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This article has been adapted from the diocese’s pre-budget submission to the Ontario government. The provincial election was called before the submission could be sent, ...

As Christians deeply concerned about the climate crisis that we as a human species have created, members of the Bishop’s Committee on Creation Care want ...

Perhaps it’s midday as you read this – so I’ll ask you: Have you had lunch? It’s a question my colleague Anélia often asks me ...

According to Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto, around half a million Canadians aged 65 and over have mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Ten to 20 per ...

One hundred and sixty faith leaders, including bishops Andrew Asbil, Riscylla Shaw and Kevin Robertson, sent this letter to Premier Doug Ford in January, urging ...

This is the College of Bishops’ pastoral letter to vestries, to be read or circulated on the Sunday of the parish’s annual vestry meeting.   ...

The Anglican’s Stuart Mann recently interviewed Brian Walsh about his latest book, Rags of Light: Leonard Cohen and the Landscape of Biblical Imagination. Mr. Walsh ...

As we approach the 30th anniversary of the first Black history service in our diocese, to be celebrated on Sunday, Feb. 23 at St. James ...

Who are the saints for us today? Can they inspire us? A saint, based on the Latin word for “holy,” is a person recognized for ...

Volunteering is an integral part of Canadian culture. Approximately 41 per cent of all Canadians formally volunteer their time with one organization or another. The ...

In August, we were thrilled to announce that we had met our goal of $6.3 million for the renewal of our guest house, having raised ...

The beginning of the season of Epiphany is a signal for many families that it is time to take down the Christmas tree. I am ...

The practice of making New Year’s resolutions is anything but recent. In fact, it goes back over 3,000 years to the ancient Babylonians, who set ...

On Oct. 1, 2018, a group of activists, front-line workers and church members placed 1,265 wooden crosses on the lawn in front of the provincial ...

This column will be published in January, but as I write, it is just about one year since the City of Toronto partially evicted the ...

It’s easy to become distracted by the conventional elements that mark the Christmas season, such as family gatherings, preparing meals and buying and receiving presents. ...

It’s always hard for me to find just the right Christmas card. As I search, sometimes I like a particular image on the cover, but ...

This past summer, I had the opportunity of joining members of the FaithWorks allocations committee to tour the facilities at All Saints Church-Community Centre at ...

I’ve just wrapped up my fifth season farming at Common Table Farm. Each growing season has been entirely different, with its particular mix of joys ...

The following letter was signed by more than 30 faith leaders in Ontario, including Bishop Andrew Asbil of the Diocese of Toronto and Bishop Susan ...

For the past six years, the Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Site has operated just around the corner from St. Stephen in-the-Fields church in Toronto. It ...

As I approached St. Peter’s Anglican Church, I automatically looked down so that I wouldn’t miss the step up into the vestibule. To my surprise, ...

I have been blessed in my ministry to have many opportunities to share Jesus’ faith with children and youth. This is only thanks to the ...

The Season of Creation is an annual global ecumenical event in which Christians of different denominations around the world come together to pray and respond ...

Eloheme saw all creation and, behold! It was of exceeding goodness! (Genesis 1:31a) During the Season of Creation, Christians around the world celebrate and pray ...

One week after Easter, I watched the total solar eclipse in Kingston, Ont. Perfect timing for Eastertide: chill darkness, indescribable light, death and resurrection embodied ...

Each year, Synod Council invites me to make a presentation on trends in giving and attendance in the diocese. (Synod Council is the representative body ...