Since being elected in May of 2025, Bishop Alexander Pryor and Suffragan Bishops Annie Ittoshat, Ann Martha Keenianak, and Jared Osborn have maintained a full schedule of parish visits alongside representing the diocese to the wider church. While visits for word and sacrament are important, the bishops are focusing where possible on longer, multi-day trips that include plenty of time for conversation and training with … Continue reading Bishops on the Move!
The Diocese of The Arctic has been working with our friends at ShareWord Global (formerly The Gideons) to better equip and resource churches across the North to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to those in our communities. In addition to providing printed scripture resources, ShareWord also organizes “GO Trips”, bringing teams across cultures to share the gospel and build up the Church. This … Continue reading Pond Inlet meets Burlington! ShareWord Global facilitates learning for youth ministers
By the Rev. Charlotte (Charley) Maidment, Summer Intern in Iqaluit (2025) It was just above freezing. Rain was coming down, but the sun was trying to poke its face through. I stood at what felt like the edge of the world. We were in a graveyard overlooking the frozen Arctic Sea. A family—a young teenage couple with their parents and grandparents—stood around a grave as … Continue reading Flipflops in the Snow
By the Rev. Aaron Solberg, Rector of Fort Smith, NWT Before each meal, no matter how large or small, my wife Isabelle and I take a moment to say the Grace and make the sign of the cross. Even though this has become a habit for us, there are moments it is awkward or even uncomfortable. Some time ago, we found ourselves waiting for a … Continue reading Challenged by the Courage of Orthodox Jews
By the Rev. Victor Johnson Priest-in-Charge of Aklavik & Regional Dean of the Mackenzie Delta Being raised in Southeast Asia and now adapting to the Canadian lifestyle has surely been an extraordinary trip. Coming from a warmer context to a freezing, Arctic place had been truly a adventurous Faith Journey. Every time we travel from Coast to Coast, while learning Eastern & Western Arctic, and … Continue reading 8 Exciting Years in the Canadian North
Traveling is not something you take on lightly – or quickly – in the North. It’s never a “simple” ride down a highway like in the South. Although Rankin or Chesterfield Inlet are only a short plane trip away from Baker Lake, it still comes out to be a day’s journey. In Baker Lake there are roads, of course, but none of them lead far … Continue reading Parish Ministry extends to the Mines of the Kivalliq
ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ Holy Trinity ᐊᖕᓕᑲᒥᐅᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᖅᕕᖓᑦ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᑎᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦᑕ ᑰᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᑉᓱᒥᖓ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᔨᐅᓂᖅᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑎᓕᒃ ᓕᓯ (Lizzie Kankhokwe) ᑕᒃᕙᖓᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Lilongwe, Malawi. ᖠᓯ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᖃᑕᕈᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒥ Kapsowar ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᔨᐅᓂᖅᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᕕᒃ Kenyaᒥ. ᐃᓱᒪᒋᙳᐊᖅᓗᒍ, ᒥᑭᑦᑐᑯᓗᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᐅᒃᐱᖅᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᖅᕕᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᔪᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑕᒃᕙᓐᓂ Africaᒥ! Continue reading ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᖓᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖅ ᑰᕕᕗᖅ ᑕᑉᑯᓄᖓ Kenyaᓄ!
For the past three years Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Yellowknife has been letting our financial blessings overflow by supporting seminary student Lizzie Kankhokwe from Lilongwe, Malawi. Lizzie is a future minister attending Kapsowar School of Theology in Kapsowar, Kenya. Just imagine, a small but faithful parish in the Arctic supporting future ministers in Africa! Continue reading Arctic Blessings Overflowing to Kenya!
