September 2021 Issue
News
Meetings explore use of church lands
How can parishes in our diocese use their lands to create affordable housing and build community? In 2019, Synod adopted a motion to develop an ...
News
Virtual Synod will be a first
For the first time, the diocese’s Synod will convene virtually, from Nov. 25 to Nov. 27. The theme of the 160th Regular Session of Synod ...
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Symposium looks at ‘homefulness’
The Sorrento Centre is an Anglican education and retreat centre located on Shuswap Lake in the central interior of British Columbia. The Rev. Michael Shapcott, ...
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Outreach conference to focus on rebuilding community
The diocese’s Social Justice and Advocacy Committee will host its annual Outreach & Advocacy Conference on Saturday, Oct. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., ...
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Nominations sought for General Synod
The Nominating Committee of the Diocese of Toronto is calling for nominations for General Synod 2022. All voting members of the diocese’s Synod are entitled ...
Comment
Reflections on moving forward
It’s finally coming to a close, at least as I write this. A lengthy, tumultuous event unparalleled in our lifetimes, marked by sickness, death, fear ...
Comment
No shipping, no shopping
The world paid a great deal of attention to a gigantic container ship that somehow swiveled in the middle of the Suez Canal and blocked ...
News
Evening features music, conversation
For a second year, the Bishop’s Company Cabaret will be bringing hope and community to homes across the diocese. Following last year’s success, Anglicans are ...
Feature
Season of Creation taking root
Imagine that you are sitting on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the land in which you find your home. As you see the streams ...
Feature
Church gardens create community
On one level, they seem fairly usual: a group of people gathering to garden. But on second thought, the radical nature of the activity is ...
Feature
‘I never realized how good a conversation can be when thinning radishes’
When asked what she likes about working in the community garden at her church, Elise, who is a member of the St. George, Pickering Village ...
Parish News
Church marks 110 years of mission, ministry in Agincourt
On a beautiful sunny day in June – the first day of summer – St. Timothy, Agincourt held an uplifting service to celebrate 110 years ...
Parish News
Former Toronto mayor shares ideas on climate action
David Miller, Toronto’s former mayor and author of Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis, discussed the themes of his book ...
Parish News
Grant seeds pollinator-friendly garden
In the spring of 2019, Church of the Resurrection, Toronto was awarded a city PollinateTO grant. The church’s garden team was excited to have the ...
Parish News
Parishioners pitch in to furnish rectory
What do you do when you’re a small rural parish in snowmobile country, anticipating the arrival of your new incumbent from Turks and Caicos? (That’s ...
Parish News
Easter garden proclaims faith
St. John the Baptist, Lakefield has stood stately at the corner of Queen and Regent streets since 1866. St. John’s has a great location. People ...
Parish News
Church called to help refugees
St. Jude, Bramalea North is a community parish in Brampton. Since it opened in 1977, St. Jude’s has become more multicultural, alongside the surrounding area. ...
Parish News
Garden grows more than food
As Bob Sanderson, mayor of Port Hope, said at the ribbon-cutting celebration on June 12, the sign says it all: In this garden we grow ...
Parish News
Church to host birthday celebration for Tutu
The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation will celebrate Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 90th birthday on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. at Grace Church on-the-Hill, ...
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