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The Rev. Augusto Núñez

New video showcases migrant worker ministry

At the helm of the Durham Region Migrant Worker Ministry is the endearingly enthusiastic Rev. Augusto Núñez, incumbent at St. Saviour, Orono since 2017. Mr. ...
Mapping exercise at Camp Huron.

Support for PWRDF’s Indigenous programs strong in the diocese

In August 2021, PWRDF launched a new program to support Indigenous-led organizations working to improve community health, take climate action, empower youth and ensure safe ...
The Anglican

AFC April 1 grant deadline approaches

The Anglican Foundation of Canada’s spring grant window is now open and the deadline for applications is April 1. AFC remains best known for supporting ...
The Anglican

Sacred Glimpses

A book published by Christ Memorial Church, Oshawa is helping the parish share both its own history and the story of Jesus Christ from the ...
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From ecological grief to creational hope

The Bishop’s Committee on Creation Care has created a Lent curriculum suitable for small groups and individuals that explores the climate crisis and ecological grief. ...
Two trainees install a solar suitcase at a health clinic in rural Mozambique.

Diocese’s early support for PWRDF project lights the way

Mothers and babies in rural Mozambique will get a better chance at a healthy birth, thanks to a PWRDF campaign that ran last year from ...
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We must make space for lament

I have spent a possibly troubling amount of time reading, analysing and teaching the Revelation to John of Patmos, not to mention directing several dramatized readings ...
The Anglican

Parishes urged to champion justice for workers

The Bible calls us to justice for those who are most vulnerable, including vulnerable workers in our society. After God’s people were brought out of ...
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Synod 2021

The Diocese of Toronto’s 160th Regular Session of Synod was held Nov. 25-27 online. This was the first ever virtual Synod held by the diocese. ...
The Anglican

Seeking racial equity is love’s hard work

We call ourselves a working group, and that’s where you’ll see us at our best – in those moments where our planning and our hopes ...
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COP26 leaves Anglicans disappointed but determined

The 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – or COP26, as it is popularly known – was ...
The Anglican

Interim Editor joins The Anglican

From Nov. 10 to Feb. 10, The Anglican’s editor, Stuart Mann, will be on leave. During this time, editorship of the paper will be in ...
The Rev. Leigh Kern, Georgina Bird and Laverne Malcolm.

Cabaret showcases talent, raises funds

By Stuart Mann For the second year in a row, more than 400 people tuned in to watch the Bishop’s Company Cabaret. The event, held ...
Bishop Michael Bedford-Jones

A joyful, compassionate man

Hymns, readings and prayers were offered at St. James Cathedral on Saturday, November 20, 2021, in celebration of the life of Bishop Michael Bedford-Jones, a ...
The Anglican

Bursary fosters liturgical and musical creativity

Are you looking for ways to develop, support and encourage creative musical and liturgical experimentation in your parish? The Douglas C. Cowling Bursary is an ...
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Church helps vaccinate Latin American community

The church of San Lorenzo, Dufferin, in co-ordination with the City of Toronto Health Department, ran a vaccination clinic for Toronto’s Latin American community on ...
The Anglican

Canadians urged to act on feelings of heartbreak, anger

A workshop at the Outreach and Advocacy Conference on “Re-making Settler/Indigenous Relations” heard first-hand what the treatment of First Nations in Canada has meant in human ...
The Anglican

Re-making community explored

More than 100 people from all over the diocese and even as far as India met online on Oct. 30 for the annual Outreach and ...
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Orange Shirt Day

ORANGE SHIRT DAYThe Rev. Leigh Kern, the diocese’s Right Relations coordinator, sent out an invitation throughout the diocese for people to send in a ‘selfie’ ...
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Church answers call to help refugees

It started with a knock on the door during a blizzard. One evening in December 2018, the Rev. Matthew McMillan, incumbent of St. Mary, Richmond ...
The Anglican

Church’s music studio creates connections

A project that has taken shape at Grace Church, Markham during the pandemic is helping to create connections within the church community and beyond. Parkway ...
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Recharged

Youth from around the diocese meet in their episcopal areas on Sept. 25 to reconnect with each other and worship together at the Re:Charge youth ...
The Anglican

Pamphlet, book new this fall

The St. Thomas Poetry Series has been publishing books of Christian poetry over the past 25 years. Its “home” is St. Thomas, Huron Street in ...
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Bishop-elect gets pleasant surprise

EDMONTON – On the morning of Sept. 18, only a few hours before his consecration as the 11th Bishop of Edmonton, Bishop-elect Steve London was ...
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Blessing of motorcycles held in person

FREDERICTON – Although delayed, the 19th annual Blessing of the Bikes and Breakfast took place, in person, on Aug. 14 at the Church of the ...
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Synod office installs charging station

VANCOUVER – Bishop John Stephens blessed the new charging station in the parking lot of the Diocese of New Westminster’s Synod office on Sept. 23. ...
The Anglican

Synod coming up

The diocese’s Synod will convene virtually from Nov. 25 to Nov. 27. The theme of the 160th Regular Session of Synod will be Love Thy ...
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