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New house a ‘huge step up’

A mother and her three children who live below the poverty line in Toronto can now afford to buy their own house, thanks to a ...
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Service celebrates the Earth, calls for its protection

About 45 people gathered in the chilly sanctuary of Holy Trinity, Trinity Square on Jan. 14 for the annual Keepers of the Water vigil to ...
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Parish teams learn to be missional

More than 160 people from across Canada gathered at the ninth annual Vital Church Planting Conference, held Jan. 29-31 at St. Paul, Bloor Street. This ...
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Churches get set for Games

The population of the parish of Little Trinity, Toronto, is about to get a lot bigger. This summer, 10,000 athletes, coaches and team officials will ...
The Anglican

Church builds app for those on the move

Like many parishes, Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto, seeks to equip our parishioners to practice their faith outside Sunday morning. For the past several years, we ...
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Writer meets Christians who fled from Iraq

When Christians in Mosul, Iraq were faced with the choice of either converting to Islam or death at the hands of ISIS, which had taken ...
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Anglicans rally for homeless

Advocates for the poor and homeless, including an Anglican priest and a member of Holy Trinity, Trinity Square, took part in a press conference on ...
Canon Robert Falby speaks from a lectern at Synod.

Canon Falby retires as chancellor

In his understated way, Canon Robert Falby succinctly sums up the history of the Anglican Church in the past two decades. “It’s been an exciting ...
Canon Clare Burns greets people at the cathedral.

New chancellor for diocese

When Canon Clare Burns was growing up, her mother and father made it clear to her and her brothers that it was their responsibility to ...
The Anglican

Ads invite seekers at Christmas

For the second year in a row, the diocese invited seekers to church for Christmas using social media advertising. This was the fourth time the ...
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Church plans to help refugees

As the tide of refugees and displaced persons in the Middle East grows, a church in Toronto is doing its part to help. St. Matthew, ...
The Anglican

Work of school chaplains celebrated

Representatives from Anglican-affiliated independent schools in the Diocese of Toronto gathered on Nov. 12 for a dinner to celebrate the work of school chaplains and ...
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More people seek housing, forum hears

About 60 people, some from as far away as Thunder Bay and London, Ont., attended a recent forum in Toronto on the challenge of ending ...
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‘Vicar of Baghdad’ shares plight of Christians

The Rev. Canon Dr. Andrew White recalls the time he was kidnapped and locked in a dark room. Turning on his mobile phone for light, ...
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AIDS vigil joins communities

The diocese’s annual World AIDS Day Vigil took on a new dimension this year, as it also marked the start of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week. ...
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Churches worship, plan together

As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity approaches, some congregations are finding that worshipping with others of different denominations can be an enriching experience, ...
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Bishop preaches in Washington

Bishop Philip Poole, the area bishop of York-Credit Valley, was given a rare honour – to preach at the Remembrance Sunday service at Washington National ...
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New course expands horizons

For the Rev. Peter Mills, Mondays are unlike any other day of the week. For several weeks now, he has travelled from his two-point parish ...
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$1.6 million renovation a ‘labour of love’

“On budget and on time!” These were the captions on the two cakes that helped the congregation of St. John, York Mills celebrate the rededication ...
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Voice of Jays shares faith

More than 200 guests from York-Credit Valley and beyond gathered on Nov. 4 to support clergy and their families in times of need. The York-Credit ...
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Laity to learn about planting new churches

Anglican lay people will soon have a chance to gain some hands-on practice at planting churches. The opportunity will arise at the Vital Church Planting ...
Mark Kelley and Nadim Nassar sit in chairs in front of an audience.

Syrian priest describes war in homeland

Western nations have to help the people of Syria start talking about peace or face an endless stream of extremism flowing out of the Middle ...
Carol Goar speaks into a microphone.

‘You can show it’s possible’

“You are making a difference.” That was the message from Carol Goar, a Toronto Star columnist who has written extensively on poverty, hunger and social ...
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Peterborough churches sign covenant

The clergy and congregations of five Peterborough churches have signed the Anglican-Lutheran Covenant, a formal agreement of mutual ministry in the city. The signatories to ...

Website now on mobile devices

The diocese’s website, www.toronto.anglican.ca, has been optimized for mobile devices and to meet current accessibility standards. “People are increasingly using their mobile devices to communicate ...
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Course helps with invitation

With the help of an Our Faith-Our Hope grant, a group of clergy and laity in the diocese has created a new, parish-based resource that ...
The Anglican

Youth find B.C. trip is worth it

When I first met with the Rev. Dawn Leger, the chair of the Archbishop’s Youth Ministry Team, and the other youth leaders in the diocese, ...
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