Vision. Community. Momentum.The Prayer Book Society of Canada celebrates the Book of Common Prayer as the standard of doctrine
and worship for Canadian Anglicans, and seeks to foster a rediscovery of this way of worship, devotion
and reading of Scripture within the Anglican Churches and beyond.
Rediscover a Vibrant TraditionThe Book of Common Prayer is a book of worship that was refined in the crucible of the Reformation in England. Its compilers' aim was to condense the Latin service books of the medieval Church, producing in English a volume which would not discard the liturgical heritage of the west, but rather prune away unscriptural accretions to more clearly reflect the Christianity of the Bible and the early Church.
As we make our way through the gracious and peaceful season of Eastertide, our Sunday readings take care not only to make plain the Easter Proclamation, ‘Alleluia, Christ is Risen!’, but also to begin to prepare our hearts and minds for the next stage in the story…
The question we ask ourselves, perhaps not out loud, but privately, in the dark thoughts and feelings which we so often keep to ourselves, is this: Is it worth it? Is it all worth it all?
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.
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.
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.
The 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Prayer Book Society of Canada will be held via Zoom on Saturday, May 11th at 2:00 pm EDT. Nominations are due by April 30th.
Our longstanding goal of adding audio content has begun to come to fruition! Musical setting audio, voiced by Heidi Fewster, can now be heard for Compline.
The Very Revd. Chris Dow provides an update on the initiatives to expand the app to include French and Inuktitut, and to include musical settings for the liturgies, beginning with Compline.
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.
An address given by Dr. Packer to members of the PBSC on November 2nd, 1996 at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Kitchener, Ontario. Dr. Packer gives a penetrating analysis of the meaning and importance of Scriptural authority.
In this address delivered in Toronto in 2004, Dr. Crouse explains the coherence and interconnectedness of the Bible readings that are appointed in the Prayer Book eucharistic lectionary for Lent and the three Sundays preceding it.
Dr. Jesse Billett of the Faculty of Divinity at Trinity College, Toronto, explains how the 1962 Canadian BCP remains true to the foundational principles of the Anglican way of being Christian, and highlights the theological consensus that was a hallmark of the book.
This free, user-friendly app automatically generates the daily BCP services for any day of the year, including the Psalms, Bible lessons, collects and seasonal variations.
Offered here are a teen education curriculum, a book trilogy on the Prayer Book, and three video series on the Bible and the BCP, the Holy Trinity, and Baptism prep.