October 2022 Issue
Parish News
Parish rallies around evicted residents
Over the summer, a west-end Toronto church joined its local community in supporting evicted residents of a nearby Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) complex. On May ...
Parish News
Stories bring youth, seniors together
Elizabeth was a pin girl. As a young teen in the 1950s, her first job was to manually reset the bowling pins after each player ...
Parish News
Storied downtown church celebrates anniversary
Holy Trinity, Trinity Square in downtown Toronto is observing its 175th anniversary this year with the slogan “Memory and Hope.” A service of celebration will ...
Comment
Why are so many people hungry?
Abundance is central to the gospel promise. God wants everyone to “have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10). The prophet Isaiah exhorts ...
Comment
The joy of bitter melon
As I reflect on this season at the Common Table Farm, the word that comes to mind is challenge. This summer has been a challenge ...
Comment
Simply put, it makes me happy
Jill Wyllie volunteers as a ship visitor for the Mission to Seafarers Southern Ontario, which has mission stations in the ports of Oshawa, Toronto and ...
Comment
Finding a way to talk about hope
The beginning of September doesn’t have any particular liturgical significance, but there are few sectors of society in which it doesn’t mark a cyclical change ...
Parish News
Summer classic
Six teams play in the 61st annual Scarborough Anglican Youth Movement baseball tournament in Ajax on Aug. 20. The Holy Trinity Angels, Guildwood, (above) beat ...
Comment
Is worshipping together important?
Recently at St. Olave, Swansea, the Rev. Dr. PJ Carefoote, our honorary assistant, presented a series on the history of the Church in Toronto. I ...
Comment
Ecumenism and interfaith ministry: what’s the difference?
Over the last year as I have talked with many different Anglicans, a question continues to be asked: what is the relationship between ecumenism and ...
Parish News
Backpacks blessed
St. Chad, Toronto’s fifth annual Back to School Blessing Service is held at the church on Aug. 21. The congregation prayed for all students, teachers ...
News
Province holds long-awaited vocations conference
Fall has arrived, and as summer fades into the background, the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario has gotten back into the swing of in-person meetings after ...
Feature
PWRDF mounts diverse response
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24, more than 6.5 million Ukrainians have been forced to leave their homes and find safety ...
Parish News
Article prompts rescue effort
The last names of some people in this story have been omitted for safety reasons. The Rev. Canon Nicola Skinner, incumbent of Grace Church, Markham ...
News
Briefly
Hockey club looking for anthem singers The Mississauga Steelheads Hockey Club, which competes in the Ontario Hockey League out of the Paramount Fine Foods Centre, ...
The call of the silent retreat