Celebrating the Book of Common Prayer since 1986
The “Common Prayer Canada” app, developed by the PBSC and released in Advent 2020, has been a great success, having been downloaded by nearly 1,000 users as of February and receiving unanimous 5-star reviews. A major update is planned for this year.
“My aim is threefold: first, to demonstrate that this prayer is in keeping with the form and tradition of the Prayer Book; secondly, to argue that it is necessary in its penitential post-supersessionist attitude toward the Jewish people; and thirdly, to show that it is biblically rooted.” – Rev. Chris Dow
The Revd. Jonathan R. Turtle writes about the motivation that led to the parish that he serves switching from the Revised Common Lectionary to the Prayer Book lectionary for services of the Eucharist, despite its not being a strictly “Prayer Book parish”.
PBSC national chairman the Revd. Dr. Gordon Maitland writes about the new version of the Book of Common Prayer recently produced by the Anglican Church in North America, praising the overall approach taken and the liturgical principles that were followed.
Archdeacon John Ferns provides a retrospective on the life and scholarly writings of Ian Robinson: a prolific author, a long-time trustee of the English Prayer Book Society, and an ardent proponent of the Book of Common Prayer and the King James Bible.
To our delight the Rt. Revd. Michael Hawkins, Bishop of Saskatchewan, recently consented to take on the role of Episcopal Visitor to the PBSC. Here he writes warmly about his appreciation for the Prayer Book and his association with the PBSC since its early days.
The Revd. Dr. J.I. Packer was a staunch supporter of the BCP, and served as a vice-chairman of the PBSC for many years. He was one of the giants of the Evangelical and Anglican world, like the California Redwoods…
The Society hopes that this mobile app will encourage Christians throughout Canada to take up the discipline of regularly praying the Offices during this “Covidtide”, as well as throughout the next liturgical year and beyond.
“…The Prayer Book is still the core of my devotional life, and the reason why I am an Anglican.” – Diana Verseghy in conversation with Bishop Stephen Andrews and Rev. Gordon Maitland
A notice from the Michaelmas 2014 issue of the PBSC Newsletter, describing the PBSC’s formal response to the proposal to change the marriage canon, in which the Society upheld the classical theology of Christian marriage as laid out in the BCP.
Writing in 2011, Desmond Scotchmer, a past National Chairman of the PBSC, gives an overview of the concerns that led to the founding of the Society in 1986,the challenges that it faced in its early years, and its key accomplishments.