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.

Join Archbishop Greg and the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer for a day of Lenten meditations and prayer.

Our relationship with God is one of the most important relationships we have.  Yet so often the frenetic activity of life leaves us with little time to meditate on this.  This Lenten Season, why not take one day to re-connect with God's presence in your life. Connect. Pray with the Community.  Sooth your soul.  

Register by emailing FellowshipPrayerCalgary@gmail.com.  Please list all dietary needs with Registration.

We are so grateful to the good people of St. Augustine, Lethbridge, Holy Trinity, Calgary, and St. Luke, Red Deer for helping host our Town Halls.  The food, hospitality and welcome were second to none!

We are pleased to let you know that the attendance was amazing.  We had 50 attend in Lethbridge, 70 attend in Calgary, and 48 attend in Red Deer.  That is record numbers, so thank you so much to all who came out.

We have also received terrific feedback which we are working through and will be using in order to further improve future events and our overall work in the Diocese.

Images of Spirituality is a group of ecumenical Christian women of all ages who gather once a year to learn, discuss, listen, sing, worship and reflect together.  

This year (our 30th gathering) our theme is "Praying Outside the Lines."  To learn more about this Weekend, visit our website here.

Come to the Mount!  This preached silent retreat comes at a perfect time - the weekend before Palm Sunday.  Do you crave a quiet weekend away?  A weekend of God's presence?  Time to take a walk in the woods?  Delicious home-cooked meals prepared by someone else?  Your room is waiting.

All are welcome.  Please join us.  You'll be glad you did!

Friday dinner to Sunday after lunch, April 5 to 7.  This year's theme is, "Who do you say that I am?"  $195 but no one is turned away.  Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre is at 41160 Retreat Road, Cochrane.  To register or if you have questions, contact Leon or Statia Demers at (403) 242-1332 or email leon-statia@shaw.ca.

The Health Care Office of the RC Diocese of Calgary is pleased to offer this one-day workshop, with presenter Cindy Bond, Community Education Specialist at the Alzheimer Society of Calgary.  Particular attention will be focussed on Person-Centred Care, the stages of the disease, communications, and tools and strategies for interaction with persons with dementia and their caregivers.  The day goes from 8:30 am (registration and refreshments) to 2:30 pm.  $25, and lunch is included.  Please register with Nicola at (403) 256-8683 or Andie at (403) 218-5501.  For more information, click here.

The Annual Returns that each parish must fill out and submit to the Diocesan Office can be found on our website under Resources/Documents/Annual Return Forms, and we offer fillable forms as well that can be emailed in to the office at diocese@calgary.anglican.ca. 

For the Financial Reports, parishes can submit an Income Statement and a Balance Sheet.  Any questions regarding finances can be directed to the Director of Finance, Lorraine Betts at lbetts@calgary.anglican.ca

Thank you so much to those of you who have sent your Annual Returns in already!  We really appreciate your feedback on the reduced forms.

Missional Footprint Documents
You will notice that there is a document titled “Missional Footprint” which we added to the list of Annual Reporting for 2019. This document can be completed around the time of Annual Statistical Reporting if that works best for your parish.
Our last Synod gave us a mandate to focus on Mission. So, we have created this feedback form which will give us an idea of how your parishes are already carrying out Mission and Ministry. It will also allow us to work with you to achieve your goals and overcome any challenges in this area.  Our Executive Officer, The Rev. Pilar Gateman, would love to come to your parish to help work through the process with you.  What we have seen so far has given us real hope and a sense of how to help us all move into a missional mindset.  Bless you all in your Kingdom work!
If you have any questions about the form or process, please contact pgateman@calgary.anglican.ca

A look at Archbishop Greg's activities over the next few weeks:

Saturday, March 23 - AFP Conference, St. Francis, Airdrie

March 25 to 27 - House of Bishops

March 28 to 29 - Election of Suffragan Bishops, Diocese of the Arctic

March 30 to April 14 - Japan

Friday, March 22 - Investment Committee (12:00 pm)

Saturday, March 23 - AFP Committee (3:00 pm)

Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, Calgary:

Fabric and Book Sale: The Cathedral Choir is holding a Fabric and Book Sale on Saturday, March 23 from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm in the Parish Hall (600 - 1st Street SE).  There will be a $2 general admission charge for this cash-only event.  On sale will be a wide range of fabrics, patterns, sewing notions, thread and yarn, as well as over 1000 books, with a wide selection of fiction from authors such as John Grisham, Tom Clancy, J.K. Rowling and Nora Roberts, as well as non-fiction: biographies, memoirs, recipe books, history, music and religion.  For children and young adults, there is a large variety of fiction and educational resources.  Proceeds help to fund choir activities including choir tours, outreach, and professional development events.  Click here for details.

Handel's Messiah: The Message of the Music:  Tuesday, April 9, at 7:00 pm, join Director of Music Dr. Neil Cockburn for a lecture on Handel's Messiah, which was originally conceived as a Lenten work.  You won't want to miss what promises to be an informative and entertaining evening.  This will be in the Parish Hall (600 - 1st Street SE).

Holy Cross, Calgary: 

Lectio Divina: All are invited to The Anglican Parish of Holy Cross for an evening of silence, prayer and biblical meditation.   An Evening of Lectio Divina will be held on the second Tuesday of every month, starting at 6:30 pm, next on April 9.  Everyone is welcome.  

John Bell - Ancient and Ever-New: Spirituality in the 21st Century March 22 to 24

John L. Bell is a preacher, hymnwriter, composer, lecturer and broadcaster.  An ordained minister of the Church of Scotland and a member of the Iona Community, John is a member of the committee that produced the ground-breaking Church Hymnary 4.  He has produced many collections of liturgy, scripts, sermons and reflections, original hymns and songs, and three collections of songs of the World Church, and is primarily concerned with the renewal of congregational worship at a grass-roots level.  He will give a Friday evening lecture, "Ancient and Ever New...an Introduction to Celtic Spirituality" on March 22, a Saturday workshop entitled "Music, Liturgy and Imagination" on March 23, and will preach at St. Laurence on Sunday, March 24 at 10:00 am.  Tickets are $35 for Friday only.  Saturday's event is sold out.  To register, click here.

Registration can also be done by calling (403) 249-6184 ext 2. 

For more information on Wisdom Centre events click here.

The All Saints Family Centre Society is a registered non-profit society connected to All Saints Anglican Church in Cochrane, providing community outreach.  We offer a variety of courses, workshops and retreats, as well as space for rent for courses, speakers and retreat days.  For more information or a tour of the facility, please contact Elizabeth Short at (403) 660-5636, or email Karen and Elizabeth at allsaintsretreatcentre@outlook.com.

Mindfulness and Meditation: beginning Tuesdays, March 12, 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Give yourself the gift of time for quiet and contemplation each week.  Spend an hour connecting with the Divine, being still, and finding fellowship and connection.

The Spring Cursillo Weekend for Men will be held from Thursday, April 11 to Sunday, April 14.  The Weekend for Women will be held from Thursday, April 25 to Sunday, April 28.  Please consider sponsoring someone to attend, and pray for both teams and candidates.  For more information, go to www.cursillo.ab.ca

The Parish of Holy Cross, Calgary has six burial plots in Mountain View Cemetery (1515 - 100 Street SE, Calgary) for sale.  Similar open plots in the mature part of the cemetery vary in price from $3885 to $7245 each.  Each plot includes the right for one casket and two ash urns, or no casket and three ash urns.  If you are interested, please contact John at (403) 288-7636.  

Anyone wishing to continue receiving paper issues of the Anglican Journal by mail must confirm their subscription by June 1.  A toll-free number has been set up for calls: 1-866-333-0959.  In addition, parishioners can email yes@national.anglican.ca or confirm by mail at: Anglican Journal, 80 Hayden St, Toronto, ON   M4Y 3G2   You may also fill in the on-line form, available here.

Your cooperation is appreciated and will help the Anglican Church of Canada update its membership lists.

Sorrento Centre Summer Programs:

Now is the time to start planning your summer visit to Sorrento in the beautiful Shuswap.  Click here to visit the website and review summer offerings.  We look forward to welcoming you to the Centre!  Also on the website are employment opportunities for a Farm Manager or Summer Youth Staff for 15-20 people.

Camp Kuriakos: Renew Women's Retreat:

This is an Invitation to Transformation.  We all have our own unique spark.  When we ignite our passion, our spark can ignite the passion of others.  Come join us as, through prayer, silence, meditation and fellowship, we respoind to the transforming grace of God.  Retreat Leader is Terrie Coombs, Spiritual Director from Calgary.  April 5 to 7.  To register, click here.

Hope Mission:

Hope Mission is a not-for-profit social care agency caring for men, women, youth, and children experiencing poverty across Alberta.  We offer meal programs, Kids and Youth programs, and Camp Hope.  Founded in 2012, Hope Mission serves over 5,000 meals a month, through community dinners, hot school lunches, kids' dinners, and the Food Bank.  You can help through financial support (donate) or by volunteering (get-involved).

“Almighty God, giver of all good gifts, look on your Church with grace, and guide the minds of those who shall choose a Primate for our beloved Church, that we may receive a faithful servant who will care for your people and support us in our ministries; through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Please remember in your prayers:

- those who are sick or suffering, remembering this week Pauline and Pilar.

- those who have died and those who mourn

- the victims of the New Zealand Mosque shootings and the typhoon in Mozambique

- our Companion Diocese of the Windward Islands, and their Bishop Leopold Friday

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.