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Summer camp helps kids to care

FREDERICTON – How do you form children into caring adults? You expose them to the needs in their community and give them a chance to ...
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Outreach conference coming up

The annual diocesan 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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Conference explores children’s ministry

The Toronto Children’s Ministry Conference will take place on Nov. 1 at Bayview Glen Alliance Church, 300 Steeles Ave. E., Thornhill, celebrating its 15th anniversary. ...
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Fall events consider legacy giving

This fall, the Anglican Diocese of Toronto Foundation will host Wine, Wisdom & Generosity, a series of relaxed and inspiring gatherings where attendees can enjoy ...
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Bishop’s Company Dinner coming up

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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Archives to close for October

The diocesan Archives will close to visitors and research inquiries from Oct. 1-31 so staff can focus on much‐needed projects. Urgent inquiries, including requests for ...
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Hybrid ministry opens doors wider

All Saints, Peterborough began its hybrid ministry journey, as many did, during the COVID-19 crisis. The church started simply, using a phone to livestream its ...
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Guest preachers to focus on renewed Church

Last year, during the Season of Creation, St. James Cathedral sponsored an Evensong sermon series focused on “God, Creation and Climate Change.” This year, as ...
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Singers have fun at choir camp

Singers of all ages came together at Trafalgar Castle School in Whitby on July 12 for a day of choral music, camp activities and worshiping ...
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Church helps create townhomes

The experience of St. George, Grafton shows that a church does not need to have land – or even building expertise – to facilitate the ...
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Season offers online workshops

The diocese’s Season of Spiritual Renewal is holding online workshops throughout the fall. Here are some that are held on Wednesdays at noon. To register ...
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Church helps students in need

With so many families across our city struggling with the high cost of living, parishioners at the Church of the Transfiguration wanted to find a ...
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Food for all

Neighbours and friends join members of the congregation at St. James Cathedral’s annual Canada Day barbecue on July 1. In addition to food, fellowship and ...
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Conference seeks signs of resurrection

From hotter and more frequent wildfires to wars and conflicts, from the erosion of democracy to deepening inequality, the world is full of signs of ...
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Beach Eucharist

Members of St. John the Baptist, Norway gather for a Eucharist on the beach beside Lake Ontario in Toronto on Aug. 13. The beach service, ...
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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 ...