The Rev. Don Downer, OSE, was asked to speak on the healing of Creation by the Bishop’s Committee on Healing at a refresher day for the diocese’s
As we enter a new year and approach the season for parish vestry meetings, questions have arisen regarding how vestry lists are to be assembled
Prayer shawls share Christ’s love In 2008, Maureen Chandler founded the prayer shawl ministry at St. George, Haliburton, modelled after a prayer shawl ministry in
Peter Mentis is the diocese’s FaithWorks campaign manager. FaithWorks is a charitable program of the Diocese of Toronto. We offer support to our ministry partners
The Order of the Diocese of Toronto, an award created in 2013, honours members of the laity in the diocese who have given outstanding service
On Nov. 20, about 200 people gathered online to thank Bishop Peter Fenty and his spouse Annie as he headed into retirement after 45 years
At 6:31 a.m. on Dec. 8, 2020, 90-year-old Margaret Keenan received the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at University Hospital in Coventry,
This is an update on the work of North House, a ministry supported by FaithWorks, the diocese’s annual outreach appeal. This article first appeared in
Greg Lane is the lay pastoral care coordinator at St. Philip, Etobicoke, coordinating and helping to train a team of eight lay pastoral care members
The Rev. Claudette Taylor is an educator, a deacon at Epiphany and St. Mark, Parkdale and the Social Justice Officer for York-Credit Valley. At Epiphany
Penny Nutbrown is the Sunday School teacher and Vacation Bible School leader at St. John the Evangelist, Port Hope. She is chair of the church’s
Deacon Elizabeth Cummings is the coordinator of the Open Hours Program at Holy Trinity, Trinity Square in Toronto. This interview took place on April 29.
On Feb. 22, St. John the Evangelist, Port Hope co-sponsored its first Repair Café with Port Hope for Future (PH4F), a local environmental group. Hundreds
Anglicans continue to do good work to care and advocate for the most vulnerable at this critical time. While the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered church
We asked clergy and laity in our diocese to tell us about a moment during the COVID-19 pandemic that inspired them. Neighbours hold street isolation
Due to the spread of the coronavirus, Bishop Andrew Asbil wrote a pastoral letter to parishes in the diocese in early March, asking them to
Carlynn Reed is a dancer and teacher. Twenty-five years ago, I was teaching academic subjects and drama at a private high school in Toronto. Then
St. John the Evangelist, Port Hope is hosting the town’s first Repair Café on Feb. 22. The church is organizing the event along with Port
Many Anglicans were among the nearly 200 faith leaders, advocates, frontline street workers and community members who gathered outside Holy Trinity, Trinity Square at noon
Newly installed honorary canons of St. James Cathedral join the diocese’s bishops, bishop’s chaplains and dean after the service on Jan. 19. Front row, second
The Rev. Beverley Williams is the executive director of Flemingdon Park Ministry in Toronto. Flemingdon Park Ministry (FPM) is a Canon 29 ministry of the
About 100 people, many from the surrounding community, attended the Chinese New Year celebration at St. Philip on the Hill, Unionville on Jan. 26. The
Lydia Cordie is a bi-vocational youth minister at St. Peter, Erindale, a member of York-Credit Valley’s Area Council, co-chair of the Children and Youth Ministry
Holy Trinity, Thornhill is taking seriously its commitment to stand in solidarity with those living in poverty. In a special meeting on Oct. 20, its
Youth leaders from around York-Credit Valley gathered at St. John, Dixie on Oct. 5 for the second annual youth leaders summit. About 35 people turned
Ten teams took part in the first Scarborough Steeplechase on Sept. 21. The Amazing Race-type event brought 28 Anglicans together in Scarborough Deanery to meet
Forty years ago, in 1979, the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Toronto began its life as the Mission of Chartwell-Milliken, under the leadership
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