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Partnership saves church

HALIFAX – A north end Halifax church is crediting its partnership with a high-rise apartment building developer for preserving its history. St. Mark’s, located at ...

Coffee Girls help those in need

FREDERICTON – The Woodstock Coffee Girls got their start because their rector, the Rev. Maria Shepherdson, made a Facebook post about something that began more ...

Communion Forest takes root

HAMILTON – The 419 trees planted in the Diocese of Niagara last fall for the Communion Forest are experiencing their first spring. The deciduous and ...
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Symposium reflects on TRC calls

June will mark 10 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada presented its 94 Calls of Action to Canada. On May 24, Redeemer, ...
Lift Up Our Hearts

Homilist looks forward to sharing on TikTok

The Rev. Gerlyn Henry is looking forward to not only preaching at the next Lift Up Our Hearts service at All Saints, Whitby on May ...
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Weather no match for God

A blast of icy rain couldn’t keep about 400 Anglicans from travelling to Trinity, Streetsville at the end of March for the diocese’s second Lift ...
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Service feeds hearts, minds, souls

“Feed me till I want no more!” So sang a congregation of about 350 Anglicans gathered at St. James Cathedral in March to worship God ...
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Newsletter delivers paper to inboxes

Readers of The Anglican now have another way to keep up with news and commentary from across the Diocese of Toronto. Starting with the April ...
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Church responds with hope and love

Every other week, our staff team at Little Trinity spends some time in prayer that we take turns leading. A couple of months ago, this ...
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Three to receive national award

Growing up in a rectory next to the church in Cranbrook, B.C., Suzanne Rumsey got a close-up look at the human condition. In a biography ...
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Services lift hearts

Inspiring, wonderful, heartfelt and deeply moving. That’s how Bishop Andrew Asbil described the first two Lift Up Our Hearts services, held at St. James Cathedral ...
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Calls help church plan future

For St. Paul, Bloor Street, the diocese’s 20 calls to action couldn’t have come at a better time. After emerging from the pandemic, the church ...
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Church creates content for the soul

Would Jesus be on Instagram? St. Peter, Erindale thinks so – and with a new year-long project about to begin, the parish is enhancing its ...
Black women wearing colourful billowing skirts dance in the aisle of St. James Cathedral.

Service celebrates ‘watershed moment’

The warm, vibrant sounds of West Africa and the Caribbean filled St. James Cathedral on Feb. 23 as the diocese celebrated the 30th anniversary of ...

Clothesline helps people in winter

ST. ANDREWS – For the last few winters, Paula Ross has been taking blankets to the homeless population in Saint John, New Brunswick. But the ...

City honours Anglican ministry

OTTAWA – Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe proclaimed November 2024 Belong Ottawa Month, honouring the Anglican ministry that has provided decades of care and service to ...

Cathedral begins to reinvent itself

LONDON, ONT. – A new year is bringing a new look for London’s historic St. Paul’s Cathedral. Construction crews removed more than 250 wooden pews ...

Sunday suppers fill local need

BROCKVILLE – At a time of growing food insecurity, Brockville churches continue to work together to make the Lord’s Day one of food and fellowship. ...
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AURA seeks board members

AURA, the Anglican United Refugee Alliance, is looking for new board members for 2025-2027. AURA is a Canadian charitable organization assisting in the private sponsorship ...
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Consider donating rebates, says diocese

The Ontario government is in the process of distributing $200 rebates to every Ontario taxpayer and $200 for every child in eligible families, describing the ...
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Diocese hires new secretary of Synod

Canon Laura Walton is the diocese’s new secretary of Synod, providing corporate governance and event planning expertise for the diocese, Synod and its committees. She ...
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Cathedral hosts Bob Marley Mass

A new Bob Marley Mass, composed by the Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Fields, vicar of St. James Cathedral, will be celebrated on March 16 at ...
Bishop Andrew Asbil's crozier and mitre sit on a table.

Bishop plans sabbath leave

With the concurrence of the diocese’s chancellor, Bishop Andrew Asbil will be taking a sabbath leave from May 5 to Sept. 2. This is Bishop ...
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Christian Unity

Christian leaders from the Anglican Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, the Salvation Army, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Greek Orthodox ...
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Cricket festival turning 10

On July 12, the Anglican Church Cricket Festival (ACCF) will mark a major milestone as it celebrates its 10th anniversary at Creditview Sandalwood Park in ...
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Have your say!

Our diocese is vibrant and diverse – 195 parishes, each with unique gifts, needs, communities and ideas for growth and ministry. Over the past two ...
Lift Up Our Hearts

Large services seek to lift up hearts

Feeling a bit overwhelmed by things? Looking to refresh your spiritual life? If so, consider going to one – or both – of the two ...
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