March 2025
News
FaithWorks campaign tops goal
Despite a mail strike before Christmas, the diocese’s 2024 FaithWorks campaign not only met its goal but surpassed it, raising $1.55 million for people in ...
News
ACW’s new president brings enthusiasm
After completing her treatment for breast cancer, Janice Hodgson, ODT, decided to walk. “As far as I was concerned, I was full of toxins, so ...
News
New fund helps churches try new things
The Anglican Diocese of Toronto Foundation is launching a new fund that its board hopes will encourage parishes to try new things and take a ...
Comment
It is wrong
One hundred and sixty faith leaders, including bishops Andrew Asbil, Riscylla Shaw and Kevin Robertson, sent this letter to Premier Doug Ford in January, urging ...
Comment
Journeying with memory loss
According to Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto, around half a million Canadians aged 65 and over have mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Ten to 20 per ...
Comment
The roots of sustainability run deep
Perhaps it’s midday as you read this – so I’ll ask you: Have you had lunch? It’s a question my colleague Anélia often asks me ...
Comment
Perhaps we have a worldview problem
As Christians deeply concerned about the climate crisis that we as a human species have created, members of the Bishop’s Committee on Creation Care want ...
Comment
The choice is before us
This article has been adapted from the diocese’s pre-budget submission to the Ontario government. The provincial election was called before the submission could be sent, ...
News
Large services seek to lift up hearts
Feeling a bit overwhelmed by things? Looking to refresh your spiritual life? If so, consider going to one – or both – of the two ...
Comment
Wonderful worship a sign and symptom of renewal
The scriptures teach that there are few things as wonderful as people gathering for vibrant and passionate worship of God. Such stories are peppered throughout ...
Feature
Eight minutes
Ontario is in the midst of a deadly overdose crisis, which claims an average of seven lives every day. The accounts that follow were written ...
Comment
I am now a free person
My decision to participate in the Companions Program run by the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine has been the best thing I could have ...
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