Celebrating the Book of Common Prayer since 1986
In an exciting development, the Revd. Chris Dow, one of the national Vice-Chairmen of the PBSC, has been appointed as the chaplain of Wycliffe College in Toronto. Fr. Dow describes his experiences since arriving at the College.
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The Rt. Revd. William Cliff, the Bishop of the Diocese of Ontario, recently accepted the invitation of the PBSC to become its new Episcopal Visitor. Bishop Cliff speaks eloquently of the influence of the BCP in his spiritual life.
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PBSC National Chairman the Revd. Canon Dr. Gordon Maitland attended this conference, organized annually by the American Prayer Book Society, and writes about what an enjoyable and inspiring event it was, commenting on two particularly insightful papers that were presented.
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Rory Leishman, a freelance journalist and parishioner of St. George’s, comments on the enduring popularity of choral Evensong, notably among young people, in England and in his home parish.
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Shawn Smith, a member of the Viking Historical Society, describes the efforts of himself and other local volunteers to rescue a lovely historic church from abandonment and neglect, and restore Prayer Book services within it.
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PBSC National Chairman the Revd. Canon Dr. Gordon Maitland reflects upon the “Page 230” traditional language eucharistic rite contained in the Book of Alternative Services, and speculates on the reasons for its inclusion.
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A sermon given on the first Sunday in Lent by the Rev’d David Curry, the rector of Christ Church in Windsor, NS, chaplain and faculty member of King’s-Edgehill School, and one of the PBSC’s longest-serving national Vice-Chairmen.
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This book, produced by the “Works of Robert Crouse” project, is a collection of six addresses on the theme of pilgrimage which were delivered by the Revd. Dr. Robert Crouse to a clergy retreat held at St. Augustine’s Monastery, Nova Scotia, in the 1980s.
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PBSC National Chairman the Revd. Canon Dr. Gordon Maitland reviews a memoir of the late Archbishop Harold Nutter, whose ministry spanned some of the most tumultuous times in the history of the Anglican Church of Canada.
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The Revd. Ben Crosby, an Episcopal priest studying at McGill University, reflects upon his initiative to offer a weekly chapel service of BCP Holy Communion in an “unashamedly traditional Anglican manner”, following the ceremonial that was normative for Anglicanism through most of its existence.
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