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Greeting bees and sowing seeds

As the soil warms with the spring sun, I look forward to meeting my friends again. They’re quite small, and easily missed. But if I ...
The Anglican

Women deepen faith journeys

For some years, Laura MacNewman had been deepening her faith life by reading the sermons of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12th century Cistercian abbot. ...
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Ministry works for peace, hope

In May 2021, the Bishop’s Committee on Interfaith Ministry had its first meeting over Zoom. The committee is made up of lay and ordained people ...
The Anglican

PWRDF accepting donations for Ukrainian relief

PWRDF is supporting Ukrainians forced to flee their homes due to the Russian invasion. An initial grant of $20,000 issued to an ACT Alliance appeal ...
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Pray for peace

A peace vigil for the end of the war in Ukraine is held at St. Anne, Toronto on March 3. Clockwise from top left: a ...
The Anglican

Archbishop of Canterbury honours local Anglicans

The Archbishop of Canterbury has honoured three local Anglicans for their outstanding service to the Church and the wider community. The 2022 Lambeth Awards were ...
The Anglican

ACW holds annual general meeting

The Toronto Diocesan Anglican Church Women will be holding its annual general meeting on Zoom on April 30 from 10 a.m. until noon. The theme ...
The Anglican

Archbishop’s visit includes Toronto

In response to an invitation from Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate, and National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Mark MacDonald, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Justin ...
The Anglican

Group responds to website attack

The Black Anglicans of Canada website experienced a malicious attack in February with harmful racist messaging posted to the home page. “Black Anglicans of Canada ...
The Anglican

Walk bears witness to opioid epidemic

A community walk that memorializes those who have suffered and died because of the opioid overdose epidemic will begin and end at All Saints Church-Community ...
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Honoured

Ranil Mendis, ODT, holds the June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism at a school cricket program that he helps to run in Mississauga. The ...
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Conversations tend to soul

Bishop Andrew Asbil is inviting the people of the diocese to dream together about where God is leading them through the current pandemic and beyond. ...
The Anglican

Service calls on Anglicans to be strangers no longer

People from across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean and Africa attended the 27th annual celebration of the Black heritage of the Church, held on ...
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Appeal posts strong year

In a year of celebration, FaithWorks’ 25th anniversary campaign was a great success, made possible by generosity from parishes and individuals in all corners of ...
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Canada Briefs

Mobile medical clinic for Ghanaian diocese FREDERICTON – The Diocese of Fredericton has employed the services of Malley Industries, which manufactures emergency vehicles, to build ...

Anglican Church of Canada launches new online news platform

The Anglican Church of Canada has launched Anglican News Canada, an online news platform that allows readers to access the websites of the Anglican Journal ...
The Anglican

How to plan a virtual Synod

Pamela Boisvert is the secretary of synod for the diocese. The Anglican caught up with her to find out about the challenges of and successes ...
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Stations of the Cross on the streets of Toronto

John Franklin is passionate about the role of art in addressing issues of social justice and he’s dedicated the last two decades of his life ...
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Growing a brighter future, today

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) is stepping up its commitment to young people across Canada with an even more ambitious plan to fund ministry ...
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Briefly

Spend a year living in God’s rhythm Are you contemplating the next steps on your spiritual journey? Do you want to experience life in community, ...
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AURA seeks refugee sponsorship groups

Over 82 million people around the world have been forced from their homes due to persecution or conflict. The Anglican United Refugee Alliance (AURA) is ...
The Anglican

Walking with the sacred

Most of us have been aware of a climate emergency for many years now and see that the urgency has only increased, to the point ...
The Anglican

Barrie warming centre a lifesaving “band aid”

On Jan. 21, a much-needed daytime warming centre opened in Barrie at Trinity Church. The warming centre is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to ...
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Synod Council gathers online for the first time

On Jan. 20, Synod Council gathered for the first time under the new governance pilot project. The pilot project was approved during the 160th Regular ...
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Churches open doors to vaccinate communities

When the East Toronto Chinese Baptist Church approached the Rev. Canon Greg Carpenter, incumbent at St. Jude, Wexford, about partnering to run a pop-up COVID-19 ...
The Anglican

Sisterhood of St. John the Divine expands its ministry online

The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine is a monastic community founded in Toronto in 1884 and the Mother House, St. John’s Convent, is still ...
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“Purses for a Sister”

For much of November 2021, the parish of St. Paul, Newmarket filled up its rectory rooms with purses for women in need. The initiative, “Purses ...
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