April 2025
News
Church creates content for the soul
Would Jesus be on Instagram? St. Peter, Erindale thinks so – and with a new year-long project about to begin, the parish is enhancing its ...
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Look back for a new direction
The Diocese of Toronto has redistributed more than $100,000 in the past year to Indigenous communities from the sale of land, with another round of ...
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Racial justice starts right here
We are the people of God and we want to believe we’re way beyond issues like a lack of equal representation, racial inequity in decision-making ...
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Are you being called to ordained ministry?
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out ...
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On sustaining hope and action in uncertain times
“I can’t believe the news today/I can’t close my eyes/and make it go away…” More than 40 years ago, in the midst of the Troubles ...
News
Calls help church plan future
For St. Paul, Bloor Street, the diocese’s 20 calls to action couldn’t have come at a better time. After emerging from the pandemic, the church ...
Books
Volumes tell rich history of ‘Smoky Tom’s’
Kent, David A. (ed.) Household of God: A Parish History of St. Thomas’s Church, Toronto. [Volume One: 1874-1993.] St. Thomas’s Church, 1993. ISBN 0969780206. 546 ...
Books
‘The old familiar hymns’
On Friday, April 6, 1917, a young artillery officer wrote in his little pocket diary, “Suddenly realized today was Good Friday & I expect all ...
Parish News
Caring hearts
Anglican churches take part in The Coldest Night of the Year walks in February to raise funds for local charities. Above, the team from Trinity, ...
Parish News
Grant helps youth band flourish
Christ Memorial Church, Oshawa is the latest recipient of the Douglas C. Cowling Bursary, receiving a $5,000 grant to continue its youth band program, a ...
Parish News
Special day
St. Barnabas, Chester celebrates Black History Month on Feb. 9 with a special service of spirituals, prayer and reflection, followed by a coffee hour catered ...
Parish News
Church welcomes first migrant workers
In January, some of our agricultural migrant workers, in particular the ones that work in greenhouses, arrived in Canada from Mexico. To welcome them, St. ...
This Eastertide, I give thanks to God for you