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In late September and early October, the clergy and laity of St. John, Willowdale, had three town hall meetings to discuss the future of the ...

Paige Souter is the new manager of annual giving for the Diocese of Toronto and the Anglican Diocese of Toronto Foundation. “This new position expands ...

Bishop Philip Poole, the retired area bishop of York-Credit Valley, is resting comfortably at home after suffering a heart attack in Halifax in early September. ...

“No cell phones in church” may seem like an obvious rule, but on Sept. 25 thousands of Christians turned to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to ...

As diocesan Synod members gathered to elect three suffragan bishops on Sept. 17, onlookers from across the diocese and beyond were glued to their screens, ...

The guessing is over. Archbishop Colin Johnson announced at Diocesan Council on Sept. 29 where the diocese’s three new suffragan bishops will serve. Bishop-elect Riscylla ...

Feeding, sheltering, befriending, and nurturing. This has been the ministry of FaithWorks since 1996, when the diocese embarked on a collective journey to share God’s ...

Professor Walter Deller, the McBride-Haley lecturer at Trinity College, says it best in his forward to The Church as a Volunteer Organization. It “is one ...

In what could be a first for the diocese, parishioners from two churches got together to play cricket. In July, members of St. Thomas a ...

More than 230 Chinese Anglicans from across the diocese gathered in July for a time of spiritual reflection and fellowship. The Chinese Anglican Joint Summer ...

A course that teaches the Christian basics is catching on in the diocese and across Canada. The course, called Christian Foundations, is being taught at ...

After many hours of prayerful consideration, the Rev. Riscylla Walsh Shaw, the Rev. Canon Kevin Robertson and the Rev. Canon Jenny Andison were elected suffragan ...

The clergy of the diocese gather every two years for a much anticipated clergy conference at Brock University in St. Catharines. It is a time ...

Grants totalling more than $80,000 to support refugee sponsorship in seven parishes across the diocese were approved by Diocesan Council in May. The grants were ...

The diocese’s annual Outreach & Advocacy Conference will take place on Oct. 15 at Holy Trinity School in Richmond Hill. The theme of this year’s ...

Children in the Fenelon Falls area got a hands-on experience of reconciliation this summer at the Good Neighbour Bible Camp, organized by St. James, Fenelon ...

The results of a recent study by the Halo Project, “Valuing Toronto’s Faith Congregations,” concluded that 10 local religious congregations contributed more than $45 million ...

As a Plains Cree and an Anglican priest, the Rev. Chris Harper says he walks in two worlds. His journey is about to take a ...

Eunice Der admits that she was reluctant about volunteering at General Synod. The 13-year-old from St. Christopher, Richmond Hill, didn’t know if she would have ...

The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine has found an enthusiastic advocate for its new Companions program. Katja Nack, a 23-year-old university student from Germany, ...

On a Wednesday evening in late April, Bachir and Mahfouze Brimo and their four young daughters sat down to a dinner of lasanga and salad ...

Jennifer Henry says Canada is having a “kairos moment” for Indigenous rights. “It’s a moment when I think the country is starting to understand the ...

The Rev. Canon Judy Paulsen was on a flight to the Maritimes when the idea came to her. For some time, she had been troubled ...

More than 125 people gathered in the sanctuary of St. John, York Mills on May 9 to take part in a question and answer session ...

A small piece of Toronto has a familiar new name. A laneway in the St. Clair West and Bathurst area is now officially known as ...

Suzanne Lawson of St. Peter, Cobourg and David Stovel of St. John, York Mills have been chosen to receive the Anglican Award of Merit, the ...