The seasons of Advent and Christmas remind us that we probably should not try to explain and define exactly what’s going on in the...
Archbishop Linda Nicholls could not hide her excitement: "I have never seen the cathedral so full! The joy in the loud 'IT IS!’ when...
Former Huron bishops who were present at the service on January 25 react on the seating of Rt. Rev. Robert Todd Townshend as the 14th...
From Andra O'Neil's sermon at the Service of Ordination, Consecration and Seating of Rev. Canon Dr. Todd Townshend as the 14th Bishop...
Bishop Todd Townshend gathers his thoughts while waiting to start the worship section of this year’s virtual Synod. “Nothing normal”...
Bishop Todd Townshend and Canon James Ferguson: the first online Synod of the Diocese of Huron By Rev. Dr. Justin Comber On...
Rev. Justin Comber and Rev. Andra Townshend O’Neill were ordained to the order of priest at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London on...
Bishop Todd on the theme of Huron Synod gathering for 2020 By Bishop Todd Townshend The year of our Lord 2020 is going to stay in our...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Philippians 1: 3-6 I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every...
Dear Clergy and People of the Diocese of Huron, Ever since my ordination to the diaconate, and before, the Anglican Church in our...
Transcript of Bishop Todd Townshend’s video message for the week of June 14, 2020 By Bishop Todd Townshend Among many other things...
Statement from Rt. Rev. Dr. Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron, on June 2, 2020: As part of our Baptismal Covenant, Anglicans promise to...
By Bishop Todd Townshend It is possible that you are reading this issue of the Huron Church News in “Ascensiontide”—that ten-day...
By Bishop Todd Townshend We are only part way through this challenging season of COVID-19 but I thought it may help to quickly...
By Bishop Todd Townshend We have been through an unsettling time and we are still going through it. This battle against “COVID-19” has...
Bishop Todd Townshend’s update on our worship life March 24, 2020 Dear friends in Christ, A little less than two weeks ago, we...
Friday March 13, 2020 To be distributed to all people of the Diocese of Huron Dear friends in Christ, A lot has changed in the two...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Thanksgiving and praise. This was my first response to our celebration on January 25 at St. Paul’s Cathedral...
“WE HAVE A BISHOP”: Bishop elect Dr. Todd Townshend at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, Ontario, October 26, 2019 LONDON, October 26,...
We have a bishop: the moment Archbishop Anne Germond announced that Rev. Canon Todd Townshend has won the majority of votes. The...
By Rev. Canon Dr. Todd Townshend, Bishop-Elect Grace to You, and Peace! To the church of God that is in Huron, grace to you and peace...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Those who attended Synod in September or read reports in the Huron Church News since, will know that I’ve...
Grace and peace to you, With the announcement that the Province on Ontario is moving into a shutdown as of we will have to...
Grace and peace to you, I’m Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron. It’s Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, a time when our gratitude to God...
We come now to the end of our series on the book of Genesis with a look at Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel. Starting in chapter...
After two weeks of focus on these stories through the lens of the women, the matriarchs, of the stories in Genesis, the last two...
Last week we had a closer look at Eve and Sarah. This week we’re paying closer attention to Hagar and then we’ll shift to the next...
As I mentioned two weeks ago, I hoped to stop and briefly take a look at these Genesis stories from the perspective of three women. I...
The first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis are so loaded with meaningful images that “it’s taking forever!” you might say,...
For three weeks in a row, the Sunday lectionary epistle readings are from Paul’s letter to the Romans, Chapter 8. There, Paul turns...
The Lord be with you, I’m Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron. By this Sunday, July 12, those following the lectionary readings will have...
The Lord be with you, I’m Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron. For the next nine weeks we’re going to read our way through the book...
I’m speaking to you today from my office in downtown London, near the Cathedral, where not too many people are today because...
This is from the letter to the Romans, chapter 6. Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ...
Among many other things this week, while living in the time of a global pandemic, the wave of protests against racism continued, and...
Grace and peace to you. I’m Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron. I’d like to start with this: We’re going to: oppose structural...
Grace and peace to you. I have a short update to begin this weekly video along with parts of a letter to read, from Bishop Marinez of...
Grace and peace be with you. My guess is that by the time I record this video next week, there will be more to say regarding updates...
Well, we’re coming into the fourth week of Easter in the Western Christian calendar, the beginning of May, and seven weeks since we...
Happy Easter! I’m glad that people are still tuning in and I will do my best to support your life of faith in a time of very different...
