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“But Jesus said, ‘Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor ...

The silvery sheen is long gone, replaced by innumerable scratches and a dull finish, bearing the marks of decades of use. No matter. My late ...

Over the past few months, 123 parishes in our diocese have passed this year’s social justice vestry motion, calling on the provincial government to double ...

Roberto Chiotti is a member of the Bishop’s Committee on Creation Care and is an advisor to Net Zero Churches, an Anglican-led organization in Canada ...

I am not any great expert on pilgrimage. I don’t have any authoritative advice to give others on how to find the “best” pilgrimage. What ...

One of the joys of being a bishop is presiding at the ordinations of deacons and priests. Ordinations are full of joy and promise, and ...

Our lives are torn with grief over the deaths that come to us on life’s journey. And as we age, there are more loved ones ...

Jacky Bramma is a member of All Saints, Whitby. I wear quite a few hats at All Saints. In worship, I am an intercessor and ...

People make donations for all sorts of reasons. For some it is the mission of the organization, while for others it’s how their gift will ...

As the winter days get longer and the warmer weather doesn’t seem so far away, the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario is looking forward to its ...

On the campus where I work, there’s an ongoing conversation about the name of the Campus Chaplains’ Association. There are about 30 chaplains at the ...

My friend and former colleague Dave Robinson was fond of saying that many church leaders suffer from “terminal nostalgia.” That is to say, they retain ...

The massive highway sign hammered home the issue for me: TEXT STOP AHEAD. That’s right: barrelling along the U.S. interstate en route to visit friends ...

Fritznel Richard intended to be with his family in the United States this past Christmas. Tragically, authorities found his body in Quebec near the notorious ...

The Rev. Lorna May is the deacon at St. Luke, Creemore. I have had the privilege of being the deacon for St. Luke, Creemore for ...

As a diocese, our key social justice priorities include reducing poverty, working to end homelessness by creating affordable housing, and safeguarding the integrity of God’s ...

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

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 ...