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On the surface of it, they were most definitely a motley crew: fishermen struggling to make ends meet in the face of an economic and ...

The community of St. John, Bowmanville wanted to create a labyrinth on the lawn outside our church as a way of using our space to ...

One of the best parts of my job is working with parish leaders to help them achieve their financial stewardship objectives. This continuous engagement helps ...

During the lockdowns of the past two years, I had done what I could to research One City Peterborough (OCP), mainly through its website. Here ...

It is ironic that as I write this article, I am sailing past a long line of cargo ships anchored in the southern waters of ...

Sister Doreen McGuff is a member of the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine. The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine is a contemporary expression ...

Practicing stewardship intimately ties us to who we are as a Christian people. Stewardship is an expression of faith. It is not simply the Church’s ...

There has probably never been a time in the last few decades that there has not been one or two people living in the yard ...

As a kid, I remember sitting down in mid-November each year to write two Christmas lists. The first was for Santa, to be sent away ...

The Most Rev. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, gave this closing sermon to the 15th Lambeth Conference at Canterbury Cathedral on Aug. 7. It has ...

“We’re not speaking the language of the younger generation.” Archbishop Ted Scott’s comment continues to percolate through my mind more than 35 years after he ...

Rose St. Thomas is the co-coordinator of the diocese’s Youth Ministry Apprenticeship Program. The Youth Ministry Apprenticeship Program (YMAP) allows people who have a potential ...

“I promise to do my best, to do my duty to God and the Queen, to keep the law of the wolf cub pack and ...

With inflation at the highest rates seen in decades, the cost of living is on everyone’s mind these days. There is probably no one in ...

This fall marks another stage in the life of The Anglican, the diocese’s monthly newspaper. In October, the paper joined Anglican News Canada, a ministry ...

Over the last year as I have talked with many different Anglicans, a question continues to be asked: what is the relationship between ecumenism and ...

Recently at St. Olave, Swansea, the Rev. Dr. PJ Carefoote, our honorary assistant, presented a series on the history of the Church in Toronto. I ...

The beginning of September doesn’t have any particular liturgical significance, but there are few sectors of society in which it doesn’t mark a cyclical change ...

Jill Wyllie volunteers as a ship visitor for the Mission to Seafarers Southern Ontario, which has mission stations in the ports of Oshawa, Toronto and ...

As I reflect on this season at the Common Table Farm, the word that comes to mind is challenge. This summer has been a challenge ...

Abundance is central to the gospel promise. God wants everyone to “have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10). The prophet Isaiah exhorts ...

Finding our inner calm and peace can be difficult in this world that is so full of noise, distractions, unrest and violence. We live in ...

Are we entering an age of discouragement?  The evidence is compelling. A Statcan poll showed that the percentage of Canadians who viewed the future optimistically ...

Our understanding of stewardship as a way of life is based in scripture. The first chapter of Genesis tells us that God created all things ...

Years later, the episode still disturbs me. A few years ago, I took part in a community choir led by a man I’ll call Ben. ...

Wars, it would seem, have their own set of rules. Which rules, and how they are followed, depend entirely on the side one finds oneself ...

On June 2, Ontarians go to the polls to choose the next provincial government. As Canadians, the right to vote is an integral part of ...