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Over the past two years, Anglicans across Canada have stepped up to sponsor hundreds of refugees, mainly from war-torn Syria. Many parishes across our diocese ...

I read The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde’s only novel, when I was a teenager. It contains the famous quip, “Nowadays, people know the ...

God is good. In preparation for our ordination, we had the privilege of spending retreat time at the Community of the Transfiguration – the Episcopal ...

When I was in elementary school, I always hated the post-holiday writing assignment, “What I did on my (summer/Christmas/spring break/fill-in-the-blank) holidays.” I truly enjoyed the ...

A few months back, I penned an article on whether the passing of the collection plate had run its course. Given the volume of emails, ...

On Nov. 21, Archbishop Colin Johnson and the diocese’s Poverty Reduction Committee submitted the following brief to the Government of Ontario’s pre-budget consultations.   About ...

My great-great grandparents left the Scottish Hebrides and settled in Ontario in the mid-19th century as a consequence of the potato famines. Canada has been ...

I hope the past few columns have helped you to look again at Paul, our first theologian, and realize his importance to the books of ...

When I became the interfaith minister for ministry to St. James Town in 1970, Barry Morris, with his mass of black hair and huge black ...

Sarah Moesker is in the Companions on an Ancient Path program, run by the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine. The SSJD’s convent is in ...

I have always admired the zeal and commitment early Christians had for founding a new church and facing untold opposition from those with an interest ...

In celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, we rejoice in the knowledge that God chose to come among us. It is ...

About the only book in the New Testament not affected by Paul’s theology is the Epistle of James. There are several reasons this epistle has ...

Michael Burgess is the artistic director of Stage Centre Productions in Toronto and is a priest of the diocese. I am responsible for choosing the ...

Archbishop Colin Johnson has often remarked that “FaithWorks is one of the best things we do together as a diocese.” Since 1997, FaithWorks has raised ...

I look forward to welcoming to the College of Bishops of the Diocese of Toronto our bishops-elect, the Rev. Riscylla Walsh Shaw, Canon Kevin Robertson ...

It almost didn’t happen. And when it did, it was truly providential. Back in the early days of my ministry, almost 40 years ago, the ...

Before we leave the apostle Paul, we need to take a look at his impact on the theology of the early church. Much has been ...

The Rev. Leigh Kern is the assistant curate at St. James Cathedral, Toronto. My work is dynamic and fluid. One moment I might be listening ...

A word to bishops-elect: there is a world of discovery awaiting you on your Sunday episcopal visits. There will be surprises, and some of them ...

By the time you read this we will have three new suffragan bishops-elect for the Diocese of Toronto. We have also just approved a new ...

As we look at Paul’s life, it is difficult to determine what happened in the three- to five-year period between his two imprisonments. We usually ...

I immigrated to Canada when I was just 20.  I am no longer the girl I was when I left my family nearly 55 years ...

For many parishes in our diocese, autumn is the time of year when activity flourishes as congregants return after their summer vacation. It is also ...

It’s fascinating how packing up and moving house compels you to visit places in your home you haven’t visited in years. The packing process has ...

When I was growing up in small-town Ontario, September was a time of fall fairs – parades, displays of prized local produce, the best of ...

After his third missionary journey around the Aegean Sea, Paul returned to Jerusalem to report to James and the other leaders and to present the ...