March 2026 Issue
News
Snow day
Churches in Toronto dig out after 56 cm of snow fell on the city on Jan. 25, the most ever recorded in a single day. ...
Parish News
Church shreds mortgage, becomes debt free
The congregation of Christ Church, Stouffville gathered for a celebration following the main Sunday service on Jan. 11 to mark the repayment of the mortgage ...
Comment
Ontario needs to address the crises
Today, Ontario faces a deepening crisis. Food bank use and homelessness are at record highs. Unsheltered homelessness is growing everywhere in the province. Too many ...
Comment
Slowing down to save the world and ourselves
I’m attempting to follow a different kind of diet these days, one far more demanding than anything involving food: a diet of slowing down. After ...
Comment
Embrace simplicity this Lent
At one of the fall meetings of the Bishop’s Committee on Creation Care, we discussed how we might connect our Lenten disciplines with our concern ...
News
Bishop installs new canons
Bishop Andrew Asbil installed St. James Cathedral’s canon missioner, the Rev. Canon Kristen Pitts, and 13 new honorary canons of the cathedral on Jan. 11. ...
Feature
‘Faithful, local work’ receives a helping hand
When Titus Busonga arrived in Canada in 2023, he was struck not only by the complexity of navigating new systems, but by the quiet ways ...
Comment
We can be worthy ancestors
In our last reflection, we began sketching a theology that could live beyond the human horizon; a faith spacious enough to welcome other forms of ...
Comment
It’s more than a game
I write this from my home country of Sri Lanka, having watched a remarkable 50-over match between Sri Lanka and England in Colombo yesterday, where ...
Books
Biography explores Christian poet
Optic Heart: A Biography of Margaret Avison, Volume 1: 1918-1977. By David A. Kent, The St. Thomas Poetry Series, 2026. If you want to know ...
Feature
My true home was to be found in Christ Jesus
In Lent 2025, I set out on pilgrimage along the Via Francigena, the medieval trail used by pilgrims who make their way between Canterbury and ...
Parish News
Meditative walk
St. Aidan, Toronto and the church’s Out of the Cold program host a meditative labyrinth walk in the church on Dec. 29. ‘We saw it ...
News
Church’s seniors thrive in digital community
What happens when a congregation’s most senior members meet the world of online ministry? At St. George on Yonge, it’s turning isolation into connection. For ...
Parish News
Gentle evangelism
The Rev. Bonnie Skerritt joins Santa Claus at St. Paul, Lindsay on Dec. 13. They were taking part in Breakfast with Santa, a new event ...
News
Christian unity
Faith leaders attend the Greater Toronto Area service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on Jan. 18 at Runnymede United Church in Toronto. ...
News
Event explores neurodiversity in kids’ ministry
St. Paul, Bloor Street is hosting a seminar on understanding neurodiversity (autism, ADD, ADHD, learning disability, etc.) in children’s ministry. The seminar will be held ...
News
Program helps young adults consider vocation
The Ministry Apprenticeship Program (MAP) at St. Paul, Bloor Street is offering a fully funded, immersive experience for young adults who wish to consider a ...
News
Sisterhood invites women to discern God’s call
Are you a woman at a crossroads in your life? Searching for something more? Longing for a change in career, thirsting for God, hungry for ...
News
Group writes letters of advocacy and support
VICTORIA – About 40 people gathered at Christ Church Cathedral on Dec. 6 to act for social justice. Those gathered learned about human rights abuses ...
News
Church creates place to hang out
SASKATOON – The basement of Christ Church, Saskatoon is like a two-for-one time capsule: half video store, half grandpa’s house in the ‘80s. There’s a ...
News
Bishop to attend enthronement at Canterbury
HAMILTON – Bishop Susan Bell has received and accepted an invitation to attend the installation of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, at Canterbury ...
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