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Bishop Andrew Asbil is holding five town hall meetings in early May to hear from lay people in every episcopal area about their hopes, fears ...

Canon Mary-Anne Nicholls, the diocese’s first full-time Archivist, is retiring on March 31 after 35 ½ years of service. “It’s been great,” she says, looking ...

Lilian Qian brings more than 20 years of experience in both the private and public sectors, and a passion for customer service, to her new ...

An ecumenical service is held at St. James Cathedral during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in January. This year’s theme for the week ...

The Rev. Leigh Kern, an associate priest at St. James Cathedral, is the diocese’s new Coordinator of Indigenous Ministries and Reconciliation Animator, effective March 1. ...

The diocese’s Our Faith-Our Hope campaign, which has provided millions of dollars to parishes, individuals and organizations, is winding down this year. No more applications ...

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor and the response of Anglicans in the parishes, the diocese’s annual FaithWorks campaign surpassed its goal for ...

Diocesan Council members and Diocesan Centre staff have their picture taken at the first Diocesan Council meeting of the year, held Jan. 26 at St. ...

The Diocese of Toronto congratulates Bishop Kevin Robertson and Mohan Sharma, who were married on Dec. 28 at St. James Cathedral in the presence of ...

The annual Bishop’s Levee was held at St. James Cathedral on Jan. 1 – the first for Bishop Andrew Asbil as the diocese’s new Bishop ...

EDMONTON – Anglicans from the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert’s Land, as well as the dioceses of Western Newfoundland and New Westminster, gathered here in October ...

OTTAWA – Women at a time of crisis in their lives now have more affordable housing in the nation’s capital after the opening this fall ...

HALIFAX – Up to 200 infants in Nunavut may be sleeping more snugly this winter thanks to the efforts of parishioners at St. John’s Anglican ...

On the walls of the Diocesan Centre hang pictures of all the Bishops of Toronto since Bishop John Strachan, the founder of the diocese. A ...

With three knocks on the door of St. James Cathedral with his crozier, Bishop Andrew Asbil ushered in a new era in the Diocese of ...

Three incidents of racist graffiti written on a church’s property in south Etobicoke have brought local citizens together and created opportunities for ministry and advocacy. ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, succeeding Archbishop Colin Johnson, who stepped down from the role in October. Archbishop Germond was elected and consecrated during a meeting ...

HAMILTON – The Diocese of Niagara will be providing a total of $30,000 in financial support for the next two years to three ecumenical university ...

VICTORIA – Four years after a recommendation that it be closed, a Vancouver Island church was assessed by the Diocese of British Columbia as healthy, ...

SAINT JOHN – An Anglican who runs a “tool library” says an untapped opportunity for growth in the Church could lie in social enterprise. Brent ...

EDMONTON – The key to reconciliation is to focus on memories that are redemptive rather destructive, the Rev. Canon Michael Lapsley, an Anglican anti-apartheid activist ...

Bishop Joachim Fricker, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Toronto from 1985 to 1993, died on Oct. 28 in Burlington, Ont. Bishop Fricker received ...

“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 ...