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Anglican Diocese Of Calgary Has Vast Borders.Anglican churches in Calgary belong to an extended family with members numbering 20,000 in the southern part of Alberta alone.
The Calgary Diocese dates back to 1888 and joins with twenty-nine other dioceses as part of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Boundaries of the Diocese of Calgary reach beyond those suggested by its name, spanning nearly 82,000 square miles defined by the British Columbia border in the west, the Saskatchewan border in the east, the United States border in the south, and the east-west division of Lacombe north of Red Deer in the north.
In Calgary proper, twenty-one churches continue a long Anglican tradition (note that St. Mark and St. Philip will enter into a joint partnership at one location):
Christ Church, 3602 8th Street SW Good Shepherd, 408 38th Street SW Holy Cross, 2828 19th Street NW Holy Nativity, 12707 Bonaventure Drive SE Holy Trinity, 18 Hidden Creek Road NW St. Andrew, 1611 St. Andrew’s Place NW St. Augustine, 7602 22A Street SE St. Barnabas, 1407 7th Avenue NW St. Edmund, 8336 34th Avenue NW St. George, 244 Templemont Drive NE St. James, 6351 Ranchview Drive NW St. John the Evangelist, 1423 8th Avenue SE St. Laurence, 5940 Lakeview Drive SW St. Luke, 2951 26th Avenue SE St. Mark and St. Philip, 1802 33rd Avenue SW St. Martin, #4 5308 17th Avenue SW; The Calgary Academy; 9400 17th Avenue SW (Sunday Worship Only) St. Paul, Sun Valley Boulevard and Summit Drive SE St. Peter, 903 75th Avenue SW St. Stephen, 1121 14th Avenue SW
The spiritual leader of this diocese is Right Reverend Derek Hoskin, Eighth Bishop of Calgary. Home base for the Anglican Diocese of Calgary is Suite 560 of Olga House, located at 1207 11th Avenue SW, but the virtual address is www.calgary.anglican.ca. This website provides easy, travel-free access to an impressive amount of information and news. In it, the diocese publishes regional news and features in The Sower, as well as newsletters from both the Diocese of Calgary News Service and the Diocese of Calgary Refugee Support Committee.
You can also read pastoral letters, news items from around the world, and reports on the Vision Fundraising Campaign.
Links to individual churches provide photographs, schedules, and contact information, and there are prayer calendars and events calendars available online.
Some of the regular gatherings include Eucharist with tea, as well as meetings of the Matrimonial Commission and a variety of Ultreya and Cursillo groups.
There are weekly get-togethers for silent prayer and meditation groups and the Calgary Downtown Chaplaincy (fellowship) group.
Lesbian and gay Anglicans and their friends can join Integrity, a support and social group that meets twice a month.
Youths aged sixteen to twenty-one can participate in Teens Encounter Christ Ministries, a three-day-weekend event that takes place several times throughout the year.
For those planning to marry, there is a Calgary Deaneries Anglican Marriage Preparation course.
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All are welcome to take part in these activities or simply attend the Sunday services held at one of the diocese’s many churches.
The churches of Calgary encourage you to become part of their family of faith.
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