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Celebrating Indigenous History Month

OTTAWA – Christ Church Bells Corners hosted a community event to mark Indigenous History Month on June 13. The day began with Elder Larry Langlois ...
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Churches support wildfire evacuees

THUNDER BAY – As devastating wildfires continue to burn across Northwestern Ontario, the Diocese of Algoma is mobilizing to support evacuees who have been forced ...
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Modernizing baptism resources

EDMONTON – At the end of April, eleven clergy and lay members of the Anglican Church of Canada gathered at Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre ...
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Growing young adult ministry

VICTORIA – Young people are looking for spiritual life and they’re looking for spiritual life made for them. At St. Barnabas, they’ve had the gift ...
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Registration opens for Outreach conference

The diocesan Outreach & Advocacy Conference will be held on Oct. 17. This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Dean Detloff, the research and advocacy officer ...
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Youth gather for annual retreat

Registration is open for the ReCharge youth retreat for youth in grades 6-12 on Sept. 18-20 at Medeba Retreat Centre. Get ready for a weekend ...
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Diocese celebrates women’s ordination

The Diocese of Toronto is marking the milestone 50th anniversary of women’s ordination to the priesthood in the Anglican Church of Canada by hosting two ...
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Bishop receives honorary degree

Bishop Victoria Matthews received a Doctor of Divinity degree (honoris causa) from Trinity College, Toronto at is convocation ceremony in May. The honour recognized her ...

Proud Anglicans

Anglicans from 16 parishes walk in the Pride Parade in downtown Toronto on June 28, with tens of thousands of people lining the route.

A seat at the Communion table

When Canon Dr. Anita Gittens left Toronto to attend the 19th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Belfast, being elected to the council’s standing ...

Diocese renews treaty ties

A diocesan effort to examine its response to Truth and Reconciliation has led to a new process of reflection, repentance and rebuilding relationships. About 130 ...

Archivists field citizenship rush

A recent change to Canadian citizenship law is sending people in the United States and beyond on a search for their family roots, creating an ...

Communicator celebrated

Friends and colleagues gathered at the Synod Office on May 28 to bid farewell to Canon Stuart Mann, who retired as the diocese’s director of ...

Festival scores another success

The 11th annual Anglican Church Cricket Festival (ACCF) brought together more than 150 parishioners from churches across the Greater Toronto Area on July 11 at Creditview ...
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Confirmed & received

Bishop Andrew Asbil confirms candidates at the Diocesan Confirmation Service at St. James Cathedral in April. Bishop Asbil also received candidates into the Anglican Communion. ...
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Anglicans give to Jamaica

Anglicans in the diocese responded generously to the Bishop’s Appeal for Jamaican Relief & Restoration. As of April 24, Anglicans had given $65,000 to the ...
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Kenya tour inspires priest

As a teenager back in 1985, I took myself to see the movie Out of Africa multiple times. It wasn’t the colonial era Streep/Redford romance ...
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Synod Council approves voluntary campaign

A small group of parishes will soon embark on a fundraising campaign, equipped and supported by the Synod Office, after a decision by Synod Council ...
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Happy day!

Newly ordained transitional deacons stand with Bishop Andrew Asbil, Bishop Riscylla Shaw, clergy and laity after the Ordination to the Sacred Order of Deacons service ...
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Thank you from FaithWorks!

The Diocese of Toronto’s annual FaithWorks campaign raised $1,532,100 in 2025 in support of Anglican-affiliated ministries throughout the Diocese and around the world. FaithWorks is ...

Parishes support climate motion

The 2026 Social Justice Vestry Motion invited parishes in the diocese to pledge to honour their baptismal commitment to safeguard the integrity of creation, and ...
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We cannot stand by and watch

On March 13, the Ontario government announced it would stop funding for all provincially funded supervised consumption sites, three of which are located in the ...
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Ministry welcomes migrant workers back to Ontario

This January, just as we’ve done since 2016, the Migrant Worker Ministry joyfully welcomed our agricultural migrant worker friends back to Canada. For many years, ...
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Clergy honoured

Bishop Andrew Asbil presents stoles to clergy celebrating their 25th, 50th and 60th anniversaries of their ordinations at St. James Cathedral on March 31.
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Cathedral to host special worship service

Building on the momentum of the diocesan Season of Spiritual Renewal, a global call to prayer is preparing to take root in Toronto this spring. ...
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FaithWorks tops goal, addresses food insecurity

For the second year in a row, FaithWorks has exceeded its fundraising goal. The diocese’s annual outreach appeal raised $1,532,000 in 2025. The money will ...
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Bishop’s appeal to help restore communities in Jamaica

The Rev. Canon Kenute Francis thinks about home a lot these days. Born and raised in Jamaica, Canon Francis served in several parishes there before ...