June 2023 Issue
News
Diocese, Kindred Works to sign agreement
The diocese is entering into an agreement with Kindred Works that will help parishes that want to redevelop their properties to include mixed-income housing. Synod ...
News
Ordained
The diocese’s newly ordained deacons are presented to the congregation at St. James Cathedral on April 30. From left are the Rev. Chiung (Carol) Shih, ...
Comment
What do we truly treasure?
The silvery sheen is long gone, replaced by innumerable scratches and a dull finish, bearing the marks of decades of use. No matter. My late ...
Comment
Unhoused people must not be swept away
“But Jesus said, ‘Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor ...
Comment
Let’s bring back the offertory plate
Churches have experienced a noticeable and protracted change in giving patterns since the earliest days of the pandemic and beyond. Not only has there been ...
Comment
Indigenous languages a sacred gift
The Right Relations Collaborative, the newest bishop’s committee, was birthed in 2022 when the Rev. Maria Ling began to wonder about the possibility of translating ...
Feature
Carts connect with homeless
Along busy Bloor Street West and through the upscale streets of Yorkville, two industrial tool carts loaded with food and supplies are bringing hope and ...
Parish News
Cleanup provides learning
Earth Day was celebrated by St. Bride, Clarkson with a community cleanup and lunch on April 22. Our outreach committee chose the environment as one ...
Parish News
Church marks century in community
St. George on Yonge closed out a year of celebrating 100 years in the Willowdale community with Bishop Andrew Asbil presiding over its patronal service ...
Parish News
Seeking new home
The Diocesan ACW’s Ecclesiastical Needleworkers recently received many items from a local church that recently closed. The items include beautiful frontals/super frontals with all the ...
News
Night to remember
A concert is held at St. James Cathedral on the evening of May 6 to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey ...
Parish News
Going strong
David Kent, publisher of The St. Thomas Poetry Series, cuts the cake to celebrate 35 years of poetry readings at St. Thomas, Huron Street, on ...
News
National church honours four
Four Anglicans have been named to receive the Anglican Award of Merit, the Anglican Church of Canada’s highest honour for lay people who have demonstrated ...
Parish News
Roots of cricket festival run deep
The Church, cricket and Canada. Can you think of a connection there? You may not know this, but one of the earliest references to cricket ...
Parish News
Parish marks 175 years of faith
St. James, Caledon East is part of the territory of the Anishinabek, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Ojibway/Chippewa peoples, and the land of the Metis. The land ...
Parish News
Priest writes memoir
The Rev. Arthur Boers, an honorary assistant at St. Paul L’Amoreaux in Toronto, has written a memoir about coming of age in a Dutch immigrant ...
News
Stopping to pray
Members and friends of All Saints Church-Community Centre take part in a walk in downtown Toronto on Good Friday, April 7, to memorialize those who ...
Fiction
Transfiguration, or How Mr. Perkins learned to use Zoom
Before the pandemic struck, Mr. Perkins, like many of us, had never heard of Zoom. He was content to offer services each Sunday to the ...
News
When human need came knocking
Children displaced by the war in Ukraine are having fun and making friends at an Anglican church in Toronto. The children, some of whom have ...
News
Synod coming up
The 162nd Regular Session of Synod will be held Nov. 17-18. Synod will be held in person at the Sheraton Parkway, Toronto North hotel in ...
News
Diocese lifts vaccine mandate
The diocese has lifted its vaccine mandate. Clergy, paid staff and unpaid volunteers are no longer required to provide proof of vaccination to engage in ...
News
Barrie seniors can help students
SpacesShared (formerly called RoomEaze) is partnering with Georgian College in Barrie to help students find accommodation. They’re currently focused on building a pool of older ...
News
Clarification
In last month’s issue, a photospread about clergy receiving stoles for their 25th, 50th and 60th years of ordination omitted the names of those not ...
News
Church feeds students during exam week
EDMONTON – Eating can sometimes be the furthest thing on a student’s mind when preparing for exams. But, for 10 days in April, students were ...
News
Church celebrates ties to coronation
STRATFORD – Just days before the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla on May 6 at Westminster Abbey, St. James Anglican Church ...
News
Diocese awards churches for gardens
HAMILTON – Climate Justice Niagara, an initiative of the Diocese of Niagara, has initiated a Garden Certificate program for churches in the diocese. Certificates are ...
Deepening poverty calls for advocacy