Holy Cross, Calgary:

Archbishop Greg Kerr-Wilson, after consultation with the Search Committee and Wardens of Holy Cross, is pleased to appoint The Rev. Simba Mutandwa as their new Incumbent, as of June 1, 2024.  Please pray for Rev. Simba and the people of Holy Cross as they continue to journey forward in faith together.

Ordinations:

Archbishop Greg is pleased to announce that, God willing, he will ordain to the Diaconate Grace Elgersma, of St. Leonard-on-the-Hill, Red Deer and David Smith, of St. Barnabas, Three Hills, both of whom will be Transitional Deacons.  The Service of Ordination will take place at St. Leonard's, Red Deer, on Tuesday, June 11 at 7:00 pm.  Please pray for Grace and David as they prepare for their new ministries.  Color for this event will be Red.

Archbishop Greg is pleased to announce that, God willing, he will ordain to the Diaconate Ruth-Anne Marley, of All Saints, Cochrane and Mike Black, of St. Martin, Calgary.  Ruth-Anne will be a Vocational Deacon while Mike will be a Transitional Deacon.  At this same service, The Rev. Deacon Margaret Hogarth of Church of the Good Shepherd, Calgary, and The Rev. Deacon Rob Petkau, of St. Peter, Calgary will be ordained as Priests.  The Service of Ordination will take place at St. Peter, Calgary, on Saturday, June 29 at 3:00 pm.  Please pray for Ruth-Anne, Mike, Margaret and Rob as they prepare for their new ministries.  Color for this event will be Red.

May 14 to 16 - Clergy Conference at Waterton Park

May 17 - Management Committee meeting

May 19 - Confirmation Service at St. George, Calgary

May 22 - Admin & Finance Committee meeting

May 23 to 26 - Provincial Synod 

May 30 - Education for Ministry Graduation - St. George, Calgary

June 1 - Deacons' Day at Holy Cross, Calgary

June 2 - Confirmation Service at Christ Church, Millarville

June 4 - Diocesan Council meeting

Please hold Archbishop Greg in your prayers as he serves as our Bishop and Metropolitan.

Primate Linda Nicholls informed The Anglican Church of Canada that she has offered her resignation as of September 15, prior to her reaching the mandatory retirement age.

The Most Reverend Gregory Kerr-Wilson is inviting applications for the position of Incumbent Priest of St. Michael Anglican parish in Canmore, Alberta.

For more information, or to request a parish profile please contact the Executive Officer. 

Clergy will be required to submit a current resume as well as a written response to the parish profile.

Clergy from other dioceses are required to have the permission of their own diocesan bishop before applying.

Applications will be received until May 31, 2024.

The Most Reverend Gregory Kerr-Wilson is inviting applications for the position of Incumbent Priest of Holy Trinity Anglican parish in Calgary, Alberta.

For more information, or to request a parish profile please contact the Executive Officer. 

Clergy will be required to submit a current resume as well as a written response to the parish profile.

Clergy from other dioceses are required to have the permission of their own diocesan bishop before applying.

Applications will be received until June 7, 2024.

Parishes in the Diocese are reminded that, under the Income Tax Act, every registered charity (parish) must file a Registered Charity Information Return each year, and it must be filed no later than six months after the end of the charity's fiscal period.  For example, for a charity with a fiscal period ending on December 31, the return is due by June 30.  Failure to submit a Registered Charity Return may result in your Parish losing its Registered Charity status, leaving your parish unable to issue tax receipts or apply for GST rebates for the period that it is without a Registered Charity number.

Parishes with a fiscal year ending on or before December 30, 2023 need to use the T3010-version 23 form.  Parishes with a fiscal year ending on or after December 31, 2023, need to use the T3010-version 24 form.  If the incorrect version of the form is used, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will reject it and you will need to resubmit it using the correct form.

The process of re-applying for Charitable status is long and arduous, so please use the correct form and submit your Registered Charity Information Return on time.

The Parish of St. Peter in Okotoks has two summer jobs available, funded by the Canada Summer Jobs program.

If you or someone you know would be interested, please click the button below.

