Church House Closure Dates
All Church House staff will be off on Monday, 30 June and the office closed that day as well as on Tuesday, 1 July for Canada Day. Normal hours will resume on Wednesday, 2 July.
CONGRATULATIONS
Archdeacon Tanya Phibbs was elected Prolocutor of General Synod for the 2025-2028 triennium. Congratulations and every blessing from Bishop Todd on behalf of the entire Diocese.
APPOINTMENTS
Bishop Townshend appoints the Reverend Canon Tom Patterson as Regional Dean of Huron-Perth, effective 29 June 2025. Tom is the deacon with responsibility for outreach ministry at St James’, Stratford.
Bishop Townshend appoints the Reverend Clare Stewart as the Rector of Holy Trinity, St George, effective 15 August 2025. Clare has recently returned to the Diocese of Huron from the Diocese of Edmonton.
PRAYING FOR BISHOPS
In light of the election of the Most Reverend Shane Parker as the 15th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, the list of Bishops for whom we pray has been updated, effective immediately.
In our intercessions we pray for God’s blessing and wisdom: for Todd, Bishop of Huron, Shane, our Primate, Anne, our Metropolitan, Christopher, National Indigenous Archbishop, and Marinez, Bishop of Amazonia.
The Closing Service and Installation of the New Primate will be held at St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday, 29 June, at 4:30 p.m. The preacher will be the Most Rev. Marinez Bassotto, Bishop of Amazonia and Primate of Brazil.
UPCOMING EVENTS
With the retirement of Davor Milicevic, please send any notices for inclusion in the weekly Upcoming Events email to upcomingevents@huron.anglican.ca.
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul – the “seat” of our Diocese of Huron
- is undergoing a major transformation as it adapts its worship space to become an even more welcoming, accessible, and sustainable space.
Read the Bishop’s message of invitation to join the congregation and community as together we raise funds for the revitalization of St. Paul’s Cathedral at the heart of downtown London, Ontario to make it more welcoming for worship, for gatherings, and for the community.
MEETINGS / EVENTS
Tues: CANADA DAY - Church House will be closed.
Sun: Bishop's Visit - Church of the Redeemer, Oldcastle; Essex Deanery Confirmation, St. Mark's-by-the-Lake, Tecumseh
Please email Juan Rodriguez with the date/time and location of meetings so that they can go on our diocesan calendar.
Juan’s email address is jrodriguez@huron.anglican.ca. As an FYI you can find the diocesan calendar at http://diohuron.org/events/calendar/