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It is an annual New Year's Day tradition for the Anglican Primate to preach at Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa. This year Archbishop Fred Hiltz considers the significance of names and the nameless—from the protestor celebrated by Time magazine to those who call themselves survivors of the residential schools system. Finally, he considers how each Anglican can be a better Christian lover, both through work in Canada and by strengthening ties around the worldwide Anglican Communion.

When Jaylene Johnson talks about hope, she isn't offering up platitudes. The Winnipeg singer-songwriter has been through many ups and downs, including a traumatic car accident in 2004 that left her with what she calls "brutal, daily chronic pain." 

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has written a special message for Christmas 2011. The full text follows.

It has become a welcome Christmas tradition: a joint video message from Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada and National Bishop Susan Johnson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.

If you're recording music in a Winnipeg church in the middle of winter, clanging radiators can be a major problem.

Already, more than 200 people have given hot school lunches to Haitian children through the Anglican Church of Canada's Gifts for Mission gift guide. Simon Chambers, communications coordinator for the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), recently travelled to Haiti and brings back these details to unwrap the gift's full impact. 

This is the second and final week of the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa.

In November 2011, the Council of General Synod (COGS) approved General Synod's 2012 draft budget with a forecast for 2013 and 2014, and a two-year trend (2015 to 2016). 

Today, World AIDS Day 2011, is an occasion for reflection on the reality of AIDS in our world-its impact on those who have the disease and on those who care for them, its personal and social costs and the scourge of discrimination that too often surrounds it. For the years 2011-2015, the world focus is "Getting to Zero"-zero new infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS-related deaths.

A new group of volunteers will help advance the historic partnership between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. The Canadian Companions of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, whose terms of reference were recently approved by the Council of General Synod (COGS), will help connect the two regions through prayer, visits, and financial support.