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Summer field with flowers and sunshine.

See you in September!

The Anglican will not be published in July and August. Visit us over the summer at www.theanglican.ca. We wish you a peaceful and enjoyable summer.

Two women holding lamb cakes on platters.

Lamb cake, anyone?

Grace Church, Markham celebrates Good Shepherd Sunday on April 21 with a Lamb Cake Extravaganza. Church members from ages 5 to 75 baked cakes for

Jesse Parker and Shane Watson modelling outfits.

Looking good

The Rev. Canon Jesse Parker (left) and the Rev. Shane Watson of St. John the Evangelist, Port Hope take part in a fundraising fashion show

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Diocese surpasses affordable housing target

OTTAWA – The Diocese of Ottawa is celebrating the success of its 125th anniversary campaign to create 125 new deeply affordable housing units. Three projects

A map of Canada outlining the Anglican diocesan borders

College principal to retire next year

TORONTO – The Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Andrews, principal and Helliwell professor of biblical interpretation at Wycliffe College, will retire on June 30, 2025. In

A map of Canada outlining the Anglican diocesan borders

Many feel blessed during bible reading

HIGH PRAIRIE – A Holy Week tradition that started in a High Prairie, Alberta church about 20 years ago was celebrated online for the fourth

Group photo of members of religious orders and cathedral clergy.

With grateful hearts

A service is held at St. James Cathedral on April 28 to express gratitude for the ministry and witness of the Order of the Holy

The first issue of The Anglican in 1958 includes a drawing of the Synod Office on its front page.

The Archives from A-Z

In April, the diocesan Archives joined the Archives of Ontario in its #ArchivesAtoZ campaign, with the aim of increasing the public’s awareness of archives and

A family walking on a wooded trail.

Diocese to celebrate Season of Creation

The Bishop’s Committee on Creation Care is excited to announce the first diocesan event to celebrate the Season of Creation, a Eucharist to be held

Group shot of new deacons and cathedral clergy outside St. James Cathedral.

Ordained

The diocese’s newly ordained transitional deacons stand with Bishop Andrew Asbil, clergy and laity on the steps of St. James Cathedral after their ordination service

Group shot of clergy and ordinands on the chancel steps of St. James Cathedral.

Special day

Thirty-one Anglicans are confirmed and five are received into the Anglican Communion at the diocesan confirmation service at St. James Cathedral on April 21. They

Group photo in St. Mark, Port Hope

Special guests

Anne Oram and the Rev. Johanna Pak of St. Mark, Port Hope are joined by Fletcher Banner (left) and Dean Robert Willis at the church

Group of walkers on Danforth Avenue

Together again

Members of four churches on Danforth Avenue in Toronto take part in a Good Friday walk. The walkers began at East End United Church, then

A family wearing eclipse glasses sits on the lawn.

Watch party

St. Nicholas, Birch Cliff hosts a neighbourhood eclipse watch party on the front lawn of the church on April 8. The church handed out free

Dean Willis preaches from the pulpit of St. James Cathedral.

Praying for peace

A vigil for peace and justice in the world is held at St. James Cathedral on March 17. The vigil, preceded by a choral Eucharist

Group photo of clergy celebrating silver jubilees.

Clergy honoured for service

Bishop Andrew Asbil presented stoles to clergy celebrating their 25th and 50th years of ordination to the priesthood at the diocese’s annual Blessing of Oils

A cricket batter.

All invited to cricket festival

Church teams and individuals are invited to the Anglican Church Cricket Festival (ACCF), held on July 13 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Creditview

Group photo from St. James Caledon East

New ministry

Parishioners of St. James, Caledon East, area clergy and guests come together for a Celebration of New Ministry on Feb. 11, marking the appointment of

Group from Holy Trinity, Bradford participating in The Coldest Night

Teamwork

The small but mighty team from Trinity, Bradford takes part in Newmarket’s Coldest Night of the Year, an annual walk that supports local charities. The

A woman in a kitchen serves pancakes.

Good times

Organist and choirmaster Elizabeth Anderson, seen above, serves up pancakes, sausages and fruit at St. Thomas, Huron Street’s pancake supper on Feb. 10. Afterwards, the

Three kids sit in the pews ready for the Coldest Night.

Cold night, warm hearts

For the third year in a row, St. Michael and All Angels on St. Clair Avenue West in Toronto took part in the Coldest Night

Bishop Andrew Asbil administers ashes outside St. James Cathedral.

Taking it outside

Quentin Toderick, a member of St. James Cathedral, receives the imposition of ashes from Bishop Andrew Asbil outside the cathedral on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14.

Cast the Net Logo

More funds approved for grants program

Synod Council has allocated another $300,000 to the diocese’s Cast and Learn grants program to help parishes find new ways of being church. The program

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