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Recorded at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, Ontario on Saturday, March 14, 2020 The Right Reverend Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron,...
About a year ago, we knew of the novel coronavirus that would cause COVID-19 but we didn’t know much about what it would do to life...
By Bishop Todd Townshend In Part One of this reflection on Christian mission in our time, I suggested that we are right to focus on...
By Bishop Todd Townshend On Good Friday, a public intellectual and scientist in the UK tweeted a short comment making fun of those who...
Bishop of Huron Rt. Rev. Todd Townshend urged Premier of Ontario Doug Ford on April 26 to fight for paid sick days for essential...
By Bishop Todd Townshend For seven straight Sundays in the season of Easter, we’ve heard a passage from that unique book in the bible,...
By Allie McDougall The 181st Synod of the Diocese of Huron opened on Sunday, May 16 with worship service live streamed from St. Paul’s...
By Bishop Todd Townshend The book of Acts is like the book of Genesis. “following Willi James Jennings’ commentary on Acts, WJK,...
Celebrant and Preacher The Right Reverend Todd TownshendBishop of Huron 7th Sunday of EasterSynod Service & Collation of...
June 8, 2021 Dear people of God in the Diocese of Huron, After fifteen months of loss due to a new virus (SARS-CoV-2), after a...
June 6, 2021 Dear friends, It has been just over a week since the discovery of the bodies of 215 Indigenous children at the site of...
LONDON, ONTARIO, July 22 – The Diocese of Huron supports the Six Nations of the Grand River Council and survivors in calling for a...
On Sunday, July 11, Bishop Todd Townshend joined the congregation of St. George’s, The Anglican Parish of The Blue Mountains for...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Like everyone else, I am constantly learning as I walk with God as a disciple of Jesus. A Christian disciple...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon The Bishop’s Prayer Conference in May 2021 of the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer (Huron) was led by Rev. Dr....
By Bishop Todd Townshend By now, the COVID-19 pandemic has frayed the last nerves of most of the population. If it hasn’t brought...
The third time proved to be a charm on Saturday, September 18, as parishioners at St. John-in-the Wilderness, Bright’s Grove, dedicated...
By Bishop Todd Townshend In the first week of November, the clergy of our diocese gathered in Stratford for the first “Bishop’s Clergy...
Bishop Townshend announces that the following will be called to the Diaconate at a service of Ordination to be held on Tuesday,...
THE ORDINATION OF Brendon Robert Baxter Bedford Stephanie Manson Donaldson Frances Jean Doyle Gilles Hache Donald Craig Love...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Grace and peace to you as we approach the seasons of Christmas and Epiphany! An update on proposed changes...
Grace and peace to you as we transition from this holy season of Advent to the celebration of the Christmas season. I’m Todd...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Many organizations, including Anglican churches, spend part of January planning for the future. Part of our...
I do not worry about communities in our diocese where the planning is being done one way or the other. The danger comes when...
By Bishop Todd Townshend This year, the beginning of April sees the end of the season of Lent and the beginning of our holiest time of...
April 20, 2022 Dear members of the Diocese of Huron, Today we received the news that Archbishop Mark MacDonald has resigned as...
182nd Synod of the Diocese of Huron started on Sunday, May 15 with the opening service at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, Ontario. It...
SYNOD 2022 - WHERE WE ARE By Bishop Todd Townshend Each annual Synod is, among other things, like a snapshot in time of where we are...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Peter saw a vision: “I was praying . . . and there was something like a large sheet coming down from heaven,...
By Rev. Ann Webber The 182nd Synod of the Diocese of Huron began with a barbecue and Synod Service at The Cathedral Church of Saint...
On Tuesday, May 31, Bishop Todd Townshend ordained Rev. Jean Doyle and Rev. Ann Webber to the priesthood. The service of ordination...
On Saturday, June 4, Bishop Todd Townshend ordained Rev. Brendon Bedford, Rev. Gilles Haché and Rev. Carol McCurdy to the priesthood....
By Bishop Todd Townshend From July 25 to August 8 of this year, I was honoured to attend the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, UK,...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Following on the Lambeth Conference this summer, I am encouraged by many of the outcomes. Perhaps the best...
Dear friends, Like you, I have heard the sad news of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen was a...
A Diocesan Service of Remembrance for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 7pm at the...
A Diocesan memorial service for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will be held at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Ontario, with...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Sometimes we need to be reminded to remember. On September 30, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation...
On Sunday, October 23, 2022, The Memorial of James of Jerusalem, Bishop Todd Townshend called the following to the Diaconate at a...
