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Lay anointers gather for training

A Lay Anointer’s Training Day will take place on Oct. 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Peter, Cobourg. The day will include ...
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Archives closed in October

The diocesan Archives will close to visitors and research inquiries from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1 so staff can undertake inventory work and other much‐needed ...
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Champs

The team from St. Paul, L’Amoreaux hoists The Rev. Peter Trant Memorial trophy after winning the 63rd SAYM (Scarborough Anglican Youth Movement) baseball tournament at ...
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Sign up for workshops

This fall, the Season of Spiritual Renewal is offering workshops to help strengthen and encourage churches. Some are geared to priests and deacons, some to ...
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Conference focuses on community resilience

From rising costs to rising sea levels, environmental degradation to overdose deaths, from the numbers of displaced people worldwide to those facing homelessness here at ...
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Chaplain elected at Christian-Jewish Dialogue

The Rev. Dr. Jim Leatch has been elected interim chair of the Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Toronto. Dr. Leatch is the chaplain of Royal St. George’s ...

Diocese considers fundraising campaign

The diocese has embarked on a feasibility study to determine if the time is right to hold a major fundraising campaign to support parishes and ...
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Gathering supports Inuit ministry

OTTAWA – Bishop Shane Parker brought parishioners from several parishes together in mid-June at St. Stephen, Ottawa to talk about ways that Anglicans across the ...
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Cathedral Café helps homeless

HAMILTON – The City of Hamilton has asked that the Cathedral Café, a collaborative partnership between St. Matthew’s House and Christ’s Church Cathedral, continue operating ...
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Camp needs new pool

FREDERICTON – A new pool for Camp Medley isn’t just a dream. It’s become a necessity. The pool at the Diocese of Fredericton’s camp was ...
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Priest joins conference’s leadership team

The Rev. Jennifer Schick, incumbent of All Saints, Whitby, has joined the executive team of the Toronto Children’s Ministry Conference, an annual gathering that seeks ...
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Clarification

Information about a service of thanksgiving for the ministry of the Order of the Holy Cross in June’s paper omitted the presence of the Community ...
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National churches to share office space

The Anglican Church of Canada has signed an agreement to share national office space with the United Church of Canada and the Presbyterian Church in ...
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Event advocates for Grassy Narrows

The Grassy Narrows River Run will take place on Sept. 18 in downtown Toronto starting around noon. Generations of people at Grassy Narrows First Nation ...
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Celebration kicks off Season of Creation

The first diocesan event to celebrate the Season of Creation will be a Eucharist at St. James Cathedral on Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. Parishes ...
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Emancipation Day plaque unveiled

Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada have chosen St. James Cathedral as the location for the installation of a commemorative ...
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Season presents slate of workshops

Starting this fall, the Season of Spiritual Renewal will offer workshops to help strengthen and encourage churches. Some are geared to clergy, some to lay ...
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Print that!

Editors of Anglican newspapers and church communicators from across Canada gather for a photo outside St. James Cathedral during the Anglican Editors Association conference in ...
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A great day for cricket

The ninth Anglican Church Cricket Festival (ACCF) was held on July 13 at Creditview Sandalwood Park in Brampton. More than 150 people from parishes in ...
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Cathedral to offer a confirmation class for parishes

The dean, clergy, staff and members of St. James Cathedral recognize and appreciate the important role that the cathedral plays in the life of the ...
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Former church helps homeless during winter

The building of St. John the Divine continues to provide help and hope to its local community, even as its members have joined with other ...
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Cast the Net issues calls to diocese

Cast the Net’s final report, along with a handy discussion guide and an attractive poster, is available on the diocese’s website, www.toronto.anglican.ca. The 96-page report ...
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Bishop’s Company Dinner has new venue

This year’s Bishop’s Company Dinner is shaping up to be one of the best. The fundraising dinner has a new venue: the Sheraton Parkway Toronto ...
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Cards bring hope to Holy Land

“The West Bank? We can’t send mail there.” That’s what a Canada Post agent told Paul Pynkoski in March when he arrived at a service ...
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Church continues to serve after fire

As he began his sermon, the Rev. Don Beyers had to hold back tears. It was the Sunday after St. Anne, Toronto had burnt down ...
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Companion relationship becomes official

Bishop Andrew and Mary Asbil travelled to the Diocese of Brasilia in June. While there, Bishop Asbil and Bishop Mauricio Andrade signed a covenant that ...
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Parish hall moves closer to reality

The Rev. Canon Simon Bell remembers the day when he knew, without any doubt, that St. Margaret of Scotland in Barrie needed to get its ...
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