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 by members of the Black community. Each Sunday in February, the congregation learned about a notable Canadian Black leader, such as William Peyton Hubbard, Toronto’s first Black politician and an Anglican who was elected alderman in 1894 and served until 1914. He lived in the parish on Broadview Avenue from 1908 until his death in 1935, and a local park is named after him. The church also ran profiles of Bishop Peter Fenty, Viola Desmond and the Rev. Blair Dixon in its Sunday bulletin.
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