Anglicans help out at Games
Martha Holmen
September 1, 2015
After this summer, the Rev. Canon Mark Kinghan will never take water for granted. Canon Kinghan, the incumbent of St. George on Yonge in north
After this summer, the Rev. Canon Mark Kinghan will never take water for granted. Canon Kinghan, the incumbent of St. George on Yonge in north
The Rev. Christopher Greaves used to see the small yellow bus arrive in downtown Bowmanville on Friday or Saturday evening. The bus brought migrant farm
A symposium on mission and church growth, held in Toronto on June 22, heard about two new initiatives for the Anglican Communion. The first is
When Sandra Lewis spoke to her fellow parishioners at St. David, Lawrence Avenue, about the possibility of amalgamating with three other churches in Toronto’s west
St. James Cathedral gave Toronto a special present this summer. But it came with a twist. During the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, a
One of Canada’s foremost business leaders spoke passionately about his faith at the Bishop’s Company Dinner, held May 7 in Toronto. Prem Watsa, chairman and
The indefatigable and somewhat unlucky Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton said somewhere that he was always amazed at how quickly a bad situation can turn into
St. Elizabeth, Mississauga, took another step into the Promised Land on April 12, breaking ground for a church expansion project that will see the current
In a thought-provoking address at SickKids hospital in Toronto on March 12, Archbishop Colin Johnson raised a number of questions about physician-assisted death, an issue
When the Rev. Canon Derwyn Shea visited his wife in palliative care at Grace Hospital in Toronto, he saw that she avidly watched a television
Twenty years ago, Glenda Samuels-Greenidge was a young liturgical dancer at the first diocesan black heritage service, held at St. James Cathedral in Toronto. The
A mother and her three children who live below the poverty line in Toronto can now afford to buy their own house, thanks to a
Shortly after I decided to learn more about Jesus, I started to troll the library and book shops for information about him. I wanted something
The population of the parish of Little Trinity, Toronto, is about to get a lot bigger. This summer, 10,000 athletes, coaches and team officials will
Advocates for the poor and homeless, including an Anglican priest and a member of Holy Trinity, Trinity Square, took part in a press conference on
In his understated way, Canon Robert Falby succinctly sums up the history of the Anglican Church in the past two decades. “It’s been an exciting
When Canon Clare Burns was growing up, her mother and father made it clear to her and her brothers that it was their responsibility to
As the tide of refugees and displaced persons in the Middle East grows, a church in Toronto is doing its part to help. St. Matthew,
The Rev. Canon Dr. Andrew White recalls the time he was kidnapped and locked in a dark room. Turning on his mobile phone for light,
The diocese’s annual World AIDS Day Vigil took on a new dimension this year, as it also marked the start of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week.
For the Rev. Peter Mills, Mondays are unlike any other day of the week. For several weeks now, he has travelled from his two-point parish
Western nations have to help the people of Syria start talking about peace or face an endless stream of extremism flowing out of the Middle
With the help of an Our Faith-Our Hope grant, a group of clergy and laity in the diocese has created a new, parish-based resource that
Dr. John Alipit’s pilgrimage came to an emotional end inside St. George, Newcastle. Dr. Alipit, born and raised in the Philippines and now living in
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