The Anglican Diocese of Calgary will be celebrating the baptismal ministries of three graduates from its Education for Ministry (EfM) program in 2024.

Archbishop Greg will lead a Service of Eucharist and Blessing on the evening of Thursday, May 30, at 7:00 pm at St. George Anglican Church, Calgary.  All are welcome, including present/past students and inquirers.  There will be a time of refreshment and fellowship following the Service.  In order to plan for refreshments, an RSVP to the EfM Coordinator would be appreciated.

It is with absolute delight that we announce we have been granted Charity status by the CRA!  This means that we will be able to issue tax receipts for all monetary donations.  We can now accept e-transfers made through our email address - foodbank@stedmundscalgary.org.  In order to issue tax receipts, donors must provide a Name, Address, and Postal Code in the message area of the e-transfer.  We do still accept cheques, as well.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Nick Vanderkooy who has taken on the role of handling our finances - thank you Nick!

Our Annual Garage Sale will take place on Saturday, June 1, rain or shine.  For anyone working on spring cleaning, we would be happy to accept household items.  Donations can be dropped off Mondays or Thursdays from 9:00 am to 12 noon at 8336 - 34 Avenue NW.  We are restricted for space, but we would be happy to accept larger items such as furniture, on Friday, May 31.

We are very appreciative of the support we receive from individuals, families and parishes.

Please join us at King's Fold Retreat & Renewal Centre for a time of spiritual reflection and retreat led by The Rev. Chris Roth.

More information and how to register can be found at the St. Leonard's Anglican Church Facebook page.

To celebrate "Worldwide Knit in Public Day", knitters are invited to bring a knitting project, a lawn chair, a hat and a water bottle, and join us in front of the main doors of the church to work on prayer shawls or a personal project. If you wish to crochet or do hand work, you are welcome, too.

This activity will not only give knitters an opportunity to work on something wonderful and build community, but also offer outreach to anyone passing by as we highlight our Prayer Shawl ministry.

We also challenge other parishes to hold their own "Knit In Public" events and we’d love to see pictures! For more information about this project, please contact Rev. Carol Tubman or tel: (403) 630-9104.

 If the weather is inclement, the event will be held inside.

More information is available by emailing the AFP Committee.

Please pray for this gathering, as folks from all over the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land gather, discern, worship and fellowship together.  

May the Lord strengthen and inspire each delegate as they meet to discuss issues for the growth of God's Kingdom and the future of this Province.

With smoke covering our province and reports of community evacuations, we are well aware of the danger and destruction of the wildfires occuring throughout Alberta.

We ask for prayers for the more northerly parishes of our Diocese, especially Church of the Epiphany, Rimbey and Holy Trinity, Rocky Mountain House.  We also lift up the parishes within The Diocese of Edmonton and The Diocese of Athabasca, as they endure these difficult situations within their boundaries.

Lord God, where there is anxiety and insecurity, bring your peace and comfort.  Where there is physical destruction, send your strength.  Where there is evacuation and displacement, send clarity and organization.  We thank you for providing trained firefighters, skilled caregivers, and loving charities to provide hope and support to those in need.

Send your rain upon this land.  We ask all this in your powerful name.  Amen.

Mental Health is a vital topic for clergy and leadership in today's church ministry.

This workshop will offer an agenda of lectures and breakout workshops to cover a wide variety of topics to speak to today's mental health issues.

Here's what you can expect:

1. Learn about the latest care resources and tools

2. Gain knowledge from Canadian experts

3. Connect with peer ministry leaders

4. Ask questions live during our breakout sessions

Join diverse mission and ministry leaders across Canada and find ways to be better equipped to support the mental health of your community.

Organ to give away:

The parish of St. John the Evangelist, Claresholm has an organ that is available to a good home.  If you could use this item, please contact the Diocese Office.

Video Lamp Kits:

Two brand new video lamp kits are available to a good home.  If your parish records service videos and you could use these, please contact The Rev. Eyad Ajji.

Theology Books:

A retired priest has several theology books to give away to a good home.  The collection includes liturgical resources.  If you would be interested in this collection, please contact the Diocese Office.