By Bishop Todd Townshend “Be steadfast in faith, joyful in hope, and untiring in love all the days of your life . . .” These words...
By Bishop Todd Townshend After the season of Advent with its poetic focus on God’s future and God’s merciful promises, and through...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Despite the promise of a new year, many of us are already feeling exhausted. It’s nothing new to feel a...
By Bishop Todd Townshend The season of Lent is often taken as an opportunity to grow more deeply into a life of faith. As the...
By Rev. Sarah Armstrong “Does God have a plan?” “What is your position on open table and the theology behind it?” “How can we use...
Service will be in-person and livestreamed from the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul on Sunday, May 28th, 2023 at 4:30pm. To view the...
Called to the Priesthood at a service of Ordination on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London: The...
By Bishop Todd Townshend In the celebrations of Holy Week and Easter, God reveals the deep love that is continually poured out for us...
On Sunday, March 5, Rev. Canon Lance Smith, associate clergy and congregation welcomed Bishop Townshend on his first official episcopal...
By Bishop Todd Townshend At the end of this month, delegates from across the Diocese of Huron will gather in London for our annual...
Bishop Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy: the champion of diversity Bishop Lusa’s visit will be a real gift to us. He was born in the Democratic...
183rd Synod of the Diocese of Huron started on Sunday, May 28 with the opening service at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, Ontario. ...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Centuries before Jesus’ time, perhaps the most devastating experience for God's people Israel was “The...
By Charlotte Toyne At 4:30 PM, on Pentecost Sunday, May 28, 2023, the 183rd Synod meeting began. The pews of St. Paul's Cathedral...
ASSEMBLY 2023 June 27 - July 2 The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada andSpecial Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran...
This is Huron! The Diocese of Huron will host 2025 General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada. This short promotional video gives...
APPOINTMENTS Bishop Townshend appoints the Reverend Diana Boland as the Assistant Curate to the Rector for St. James’, St. Marys, St....
COLLATION Bishop Townshend will collate the Venerable Dr. Stephen McClatchie as the Archdeacon, Episcopal Office on the Feast of St....
COMMISSARYArchdeacon Tanya Phibbs will be Commissary for Bishop Townshend from August 6 through August 19 while he is on vacation....
APPOINTMENTS Bishop Townshend appoints the Revd Matthew Kieswetter as the Chaplain and Coordinator for Post-Ordination Training, as of...
By Bishop Todd Townshend From June 27 to July 2 the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada met in Calgary, Alberta. The...
APPOINTMENTS Bishop Townshend is pleased to announce that Ms. Jacqueline Davison began a one-year appointment as...
COMMISSARYArchdeacon Tanya Phibbs will act as Commissary for Bishop Todd Townshend while he is on vacation from August 28th until...
SABBATICAL LEAVE Bishop Townshend has informed the Diocesan Council that he will be on a period of sabbatical leave from 1 January...
NEW CANON Bishop Townshend names the Reverend Dr Greg Jenkins a Canon of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, with immediate effect.Canon...
APPOINTMENTS Bishop Townshend appoints the Reverend Sarah Armstrong and the Reverend Michael DeKay as Domestic Chaplains to the Bishop...
INDUCTIONS On behalf of Bishop Townshend, the Venerable Jane Humphreys inducted the Reverend Ryan Boivin as the Rector of St....
APPOINTMENTBishop Townshend appoints the Reverend Canon Dr. Kevin George as the Dean and Rector of the Cathedral Church of St....
APPOINTMENTSBishop Townshend appoints the Venerable Sam Thomas as the Interim Priest-in-charge of the Cathedral Church...
As we continue to pray for peace, we join our voices with the words of Archbishop Hosam. A Prayer from The Most Reverend Hosam...
APPOINTMENTBishop Townshend appoints the Reverend Canon William (“Bill”) Ward as the Rector of St. John the Evangelist, London,...
APPOINTMENTBishop Townshend appoints the Reverend Enrique Martinez as the Rector of St. Andrew Memorial Church, London,...
The OrdinationofDiana Mary Boland, B.A. (Econ), CPA,CMA, M.T.S, M.Div.Patrick Thomas Martin, B.Mus., M.Div.to bePriestsin Christ’s Holy...
Bishop Townshend will preside at aservice of Consecration forAll Saints’ Church, Waterloo,400 Northfield Dr W.,on the Commemoration of...
CLICK HERE FOR THE LIVESTREAM Bishop Townshend announces that the following will be called to the Presbyterate at a service of...
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