Books

Tents and temporary shelters in an encampment outside St. Stephen in-the-Fields.

A vivid snapshot from a troubling time

Stuart Mann April 30, 2025

Encampment: Resistance, Grace and an Unhoused Community. By Maggie Helwig, May 2025. ISBN 9781552455043, e-ISBN 9781770568426, 200 pp, $24.95. I didn’t intend to review this ...

An open page of an old diary showing handwritten entries.

‘The old familiar hymns’

Marianne Goodfellow March 31, 2025

On Friday, April 6, 1917, a young artillery officer wrote in his little pocket diary, “Suddenly realized today was Good Friday & I expect all ...

A black and white photo of a thurifer and boat girl in St. Thomas, Huron Street.

Volumes tell rich history of ‘Smoky Tom’s’

Gideon Strauss March 31, 2025

Kent, David A. (ed.) Household of God: A Parish History of St. Thomas’s Church, Toronto. [Volume One: 1874-1993.] St. Thomas’s Church, 1993. ISBN 0969780206. 546 ...