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Churches worship online

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

“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 ...

Priest elected in Saskatoon

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. ...
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Group takes aim at racism, inequity

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 ...
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Resolutions signal change at provincial Synod

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

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 ...
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Primate expresses regret over debate’s prominence

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 new director of Congregational Development

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 ...
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Church plans special peal on Nov. 11

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 ...
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Rain no match for cricketers

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 ...
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Faith groups share beliefs over dinner

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 ...
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New trust launched at film gala

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 ...
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Diocese supports new Indigenous health centre

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 ...
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With gratitude

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 ...
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Church responds to shooting spree

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 ...
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New scholarship honours Primate

A major new scholarship fund has been created to help clergy and laity attend courses at St. George’s College in Jerusalem, one of the leading ...
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Andrew Asbil elected coadjutor bishop

The Very Rev. Andrew Asbil, rector of St. James Cathedral and dean of Toronto, has been elected coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Toronto. He ...
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Churches respond in wake of tragedy

Just hours after the deadly van rampage that killed 10 people and injured more than a dozen others in North York on April 23, the ...
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Cope restored after three-year effort

Bishop John Charles Roper (1858–1940) was appointed vicar of St. Thomas, Huron Street in Toronto in 1888, when the parish had dwindled to only six ...
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Conference explores Christian heritage of peacemaking

How might Christians respond to violence and war? How do we understand Christ’s call to be peacemakers? How might we give voice and action to ...
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Confirmation

Thirty-two confirmands and two who reaffirmed their baptismal vows join Archbishop Colin Johnson and sponsoring clergy and laity after the Diocesan Confirmation Service at St. ...
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Interfaith group sees progress in fight against homelessness

EDMONTON – Members of an interfaith group formed to fight homelessness here are making strides in terms of both learning how to work with one ...
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Bishop plans fourth diocesan walk

FREDERICTON – For the fourth year in a row, Bishop David Edwards of the Diocese of Fredericton will be heading across one of the diocese’s ...
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Niagara to host Cursillo conference

HAMILTON – Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, will give the keynote address at the Canadian Anglican Cursillo Triennial Conference, hosted ...
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Services offered for developmentally challenged

BRACEBRIDGE – Three parishes in the Diocese of Algoma are partnering with a local special needs charity to offer worship services for people with developmental ...
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Ordained

Newly ordained transitional deacons, wearing red and white vestments, stand with Archbishop Colin Johnson, bishops and clergy after their ordination service at St. James Cathedral ...
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Commissioning service involves area’s youth

Alexandra McIntosh is passionate about bringing youth and youth groups together, and her commissioning service as York-Credit Valley’s new area youth ministry coordinator perfectly reflected ...
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