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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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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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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. ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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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