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Service supports people of the Caribbean

A service of solidarity and support for the people of the Caribbean is being held after hurricanes devastated parts of the region this fall. The ...
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Church secretaries gather in Oshawa

The Professional Church Secretaries’ Association’s annual conference took place from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 in Oshawa. Attended by 55 church secretaries and administrators from ...
Imam Habeeb Alli reads from a statement while Bishop Kevin Robertson and other Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders listen outside Mayor John Tory’s office in Toronto.

Faith leaders hold ‘pray-in’

Faith leaders from across Toronto marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Oct. 17 by occupying City Hall and performing a “pray-in” ...
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Special Day

The Bridge Prison Ministry and Regeneration Outreach Community, two agencies that help ex-prisoners and the poor and homeless in Brampton, marked World Homeless Day on ...
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Conference urges justice, equity for all

Participants at the diocese’s annual Outreach and Advocacy Conference heard a powerful call to work for equity in the Church and society, and grappled with ...
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Church goes green, one step at a time

Parishioners who sit in the back pews at Holy Trinity, Thornhill will be feeling a little warmer this winter, thanks to the efforts of the ...
The Rev. Dr. Tony Campolo speaks at Grace Church, Scarborough.

Evangelist tells Christians to fight for justice

For the Rev. Dr. Tony Campolo, the American evangelist, sociology professor and activist for global justice, the kingdom of God does not refer to an ...
The Rev. Nadim Nassar speaks.

Priest sheds light on Syria

Like other countries in the Middle East, Syria is a complex multi-sectarian country, once controlled by outside western powers, devastated by wars, permeated by corruption, ...
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Lay leaders brought closer to God

Lorraine Bell had been attending Trinity Church, Aurora for five years but had always felt that something was missing. She volunteered to help out with ...
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Parish visits First Nation’s pow wow

When it comes to living out the call to reconciliation with First Nations, St. Saviour, Orono is a small parish that thinks big. The parish ...
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Youth urged to work for reconciliation

“There is no reconciliation without compassion and understanding. You can’t reconcile with me if you don’t know who I am, my story and the story ...
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Large turnout for town hall

More than 100 people – twice the number hoped – attended Bishop Jenny Andison’s first town hall meeting in York-Credit Valley to hear people’s hopes, ...
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Diocese gives $100,000 to healing fund

The Diocese of Toronto is giving $100,000 to help replenish the national church’s Anglican Fund for Healing and Reconciliation. The fund, which has provided grants ...
The Rev. Sheilagh Ashworth with her beehives near St. Mary Magdalene, Shomberg.

Beekeeping good for her soul

In the village of Schomberg, an Anglican priest has found unusual common ground to help her connect with her neighbours: bees. The Rev. Sheilagh Ashworth, ...
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Cupboard connects church, homeless

In a new twist on a neighbourhood service that usually provides food for the mind, an updated version is providing food for the body. The ...
The Rev. Dr. Pearce Carefoote, Archbishop Colin and Ellen Johnson at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.

I am enormously grateful to God

On Sept. 21, I informed the members of Diocesan Council that, after many months of prayerful discernment, I am asking diocesan Synod to concur with ...
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Anglicans support migrant field workers

You may have seen them as you drive east, west or north of Toronto: Old Testament-like scenes with hundreds of foreign workers labouring in fields ...
The Rev. Canon Susan Bell preaches at St. James Cathedral.

Canon missioner becomes full time role

For the past 10 years, the Rev. Canon Susan Bell has been speaking to a school community of 650 students, staff and faculty three times ...
Canon Dave Robinson at the helm of his boat.

Director sets sail for retirement

As he nears the end of his long career with the diocese, Canon Dave Robinson is planning another sort of journey. Next summer, he will ...
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Conference seeks to break down barriers

The diocese’s annual Outreach and Advocacy Conference will take place on Nov. 4 at St. John, York Mills, 19 Don Ridge Dr., Toronto. St. John’s ...
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Diocesan Centre undergoes changes

Over the past several months, changes have been emerging around the Diocesan Centre to help staff, clergy and volunteers with their work. These changes – ...
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Writer reflects on faith journey

“I’ve never been deeper in my faith. I’ve never been happier in my faith. I’ve never been more challenged by my faith.” So Michael Coren ...
The Rev. Canon Douglas Graydon speaks.

Chaplaincy department to be restructured

Major changes to the role of chaplaincy in Ontario’s hospitals over the past decade are leading the Diocese of Toronto to restructure its chaplaincy department ...
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Son collects father’s columns into book

Readers of The Anglican who miss the late Rev. Canon Don Beatty’s popular column, Reading the Bible, can now enjoy the series in a book. ...
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Grant helps youth in Fort McMurray

The Diocese of Toronto has given $100,000 to the Diocese of Athabasca to help the residents of Fort McMurray rebuild their lives after a devastating ...
Canon AJ Finlay cuts a large ribbon while others look on.

New station for seafarers

As she cut the ribbon to officially open The Terry Finlay Seafarers Centre in Oshawa on June 29, Canon Alice Jean Finlay felt a wave ...
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Diocese welcomes social justice consultant

Elin Goulden started as the diocese’s new social justice and advocacy consultant at the beginning of April. Before taking on this position, she had been ...
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