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Church calendar welcomes photos

Anglicans are invited to submit photos for the 2027 Canadian Church Calendar. The calendar is a cherished publication in Anglican households and sacristies from coast ...
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Conference explores children’s ministry

The annual Toronto Children’s Ministry Conference will take place on Nov. 1 at Bayview Glen Alliance Church, 300 Steeles Ave. E., Thornhill. With 30 speakers ...
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Cathedral provides catechesis for confirmation

A new “Catechesis for Confirmation” program at St. James Cathedral will start on Nov. 1. Last year’s program prepared 13 people (seven adults and six ...
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Proud Anglicans

Sixty-six Anglicans from a dozen parishes in the diocese walk in the Pride Parade in downtown Toronto on June 29, with thousands of people lining ...
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General Synod team

Members of the Diocese of Toronto gather in London, Ont. with Anglicans from across Canada June 23-29 to participate in the meeting of General Synod, ...
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Old registers find good home in the Archives

The diocesan Archives is asking congregations to bring their old, fragile or inactive parish registers to Synod for transfer to the Archives, where they can ...
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Solar Suitcase brings light to maternity wards

At the Muripotana Health Centre in Nampula, Mozambique, midwife Ancha Amido Abdala begins each shift by greeting her colleagues, checking admissions and examining patients in ...
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Anglicans renew faith at Whitby service

With joyful music, heartfelt testimony and a call to holy disruption, Anglicans from across the diocese gathered at All Saints, Whitby on May 31 for ...
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Storyteller to retire after long career

When Canon Stuart Mann opened the Globe and Mail and saw a tiny job ad for an editorial assistant with the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, ...
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Joyful cricket festival celebrates 10th anniversary

The 10th anniversary of the Anglican Church Cricket Festival was celebrated in true fellowship and a festive spirit on July 12 as more than 200 ...
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Rolls of Honour find new home

FREDRICTON – When a church is deconsecrated, along with the inevitable feeling of loss, there is a lot of work to do. One of those ...
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Milk bags make a difference

OTTAWA – What do you do with your milk bags? Do they have a use before going to the landfill? In the parish hall of ...
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Man caught trying to steal copper

KELOWNA – An attempted theft of copper cladding from the steeple of St. Andrew, Trail took place just before midnight last November. The church’s watchman ...
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Teen organizes environmental expo

VICTORIA – Church of the Advent, Colwood hosted an environmental expo in January, but the idea for the event started in the brain of youth ...
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Archbishop to give Snell Lecture

Archbishop Chris Harper, the National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop and Presiding Elder of Sacred Circle, will give the Snell Lecture at St. James Cathedral on June ...
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Synod coming up

The 163rd Regular Session of Synod will be held Nov. 7-8 at the Sheraton Parkway, Toronto North hotel in Richmond Hill. Synod was held at ...
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Anglicans go on virtual pilgrimage

In a world often preoccupied with speed, noise and distraction, a unique spiritual journey unfolded across Canada and the United States on April 5 – ...
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We’re working for you

Meet the members of the Bishop’s Committee on Intercultural Ministry. From top, left to right, and then bottom, left to right, here’s who we are. ...
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Cricket festival marks decade of community and faith

The Anglican Church Cricket Festival (ACCF) will celebrate a joyful milestone – its 10th anniversary – on July 12 at Creditview Sandalwood Park in Brampton. ...
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Deacons day

The diocese’s deacons, diaconal candidates and Bishop Riscylla Shaw (far right) gather at St. Matthew the Apostle, Oriole on April 5. The day included a ...
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Special day

Thirty-five confirmands, three who renewed their baptismal vows and two who were received into the Anglican Communion join Bishop Andrew Asbil and presenters at the ...
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Clergy honoured

Bishop Andrew Asbil, joined by Bishop Riscylla Shaw and Bishop Kevin Robertson, presented stoles to clergy and deacons celebrating their 25th, 50th and 60th years ...
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Planning Feasibility Study releases report

There is an openness to a diocesan-wide fundraising campaign – if it is grounded in parish realities, shaped by transparent communication and delivered with an ...
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All done

Newly ordained transitional deacons receive applause from the congregation at St. James Cathedral on May 4 during the Ordination to the Sacred Order of Deacons ...
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Partnership saves church

HALIFAX – A north end Halifax church is crediting its partnership with a high-rise apartment building developer for preserving its history. St. Mark’s, located at ...
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Coffee Girls help those in need

FREDERICTON – The Woodstock Coffee Girls got their start because their rector, the Rev. Maria Shepherdson, made a Facebook post about something that began more ...
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Communion Forest takes root

HAMILTON – The 419 trees planted in the Diocese of Niagara last fall for the Communion Forest are experiencing their first spring. The deciduous and ...