March 2025 Issue
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 ...
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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, ...
Comment
What is spiritual renewal, anyway?
As we look to the year that lies ahead, we know that we will be well immersed into our Season of Spiritual Renewal. But what ...
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 ...
Comment
Doubt can lead to action
“Lord, I believe – help my unbelief.” This is the prayer Mother Teresa spoke during her 50-year period of dryness with God, a dryness that ...
News
Have your say!
Our diocese is vibrant and diverse – 195 parishes, each with unique gifts, needs, communities and ideas for growth and ministry. Over the past two ...
Comment
Giving in the Church is changing
It’s easier than ever to give. When I came to the Diocese of Toronto in 2003, the most common way to give was by cheque. ...
News
Cricket festival turning 10
On July 12, the Anglican Church Cricket Festival (ACCF) will mark a major milestone as it celebrates its 10th anniversary at Creditview Sandalwood Park in ...
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Christian Unity
Christian leaders from the Anglican Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, the Salvation Army, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Greek Orthodox ...
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Bishop plans sabbath leave
With the concurrence of the diocese’s chancellor, Bishop Andrew Asbil will be taking a sabbath leave from May 5 to Sept. 2. This is Bishop ...
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Cathedral hosts Bob Marley Mass
A new Bob Marley Mass, composed by the Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Fields, vicar of St. James Cathedral, will be celebrated on March 16 at ...
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Diocese hires new secretary of Synod
Canon Laura Walton is the diocese’s new secretary of Synod, providing corporate governance and event planning expertise for the diocese, Synod and its committees. She ...
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Consider donating rebates, says diocese
The Ontario government is in the process of distributing $200 rebates to every Ontario taxpayer and $200 for every child in eligible families, describing the ...
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AURA seeks board members
AURA, the Anglican United Refugee Alliance, is looking for new board members for 2025-2027. AURA is a Canadian charitable organization assisting in the private sponsorship ...
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Sunday suppers fill local need
BROCKVILLE – At a time of growing food insecurity, Brockville churches continue to work together to make the Lord’s Day one of food and fellowship. ...
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Cathedral begins to reinvent itself
LONDON, ONT. – A new year is bringing a new look for London’s historic St. Paul’s Cathedral. Construction crews removed more than 250 wooden pews ...
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City honours Anglican ministry
OTTAWA – Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe proclaimed November 2024 Belong Ottawa Month, honouring the Anglican ministry that has provided decades of care and service to ...
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Clothesline helps people in winter
ST. ANDREWS – For the last few winters, Paula Ross has been taking blankets to the homeless population in Saint John, New Brunswick. But the ...
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