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I’ve long taken exception to secular fundraising’s dependency on the promotion of “benefits” or “membership” to encourage giving. There is almost no emphasis on altruism ...

Most people aren’t aware that there are roughly 100,000 international students in Ontario universities, and approximately the same number in the province’s colleges, according to ...

“And Jesus said to them, ‘Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his ...

This is a summary of “Putting Ontario on the Road to Recovery,” the provincial pre-budget submission from Bishop Asbil and the Social Justice & Advocacy ...

Vocations: it was a key word during my Roman Catholic childhood. We were exhorted to “pray for vocations,” that is, to pray that young men ...

Once again, the pictures said it all, only this time it wasn’t happening on the other side of the world but on the other side ...

God is good. As we lean into Lent, we all have been changed by this desert experience. Two years of pandemic living have alternately trudged ...

The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario was established in 1912 and covers the civil province of Ontario along with a small part of Quebec. It is ...

Recently I’ve devoted considerable time to thinking about how we can better assess the generosity of donors in parishes. Part of this thinking is motivated ...

Recently, the Ontario government announced a reopening plan that would see public activity return to pre-pandemic levels. It is an aspirational objective, that’s for sure. ...

God is good! As we set our faces towards the Star of Bethlehem, let us recall that we are created and infused with love from ...

Ian Physick is the area youth ministry coordinator for the York-Scarborough episcopal area. He also serves on the Bishop’s Youth Ministry Committee (BYMC). My duties ...

We, who are many, are one body.” This should be – this could be – one of the most important sentences our tradition has to ...

I have a confession to make. There was a time when I wasn’t quite sure what to do when the collection plate came around. I knew ...

On a recent walk through the Entertainment District in Toronto with my family, my eyes were drawn to a maple leaf-like star embedded in the ...

In October of 1851 the Anglican bishops of North America convened a meeting in Quebec to develop some common policies on a number of issues. ...

Any way you look at it, the pandemic is having a profound impact on how parishes respond to ministry needs, stewardship education and worship. This ...

Laura Walton, ODT, is chair of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario’s Elder Care Working Group. This letter was sent to the province’s seven dioceses.  As ...

Archbishop Mark MacDonald, the National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and National Bishop Susan Johnson of the ...

God is good! The air is heavy and sweet this morning, with gentle birdsong and cicadas chirping. It is near the end of a long, ...

The world paid a great deal of attention to a gigantic container ship that somehow swiveled in the middle of the Suez Canal and blocked ...

It’s finally coming to a close, at least as I write this. A lengthy, tumultuous event unparalleled in our lifetimes, marked by sickness, death, fear ...

Bishop Andrew Asbil apologized to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Two-Spirit Plus community in the Diocese of Toronto on June 25 at St. James ...

Growing up, I was always impressed by the generosity of my father. In many ways, he had a rather unassuming upbringing. As the son of ...

When American congressman John Lewis died last summer, he was honoured by leaders across the political spectrum and around the world. In various tributes that ...

Forgiveness: it’s a quality drilled into us as essential for our Christian faith. It’s at the heart of our relationship with God and with others. ...

Last November, the College of Bishops approved the Social Justice Vestry Motion “Committing Ourselves to Anti-Racism.” While in most years the Social Justice & Advocacy ...