On May 24, 1959, The Rev. Mac Jones began his ministerial career as an ordained deacon, and a year later, on May 26, 1960, he was ordained as Priest.

We celebrate the 65 years that the Lord has worked through Mac's ministry, and pray for many more.

Congratulations Mac!

Our Primate Linda Nicholls encourages Anglicans throughout Canada to consider a Sunday to recognize the refugees and internally displaced people of the world.  

She writes, "15 of our 30 dioceses are Sponsorship Agreement Holders (SAHs) with Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), enabling them to privately sponsor refugees to come to Canada."  Prayer and worship resources are being developed and will be available on the PWRDF website and sent to the Refugee Coordinators in early May.  

For more information, please contact Suzanne Rumsey, Public Engagement Program Coordinator at PWRDF.

The Canadian Anglican Cursillo Secretariat invites you to join Cursillistas from across Canada for their Trienniel Gathering.

Our host this year will be The Diocese of British Columbia, at St. Paul Anglican Church in downtown Nanaimo and The Anglican parish of St. Philip in Cedar.

Key Note Speaker will be our Primate Linda Nicholls.  The theme for this year's gathering is Romans 12:1-2.

The Anglican Foundation of Canada continues to promote many initiatives, including the Say Yes! to Kids campaign, partnering with the Primate's World Relief Development Fund and Giving with Grace to champion transformative ministry through "Grow Your Legacy," and planning for their AGM in Edmonton on May 22. 

A New Fund has been established in the name of Archbishop Linda to honor her "great contribution to the ministry of the Anglican Church of Canada and the wider church over the years."   The Archbishop Linda Nicholls Theological Education Fund will provide bursaries for theological education to women in Canada.  To find out more, click here.

Young Life of Canada, a Christian mission focussing on teens, has a part-time position for someone who is First Nations, Metis or Inuit to work with us.  Start date would be in September.  This position would be for two years, with a 20-25 hour work week.  

For more information on Young Life of Canada and this position, please go to their website.

This event has been postponed until the fall.  Please watch for details later this year.

Once again, there have been several phishing attempts reported to the Diocesan Office.  If you receive a request from Archbishop Greg, a clergy person or one of our staff asking for your help or the purchase of gift cards, and you are suspicious, please do not respond and delete the email.

Phishing emails may look extremely authentic. Here are some tips on how to protect your confidential personal information:  

·         Do not click on links OR open attachments in emails or messages from people that you do not know.

·         Remember that the Archbishop or the staff would never ask you for assistance in this way.

·         Look out for spelling or grammatical errors.

·         Check the sender’s email address or the Reply email address. Is this address the same as you would usually see from this person or organization?

·         Be cautious with any unexpected messages. When in doubt, delete. 

These emails are not harmful to your computer, just annoying. 

Please remember in your prayers:

- for peace within our country, and in the world, for victims of violence, war and natural disasters, and for areas of unrest and riots.  We ask for wise discernment in our leaders;

- for those who are sick, suffering, isolated or in need.  We ask for prayers for Barbara, Joan, Dan, Karen, Elizabeth, Ruth and James, Kate, Rosemary, Janet, Winnie, David and Gay, Victoria, and Michelle;

- for those who have died and those who mourn, remembering the friends and families of Janice and Dennis;

- for the poor, the homeless, and the needy in our communities;

- for our Indigenous brothers and sisters, and their leaders in our diocese and country; 

- for the areas of our province experiencing wildfires and evacuations;

- for refugees, remembering those fleeing regimes around the world.

- and we offer thanksgiving for healing for Beth.

Request a prayer:

Send prayer requests to ctubman@calgary.anglican.ca to let us know how we can pray for you.  We will only use first names which will be removed after two or three weeks.  We will also pray for you during our regular Chapel services each week.  Please ensure that you have permission from those whose names you are submitting for prayer, and that they understand their name will be made public to all who subscribe to the Newsletter.

We are interested in what is happening in your parish and would love to highlight those events and news in our newsfeed.

We look forward to your contributions - feel free to forward your event announcements, your parish news, your stories.  Send in your details and pictures to ctubman@calgary.anglican.ca.