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The Rev. Andrew MacDonald blesses a horse from the Toronto police mounted division.

Blessed

The Rev. Andrew MacDonald blesses horses from the Toronto Police Service Mounted Unit and other animals at the Blessing of Animals service at St. Nicholas, ...
Kit Wood, wearing rainbow glasses, a rainbow scarf and a Proud Anglicans button.

Anglicans stand up for LGBTQ2S+ kids

A protest and counter-protest over the rights of LGBTQ2S+ students has left an Anglican woman shaken but resolute. Kit Woods, who has a transgender son, ...
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Faith groups play vital role to heal Earth, says author

“Earth is telling us a terrifying story.” Acclaimed science journalist, author and playwright Alanna Mitchell pulled no punches as she spelled out the impact of ...
Sandra Campbell smudges the homeless Jesus sculpture.

Sculpture reaches out to community

On one of Toronto’s busiest street corners, near high-end stores and multi-million-dollar condos, a life-sized sculpture of Jesus Christ as a sick person offers passers-by ...
A pie graph shows Be Thou My Vision with 66.1% or 154 votes and Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee with 33.9% or 79 votes.

Be Thou My Vision voted best hymn

What’s the best hymn? A polarizing question, to be sure, and one that the parish of St. Nicholas, Birch Cliff set out to answer last ...
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Beloved priory to close doors

A centre of prayer in Toronto’s High Park neighbourhood will soon be shutting its doors. The Holy Cross Priory, home to brothers of the Order ...
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Diocese considers capital campaign

HAMILTON – This fall will see the launch of a feasibility study in the Diocese of Niagara to determine the level of support for a ...
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Good food and drink on tap at event

VICTORIA – For the second year running, St. Peter, Comox organized an ecumenical outreach event to mark “International Buy a Priest a Beer Day” on ...
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ACW provides snacks and a prayer

ST. JOHN’S – Garnish is a fishing town located in Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. Lobster is the largest species fished in the area. Each day, nearly ...
Archbishop Michael Peers sits at a table and signs a document while others look on.

Primate led ‘with courage’

The 11th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada and one of its longest-serving leaders, Archbishop Michael Peers, died on July 27 in Toronto just ...
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Wildfires prompt PWRDF to start fund for Canada

In this year of unprecedented wildfires from coast to coast, PWRDF (Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund) is establishing a fund specifically for in-Canada emergency ...
Group photo of youth from Pikangikum outside All Saints, King City.

Pikangikum students visit church

All Saints, King City hosted a barbecue on June 10 for 51 Grade 8 students and 12 adults from Eenchokay Birchstick School, Pikangikum First Nations ...
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Archives closed in October

The diocese’s Archives will be closed to visitors and research inquiries starting Oct. 2 and will reopen on Nov. 7 so staff can undertake inventory ...
An unhoused woman sits on a bench with her belongings at Nathan Phillips Square.

Outreach conference addresses displacement

This past summer, images of displacement had become inescapable. In June and July, hundreds of refugee claimants were forced to sleep on the streets of ...
A foam canon shoots foam on playing children.

Summer event brings winter warning

Winter arrived early this year for the families, advocates and faith leaders who gathered in downtown Toronto on the afternoon of Aug. 27. More than ...
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Diocese supports Guest House

The diocese has made a gift of $656,538 to the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine to assist with the renovation of its Guest House, ...
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Church opens rectory to house refugees

A single announcement in church has helped change the lives of five refugees – and their hosts. When the Rev. Gerlyn Henry was a curate ...

Season of Spiritual Renewal seeks to rekindle faith

The Diocese of Toronto is planning to hold a Season of Spiritual Renewal to help Anglicans re-energize their faith. “I am really excited by it,” ...
Bishop Kevin Robertson walks in the Pride parade carrying a Pride flag with his son.

Proud Anglicans

Anglicans walk and ride in the Pride Parade in downtown Toronto on June 25, with tens of thousands of people lining the route.  
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Ukrainians celebrate in Anglican cathedral

FREDERICTON – More than 100 members of the Ukrainian Catholic Church met for a joyous Easter celebration at the Anglican cathedral in Fredericton. Their usual ...
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Cathedral spire renovation finished

MONTREAL – The restoration of Christ Church Cathedral’s iconic spire is finished. “The spire has, at long last, been unwrapped from its scaffolding and is ...
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New church space opens

HAMILTON – On Palm Sunday, Bishop Susan Bell did something that hasn’t happened in the Diocese of Niagara in nearly a quarter of a century. ...
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Church helps bird guide with hearing

KINGSTON – “I will again hear those sweet voices from nature. I will be able to hear my birds in the forests.” With those words, ...
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Laity in mood for change, renewal

As they emerge from the pandemic, many lay members of the Diocese of Toronto are in the mood for change and renewal – to cast ...
People stand in front of shelves with food and dry goods holding postcards.

Advocates urge action for disabled

Holy Trinity, Guildwood hosted a town hall meeting in June to raise awareness of the proposed Canada Disability Benefit. The event was held with Community ...
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Bishop’s Company Dinner returns in person

After a three-year hiatus, the Bishop’s Company Dinner is back in person. The dinner, which raises funds for clergy in need and other important causes ...
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What is the Season of Creation?

Christians around the world are invited to give particular attention to praying and caring for God’s creation as part of the global Season of Creation, ...
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