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Organist and composer honoured for work

Edward Moroney, ODT, has been honoured by the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) in the U.K. Mr. Moroney, an organist and composer in the ...
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Secretary assisted diocesan bishops

Margaret Banks, an administrative assistant at the Synod Office for more than 35 years, died in April at the age of 91 in Port Hope. ...
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Group makes fidget mats

ST. JOHN’S – Many people in the Parish of Bay Roberts/Coley’s Point in Newfoundland know somebody who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia, and ...
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Church plans to restore ‘irreplaceable’ window

SAINT JOHN – Trinity Church in Saint John, N.B., has launched a campaign to restore its stained-glass window. The iconic stone church in the heart ...
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Archdeacon sworn in as police chaplain

THUNDER BAY – Archdeacon Deborah Kraft of the Diocese of Algoma was sworn in as chaplain to the Thunder Bay Police Service in July. “The ...
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Christians around world join marathon reading

EDMONTON – Eighty-two Christians from different church denominations all over the world contributed to another successful Bible Reading Marathon put on by the Diocese of ...
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Churches help city claim organ title

VICTORIA – With the help of local churches, Victoria has become the pipe organ capital of Canada. International Pipe Organ Day was held on April ...
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Bishop’s Company Dinner returns

The 64th annual Bishop’s Company Dinner will be held on Oct. 17 at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites. Funds raised by the ...
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Youth invited to fall retreat

Registration is open for the ReCharge Youth Retreat on Sept. 26-28 at Muskoka Woods, open to youth age 12-18. The cost is $130 for the ...
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Season offers fall workshops

The Season of Spiritual Renewal fall workshops are now open for registration. Some are offered during the day and some in the evening. Workshops include ...
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Copies of diocesan history available

The diocesan Archives has extra copies of By Grace Co-Workers: Building the Anglican Diocese of Toronto 1780-1989, produced as part of the diocese’s sesquicentennial celebrations ...
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Outreach conference next month

The diocese’s 2025 Outreach & Advocacy Conference, “Seeking Signs of Resurrection,” will take place online on Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The ...
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Church calendar welcomes photos

Anglicans are invited to submit photos for the 2027 Canadian Church Calendar. The calendar is a cherished publication in Anglican households and sacristies from coast ...
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Conference explores children’s ministry

The annual Toronto Children’s Ministry Conference will take place on Nov. 1 at Bayview Glen Alliance Church, 300 Steeles Ave. E., Thornhill. With 30 speakers ...
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Cathedral provides catechesis for confirmation

A new “Catechesis for Confirmation” program at St. James Cathedral will start on Nov. 1. Last year’s program prepared 13 people (seven adults and six ...
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Proud Anglicans

Sixty-six Anglicans from a dozen parishes in the diocese walk in the Pride Parade in downtown Toronto on June 29, with thousands of people lining ...
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General Synod team

Members of the Diocese of Toronto gather in London, Ont. with Anglicans from across Canada June 23-29 to participate in the meeting of General Synod, ...
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Old registers find good home in the Archives

The diocesan Archives is asking congregations to bring their old, fragile or inactive parish registers to Synod for transfer to the Archives, where they can ...
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Solar Suitcase brings light to maternity wards

At the Muripotana Health Centre in Nampula, Mozambique, midwife Ancha Amido Abdala begins each shift by greeting her colleagues, checking admissions and examining patients in ...
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Anglicans renew faith at Whitby service

With joyful music, heartfelt testimony and a call to holy disruption, Anglicans from across the diocese gathered at All Saints, Whitby on May 31 for ...
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Storyteller to retire after long career

When Canon Stuart Mann opened the Globe and Mail and saw a tiny job ad for an editorial assistant with the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, ...
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Joyful cricket festival celebrates 10th anniversary

The 10th anniversary of the Anglican Church Cricket Festival was celebrated in true fellowship and a festive spirit on July 12 as more than 200 ...
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Rolls of Honour find new home

FREDRICTON – When a church is deconsecrated, along with the inevitable feeling of loss, there is a lot of work to do. One of those ...
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Milk bags make a difference

OTTAWA – What do you do with your milk bags? Do they have a use before going to the landfill? In the parish hall of ...
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Man caught trying to steal copper

KELOWNA – An attempted theft of copper cladding from the steeple of St. Andrew, Trail took place just before midnight last November. The church’s watchman ...
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Teen organizes environmental expo

VICTORIA – Church of the Advent, Colwood hosted an environmental expo in January, but the idea for the event started in the brain of youth ...
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Archbishop to give Snell Lecture

Archbishop Chris Harper, the National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop and Presiding Elder of Sacred Circle, will give the Snell Lecture at St. James Cathedral on June ...