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“It’s time to complexify the situation, to peel back and ask what’s really going on here.” So began the Rev. Dr. Joan DeVries, keynote speaker ...

Two well known leaders in the Anglican Communion made surprise appearances at the 57th annual Bishop’s Company Dinner in Toronto on Oct. 19. Bishop Michael ...

Archbishop Colin Johnson and his wife Ellen were the guests of honour at the 32nd annual Bishops Basil Tonks and Arthur Brown Fundraising Dinner at ...

It was a special service on Oct. 21 at Holy Trinity, Guildwood, as the inaugural Douglas C. Cowling Bursary in Liturgical Music was awarded to ...

Even though the ReCharge retreat on Sept. 21-23 at Muskoka Woods Camp started on generator power, the 168 participants from across the diocese – and ...

VICTORIA – A proposal by the Diocese of British Columbia to create 24 affordable rental homes for seniors has received its required zoning approval. On ...

SAULT STE. MARIE – The vestry of the Diocese of Algoma’s St. Luke’s Cathedral, in Sault Ste. Marie, has endorsed a proposal to build the ...

FREDERICTON – Clergy from a number of denominations and community members joined Anglicans Aug. 10 at a vigil for victims of the shootings that had ...

EDMONTON – A local Anglican has joined 35 Christians from around the world taking part this year in the Community of St. Anselm, a program ...

Friends and colleagues gather at Trinity, Streetsville on Sept. 15 for the launch of Good News Church: Celebrating the Legacy of Harold Percy, edited by ...

“We are the earth” is a compelling statement, but what does it mean and how can urban people of faith live it in reality? Those ...

FaithWorks has launched a special appeal that will see every new or increased donation to the campaign matched dollar for dollar, up to $75,000. That ...

On Aug. 19, parishes in the Toronto East Deanery worshipped together in a new way – through a live stream. The project was prompted by ...

“Are you ready to row?” Bishop Andrew Asbil, the diocese’s coadjutor bishop, asked that question during his consecration service on Sept. 29 at St. James ...

The Rev. Chris Harper, the Diocese of Toronto’s Indigenous Native Priest, has been elected the next Bishop of Saskatoon. The election took place on Sept. ...

When Christina Yu joined the Archbishop’s Working Group on Intercultural Ministry four years ago, she thought the job of tackling racism in the diocese would ...

QUEBEC CITY – The Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada will no longer be required to meet every three years if a resolution that ...

EDMONTON – An Anglican chaplain has been hired to provide four-day-a-week spiritual support to residents of a faith-based Edmonton seniors’ residence. Since April 2018, the ...

LONDON – Archbishop Fred Hiltz, who will resign as Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada in July 2019, says his biggest regret is that ...

Janet Marshall is the new director of the diocese’s Congregational Development department. She will begin on Oct. 1. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be ...

Walter Seymour Allward would be glad. Mr. Allward, who designed the majestic Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France, is buried in the quiet cemetery at ...

Rain couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of cricketers who turned out to play in the annual Anglican Church Cricket Festival in Brampton on June 23. The ...

Last summer, St. Peter, Erindale, Solel Synagogue in Mississauga and Masumeen Islamic Centre in Brampton joined forces to offer an Interfaith Peace Camp for children ...

More than 160 years ago, Bishop John Strachan wrote to the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Toronto, expressing his hope of establishing an ...

The Diocese of Toronto has given a $250,000 grant to the Anishnawbe Health Foundation to help build a new Indigenous health and cultural centre in ...

The Niiganni-gichigami (Lake Ontario) Gratitude Walk and Festival on June 8 in Toronto was led by Indigenous elder Wanda Whitebird. After prayers of gratitude and ...

Archbishop Colin Johnson and his wife Ellen joined thousands of people for a vigil on Danforth Avenue in Toronto on July 25 after a man ...