The Diocesan Clergy Educational Bursary Program launches in Spring 2026, aiming to support Indigenous and Northern clergy in pursuing advanced degrees. With approximately $30,000 available annually, the program prioritizes applicants based on Indigenous status, teaching roles, and academic progress, fostering lifelong learning and future leadership in Arctic ministry. Continue reading Diocesan Clergy Bursary Program Launching in 2026
Originally built in 1930 at a cost of $10,000, St. Luke’s Mission Hospital provided healthcare to the Inuit of Baffin Island until 1972, when it was replaced by government-run nursing station. It then served as the home of the Arthur Turner Training School, training several generations of Arctic clergy between 1972 and when the buildings were finally declared beyond repair in 2007. Expanded several times … Continue reading Hamlet of Pangnirtung demolishes the former St.Luke’s Hospital and former home of ATTS
“Training” is a key word for the Diocese of The Arctic. This is nothing new – in fact, the primary task of the first Arctic missionaries was to train Inuit and Gwich’in leaders to go from camp to camp spreading the Good News among their neighbours! For decades, much of the church looked to “traditional”, university- based seminary programs to train leaders; these have their … Continue reading ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ – What Pilimmaksarniq means
‘Training Program has expanded is more than we ever
imagined”.
In January, ATTS piloted a new model of education based
on a trade-school approach to mastering practical skills
rather than taking a certain number of classes to graduate. Continue reading ATTS Multiplies Once More!
The Revs. Abraham & Samantha Kublu My name is Abraham Kublu, and my wife is Samantha Kublu. We have 5 boys and one and only daughter, 3 of our older boys are young adults now. Our oldest son has 3 boys and our 2nd oldest son has a daughter and one on the way. We have recently sent our 3rd son back to Pond Inlet … Continue reading Clergy Spotlight
The Rev. Esau Tatatoapik has moved to the parish of Puvirnituq and takes up the role of Regional Dean for the Hudson Coast. The Rev. Enid Pow has returned to England due to the declining health of her parents. Pray for the Rev. Eimsook Joung to be restored to full health for ministry. Pray for God to raise up more ministers, and to bless our training and recruitment efforts. Besides the four Bishops and the Archdeacon, we have just 12 full-time ministers. Continue reading News and Moves around the Diocese
ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᔨᖅᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᖅᑐᖅ ᕕᕝᕈᐊᕆᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖁᐊᖅᑕᖅᒧᑦ ᐸᑉᑎᑦᑎᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ, ᑕᐃᒻᒪᓗ ᓅᑕᓂᒃ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᖅᕕᓕᕆᔨᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑐᒃᓯᐅ’ᔨᔭᖅᑐᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐴᓚᓚᐅᖅᑕ ᐸᐲ ᓇᑰᓚᒃ (ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐅᔨᐅᓂᖅᒧᑦ ᓄᖃᖓᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑦᑕᕿᔪᖅ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᒃᕙᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᖅᓂᑐᖃᖅᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖓᓐᓂ ᑰᔾᔪᐊᖅᒥ). Continue reading News and Moves around the Diocese
The Deacons’ Training Program is a great success already. “This is what we’ve needed all along” says Bishop David Parsons. “Don’t get me wrong, we certainly hope to continue the full 2-year in-person program in Iqaluit, and even expand that to the Western Arctic… but this is like playing catch-up, we need to train a lot of people all at once!” The innovative curriculum has … Continue reading The New England Company grant for Deacon’s Training
“God will provide all that we need” is a daily refrain in the Synod Office of the Diocese of The Arctic. Big plans. Big challenges. The most spread-out diocese in the world, with most churches only accessible by planes travelling into small airports dotting the Arctic coast. “By any human reasoning, we shouldn’t be able to afford to do the work God gave us to … Continue reading St. John’s Legacy Foundation grants $15,775 for ATTS
