How can parishes in the Diocese of Toronto use their lands for creating affordable housing and building community? In 2019, Synod adopted a motion to
Last November, the College of Bishops approved the Social Justice Vestry Motion “Committing Ourselves to Anti-Racism.” While in most years the Social Justice & Advocacy
On Nov. 18, in anticipation of National Housing Day, Bishop Andrew Asbil spoke to members of the media and others outside Holy Trinity, Trinity Square
Churches around the world will be participating in an ecumenical Season of Creation, to be held from Sept. 1 to Oct. 4. Delegates to General
The newly formed Uxbridge Poverty Coalition hosted a “Poverty Maze” last November to raise awareness of the realities of life below the poverty line in
It’s time to get serious about creation care. From widespread fires in Australia and the Amazon to the flooding of Venice’s council chambers, the disrupting
Anglicans took part in a week of global climate action that was held Sept. 20-27 to correspond with the UN Climate Action Summit in New
“There are many who say, ‘O that we might see some good!’” – Psalm 4:6 Climate change, worsening inequality, the rise of hate groups, racist
World Refugee Day is on June 20, and this year marks 40 years of Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program. This program, by which private
In February, Bishop Andrew Asbil met with the diocese’s Creation Matters committee as it was finalizing the Diocesan Policy Paper on Environmental Issues. The paper
Nearly 150 people filled Holy Trinity, Trinity Square in Toronto on Feb. 12 to celebrate, mourn and honour eight individuals who died without a home
Lent is traditionally a time for turning to God in self-examination and repentance. It is a time for adopting practices that draw us closer to
“Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, Open your hand to the poor and needy
The 2018 Parish Outreach & Greening Survey was launched in May to gain insight into the outreach, advocacy and environmental efforts of parishes in our
In 1989, Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I declared Sept. 1 as a day of prayer for creation in the Orthodox Church. Since then, Christian churches of
Ontarians will be going to the polls on June 7 to choose who will represent us at Queen’s Park for the next four years. Not
Most Christians would agree that we are called to care for the vulnerable in our midst. Whether directly through food banks, Out of the Cold,
The diocese’s annual Outreach and Advocacy Conference will take place on Nov. 4 at St. John, York Mills, 19 Don Ridge Dr., Toronto. St. John’s
In May I visited Tanzania with a delegation from the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), on a learning exchange to the Diocese of
This past year, the diocese’s Social Justice and Advocacy Committee was forced to confront its complicity in systemic racism. As we were planning our fall
The Fifth Mark of Mission for the Anglican Communion calls us “to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life
