June 2025 Issue
News
Planning Feasibility Study releases report
There is an openness to a diocesan-wide fundraising campaign – if it is grounded in parish realities, shaped by transparent communication and delivered with an ...
News
Clergy honoured
Bishop Andrew Asbil, joined by Bishop Riscylla Shaw and Bishop Kevin Robertson, presented stoles to clergy and deacons celebrating their 25th, 50th and 60th years ...
Comment
Communion Forest plants a seed
The devastation was unreal. The trees that had shaded us, protected us, gave us oxygen and life, were destroyed in one summer. Five years ago, ...
Comment
Talk of food brings joy and memories
Is there a special food that’s dear to your heart (and stomach)? Food is such an incredible site of flavour, memory, culture and satisfaction. Food ...
Comment
Let there be light
There’s a particular kind of stillness that settles in a closed church – the kind that clings to the air and is heavy with dust. ...
Comment
You can welcome people who are fleeing for their lives
World Refugee Day, June 20, is a day designated by the United Nations to celebrate the strength and courage of people who have been forced ...
Parish News
Concert unites tradition, worship
On April 26, more than 400 attendees from across the Greater Toronto Area gathered to experience “Namo” (to bow down and worship), a musical worship ...
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Special day
Thirty-five confirmands, three who renewed their baptismal vows and two who were received into the Anglican Communion join Bishop Andrew Asbil and presenters at the ...
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Deacons day
The diocese’s deacons, diaconal candidates and Bishop Riscylla Shaw (far right) gather at St. Matthew the Apostle, Oriole on April 5. The day included a ...
Parish News
Nativity, Malvern celebrates 50th anniversary
Church of the Nativity, Malvern, celebrated its 50th anniversary on March 30 with an evening of praise, worship, thanksgiving and sumptuous food. The evening’s celebration ...
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Cricket festival marks decade of community and faith
The Anglican Church Cricket Festival (ACCF) will celebrate a joyful milestone – its 10th anniversary – on July 12 at Creditview Sandalwood Park in Brampton. ...
Parish News
Christians walk together on Good Friday
For more than 25 years, St. Barnabas, Chester on Danforth Avenue in Toronto has joined with local churches for a Good Friday walk. This year, ...
News
We’re working for you
Meet the members of the Bishop’s Committee on Intercultural Ministry. From top, left to right, and then bottom, left to right, here’s who we are. ...
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Anglicans go on virtual pilgrimage
In a world often preoccupied with speed, noise and distraction, a unique spiritual journey unfolded across Canada and the United States on April 5 – ...
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Synod coming up
The 163rd Regular Session of Synod will be held Nov. 7-8 at the Sheraton Parkway, Toronto North hotel in Richmond Hill. Synod was held at ...
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Archbishop to give Snell Lecture
Archbishop Chris Harper, the National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop and Presiding Elder of Sacred Circle, will give the Snell Lecture at St. James Cathedral on June ...
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Teen organizes environmental expo
VICTORIA – Church of the Advent, Colwood hosted an environmental expo in January, but the idea for the event started in the brain of youth ...
News
Man caught trying to steal copper
KELOWNA – An attempted theft of copper cladding from the steeple of St. Andrew, Trail took place just before midnight last November. The church’s watchman ...
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Milk bags make a difference
OTTAWA – What do you do with your milk bags? Do they have a use before going to the landfill? In the parish hall of ...
News
Rolls of Honour find new home
FREDRICTON – When a church is deconsecrated, along with the inevitable feeling of loss, there is a lot of work to do. One of those ...
Let us renew our commitments to truth and reconciliation