Church goes green, one step at a time
Stuart Mann
December 1, 2017
Parishioners who sit in the back pews at Holy Trinity, Thornhill will be feeling a little warmer this winter, thanks to the efforts of the
Parishioners who sit in the back pews at Holy Trinity, Thornhill will be feeling a little warmer this winter, thanks to the efforts of the
Lorraine Bell had been attending Trinity Church, Aurora for five years but had always felt that something was missing. She volunteered to help out with
As part of an employment program at The Bridge, a centre for ex-prisoners in Brampton, staff were teaching a cooking classes when they asked the
More than 100 people – twice the number hoped – attended Bishop Jenny Andison’s first town hall meeting in York-Credit Valley to hear people’s hopes,
The Diocese of Toronto is giving $100,000 to help replenish the national church’s Anglican Fund for Healing and Reconciliation. The fund, which has provided grants
For the past 10 years, the Rev. Canon Susan Bell has been speaking to a school community of 650 students, staff and faculty three times
As he nears the end of his long career with the diocese, Canon Dave Robinson is planning another sort of journey. Next summer, he will
Major changes to the role of chaplaincy in Ontario’s hospitals over the past decade are leading the Diocese of Toronto to restructure its chaplaincy department
Readers of The Anglican who miss the late Rev. Canon Don Beatty’s popular column, Reading the Bible, can now enjoy the series in a book.
As she cut the ribbon to officially open The Terry Finlay Seafarers Centre in Oshawa on June 29, Canon Alice Jean Finlay felt a wave
A refugee family from northern Syria, a region that has experienced some of the heaviest fighting of the country’s civil war, is now living in
Ranil Mendis was doing some research for a grant application when he came across a little known fact: Canada’s first official sport wasn’t lacrosse or
As it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary on May 13, the diocesan Anglican Church Women is looking ahead to the future while honouring its
As he was planning his funeral, Archbishop Terence Finlay told his close friend and colleague Archbishop Fred Hiltz that he wanted to make sure everything
On the 500th anniversary of the start of the Reformation, the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto will be holding an
A sign outside St. Luke, Peterborough has attracted the attention of not only local pedestrians and motorists but thousands of people on social media as
The Rev. Judith Alltree can’t wait to board the first freighter that comes into the Port of Oshawa this spring and welcome the crew. “When
When Linda Hemerez was hired to clean the building of All Saints, King City, she had no idea the turn her life was about to
The regular sermon time at Trinity Church, Aurora may never be quite the same again. Throughout the season of Epiphany, the church has replaced the
Angela Forbes took part in a “ring of peace” outside a mosque in Toronto’s west end on Feb. 3 to show her support for Muslims
In late January, three transport trucks loaded with donated hockey equipment and other items left a Mississauga warehouse for Timmins and the remote communities of
In the cold and dark of a Canadian winter, the thought of a four-day hike from Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee, stopping along the
Three priests of the Diocese of Toronto – the Rev. Riscylla Shaw, the Rev. Canon Kevin Robertson and the Rev. Canon Jenny Andison – were
Archbishop Colin Johnson has authorized pastoral guidelines for the marriage of same-sex couples in the Diocese of Toronto. The guidelines, to be used in specific
Bishop Patrick Yu’s speech was entitled “My greatest disappointments in life,” but the Bishop’s Company Regional Dinner, held in York-Scarborough on Nov. 10, surely couldn’t
As a first-time attendee of the Toronto Children’s Ministry Conference, Tiffany Robinson came away with a wealth of knowledge and contacts. But it might be
As a first-year English literature major at York University, Keisha McIntosh-Siung would have to read a lot of novels, sometimes one per week. Paying for
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