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Let it never be said that Anglicans in the diocese don’t rise to a challenge. In 2020, one of the most difficult years in living ...

It may seem a bit incongruous to read the 400-year-old words of the Book of Common Prayer on an app, but that’s what I find ...

As we enter a new year and approach the season for parish vestry meetings, questions have arisen regarding how vestry lists are to be assembled ...

A Syrian refugee family has found a home in Toronto, thanks to the persistence of a parish, a benevolent property developer and a timely intervention ...

On Nov. 18, in anticipation of National Housing Day, Bishop Andrew Asbil spoke to members of the media and others outside Holy Trinity, Trinity Square ...

Early in 2020, in a pastoral letter to vestries, Bishop Andrew Asbil challenged the diocese to take climate action. “We are asking you to consider ...

The Diocese of Toronto is embarking on a comprehensive plan to address racism and bias in the Church. The plan, which will be launched in ...

“No one is disposable” was the theme of the diocese’s outreach conference, held Oct. 24. The conference underscored that message by tackling the feeling of ...

At the end of a gloomy week in October due to COVID-19, the Bishop’s Company provided a ray of warmth and hope. Instead of its ...

Bishop Jenny Andison, the area bishop of York-Credit Valley, will be the next rector of St. Paul, Bloor Street, effective Feb. 28, 2021. In a ...

This is an update on the work of North House, a ministry supported by FaithWorks, the diocese’s annual outreach appeal. This article first appeared in ...

The Rev. Ian LaFleur wasn’t sure what to expect when St. Cuthbert, Leaside opened for worship on Sept. 13 after being closed for almost six ...

After 10 years, the annual Schomberg Country Run has expanded beyond the boundaries of this southern Ontario town and spread across Canada. And, in a ...

In 2017, food prices were skyrocketing. The Rev. Beverley Williams picked up a head of cauliflower at a grocery store, and, looking at the price, ...

For Sue Taylor, the first days of the COVID-19 lockdown were like going from the familiar to the unknown. With only a laptop, which was ...

The Rev. Claudette Taylor is an educator, a deacon at Epiphany and St. Mark, Parkdale and the Social Justice Officer for York-Credit Valley. At Epiphany ...

What happens when church isn’t church anymore? Or perhaps more precisely, when the form of church we’ve known all our lives simply isn’t there for ...

Even though there were 300,000 recorded cases of the Spanish flu in Ontario in 1918-19, resulting in nearly 9,000 deaths, there is very little mention ...

Joy Marshall has some simple advice for churches that are planning to reopen. “Don’t panic,” she says. “Do the best you can. Be as kind ...

For 17 years, the diocese’s Fresh Start program has supported hundreds of clergy to make successful transitions from one parish to another. Now, the program ...

For the past six years, volunteers across Canada have participated in the Ride for Refuge on behalf of The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund ...

Churches around the world will be participating in an ecumenical Season of Creation, to be held from Sept. 1 to Oct. 4. Delegates to General ...

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as Queen’s Park was implementing public health measures and essential service providers were closing their doors, Angie ...

The Rev. Phil Gearing has a routine. He leaves his house every morning at 6 a.m. and walks 5.5 km, and then walks another 5.5 ...

When he was just five years old, Bishop Peter Fenty told his family that he would like to be a priest when he grew up. ...

“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22I sit here ...

Anglicans continue to do good work to care and advocate for the most vulnerable at this critical time. While the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered church ...