained the early Gothic Revival architecture of the church.
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Thu, Jul 24th - 10:05AM
Bishop Bruce Howe Resigns
 At the beginning of the month, the Bishop of Huron, the Rt. Rev. Bruce Howe announced his retirement effective September 1, 2008.
Bishop Howe was ordained a deacon in 1969 then a priest in 1971 after graduating from University of King's College, Halifax. He began his ministry in the Diocese of Toronto where he served as Director of Social Services at the Fred Victor Mission. After that he served in Nova Scotia as rector of St. Mary's Parish Glace Bay then as rector of the historic parish of St. John's, Lunenburg.
Coming to the Diocese of Huron, he became the Dean of Huron and Rector of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, Ontario in January 1988. The Rt. Rev. Bruce Howe was enthroned as the 11th Bishop of Huron on the 30th of November 2000.
In June 2007, he was one of 4 nominees for Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
He leaves without making a decision on the blessing of homosexual marriage. At the May Synod the majority of clergy and lay delegates voted in favour of blessing of homosexual marriage. Bishop Howe announced that he
would be discussing the motion with his fellow bishops and that he would make a decision after returning from his first mini-sabbatical scheduled from June 15 to September 30.
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Sat, Jun 28th - 8:14AM
Lambeth Conference
 The Lambeth Conference is held every 10 years when the more than 800 bishops of the Anglican Communion meet. Bishop John Travers Lewis, first Bishop of Ontario, suggested the first conference held in 1867 or, if not so, he certainly was one of its original promoters.
This year's conference begins in Canterbury, Kent July 16 and continues until August 3. Events will take place at Canterbury Cathedral and on the University of Kent at Canterbury campus. July 24, the bishops and their spouses will spend the day in London where activities will be hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace and by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
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Tue, Jun 24th - 11:24AM
Trinity Anglican, Digby, Nova Scotia
  Digby, Nova Scotia was named for Admiral Robert Digby, commander of the HMS Atlanta, which had brought United Empire Loyalists to the area in 1783. Loyalist settlers built the original church on the site of Trinity Anglican in 1788.
Trinity Anglican Church, Digby, Nova Scotia was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990. Built in 1878, it was designed by American architect Stephen C. Earle in the Gothic Revival style.
Ship builder, M.L. Oliver, oversaw the construction of the wooden interior. Magnificent stained glass in all of the main windows contribute to the beauty and serenity of this historic worship space. Loyalists and their descendants are buried in the small graveyard that adjoins the church.
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