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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 ...

As much as $392,000 in grants will be distributed to parishes across all four episcopal areas to support refugee sponsorship in the diocese. The grants, ...

The diocese’s Synod will convene on Sept. 17 at St. Paul, Bloor Street to elect two new suffragan bishops. Archbishop Colin Johnson has called for ...

Bishop Patrick Yu, suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Toronto and area bishop of York-Scarborough, has announced his retirement. In a letter to the clergy ...

In early July, about 300 people from across Canada and farther afield will be descending on a hotel in Richmond Hill for the 41st gathering ...

The Rev. Matthew McMillan waded into the refugee sponsorship process at one of the busiest times of the year – Advent and Christmas. “I often ...