The following is a digest compiled from General Synod email updates over the past week, presented chronologically (oldest to newest).

• 2021 Lenten resources available on anglican.ca
• Primate featured in Prayer Journey's daily prayer for hope via Lambeth Conference
• Reminder: Resources for World Interfaith Harmony Week available
• Ecumenical letter on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Philippines
• Last call: Send in your contributions for the next Gospel Jamboree
• Newest episode of Sacred Teachings podcast: A Blue Horse

From the Anglican Journal

• COVID-19 and global hunger: a Zimbabwe case study
• COVID-19’s impossible choices: What is the church’s ministry to the dying? Written nearly a year ago, this piece by the Rt. Rev. William Cliff (Diocese of Brandon) remains ever-relevant.
• February issue considers Black lives and Christianity
• Puzzled by God: Nancy Coombs reflects on the ways in which a puzzle, Susan B. Anthony and the pandemic converged to bring her closer to God.

Around the dioceses / Regional

• AFC thanks donors for overwhelming response to annual fundraising effort  via Anglican Foundation of Canada
• Together at a distance via Rupert's Land News
• Connected to her ancestors via Diocese of Fredericton
• Long-time friend accepts honour for ecumenism via Diocese of Edmonton
• Do you remember Dolph Carty? via Diocese of Fredericton
• Episcopal cross and ring via Diocese of New Westminster
• The ordination of a bishop: John R. Stephens ordained coadjutor bishop via Diocese of New Westminster
• Popular Calgary priest and community advocate becomes first woman bishop of BC diocese via Diocese of British Columbia
• A letter to provincial and federal ministers of transportation about Orleans Express via Diocese of Quebec
• Diocese of Algoma Synod 2021: Revised dates

In the media

• Father Don MacDonald honoured by Anglicans for ecumenism efforts via Grandin Media
• Quebec religious groups have mixed reactions to latest gathering guidelines via Global News
• CERB repayment could leave vulnerable N.W.T. residents at risk, say advocates via CBC North

Across the globe

• The forgotten Hongkonger who became the world's first female Anglican priest via South China Morning Post: Read about the controversial and inspiring history of the Rev. Florence Li Tim-oi.
• 'Last week I added 180 crosses' - sadness as cathedral Covid memorial grows via Eastern Daily Press (UK)
• For many [U.S.] schools, the Master of Divinity degree is moving online for good via Religion News Service
• WCC on Holocaust Remembrance Day: “a permanent and indelible reality” via World Council of Churches
• Maryland church donates $500K in reparations to ‘atone’ for slavery via New York Post
• Presiding Bishop joins call for Christians to counter Christian nationalism during webinar via Episcopal News Service
• Idaho church featured in Sundance film about reconciliation after school shooting via Episcopal News Service
• Anglican Consultative Council COO David White steps down via Anglican Communion News Service
• South African religious leaders join campaign to push US government to address global vaccine shortage via World Council of Churches

Upcoming

• Thursday, February 4, 1pm ET (online): Praying with PWRDF, including guest reflector Bishop Riscylla Shaw (Diocese of Toronto). Registration required. Read more...
• Friday, February 5, 10am PT (online): Understanding Jesus means understanding Judaism, via Vancouver School of Theology. Read more...
• Friday, February 5, 1pm ET (online): Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada Facebook Live Prayer Event. Read more...
• Saturday, February 6, 10am PT (online): Science & Spirit Salon Series—How do we know what we know? Read more...
• Monday, February 8, 11am ET (online): Food Security in the time of COVID-19, hosted by PWRDF. Read more...
• Wednesday, February 10, 7:30pm ET (online): 10th Anniversary Celebration of Full Communion between the Episcopal and Moravian Churches. Read more...
• Thursday, February 11, 7:30pm ET (online): Flourishing Congregations for Today and Tomorrow, with Dr. Joel Thiessen, hosted by Huron at Western. Read more...

View / Listen

• Update to the diocese via Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador

Resources

• Illuminating the Middle Ages via St. Augustine's (Diocese of Calgary)

Thoughts / Reflections

• A life of conversion via Montreal Dio
• Journey with my father: May 1937 (reflection by the Rev. Canon Dr. Herbert O'Driscoll) via Diocese of New Westminster
• Church is God, people, community — and it’s not closed during COVID-19 via TVO
• "Must we do Lent this year?" via Living Faith (A ministry of Virginia Theological Seminary)
• The struggle is real via Ministry Matters: We have now been living in “pandemictide” for longer than we would have hoped or expected, writes the Rev. Dr. Kyle Norman. He looks at Psalm 62 for guidance in navigating the hardships we sometimes face.

Prayer

Anglican-Lutheran Cycle of Prayer

This week, we pray for:

Sunday, February 7

• ACC – The Rt. Rev. John Watton, Bishop, and the people and clergy of the Diocese of Central Newfoundland
• ELCIC – The dean, council, and congregations of the Two Rivers, Nith Valley and Niagara Areas of the Eastern Synod

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer

This week, we pray for:

• Tuesday, February 2: The Diocese of Aluakluak – The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
• Wednesday, February 3: The Diocese of Amazônia – Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
• Thursday, February 4: The Diocese of Amichi – The Church of Nigeria
• Friday, February 5: The Diocese of Amritsar – The (united) Church of North India
• Saturday, February 6: The Diocese of Andaman & Car Nicobar Islands – The (united) Church of North India
• Sunday, February 7: The Anglican Church of Burundi
• Monday, February 8: The Diocese of Saint Andrews Dunkeld & Dunblane – The Scottish Episcopal Church
• Tuesday, February 9: The Anglican Missionary District – Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil