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Judith Alltree and Andre Hamel stand on a ship in the Toronto harbour.

Mission alters course in changing times

Less than a year into the job as executive director and chaplain of the Mission to Seafarers in Southern Ontario, the Rev. Judith Alltree is ...
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Military chaplains honoured

Next month, St. James’ Cathedral will host a multi-faith exhibit saluting Canada’s military chaplains and the role they have played in conflicts from earliest times ...
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Pilgrimage a joyous occasion

Dr. John Alipit’s pilgrimage came to an emotional end inside St. George, Newcastle. Dr. Alipit, born and raised in the Philippines and now living in ...
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Funds will strengthen ministry for years to come

As of June 30, $23,479,057.03 in actual gifts has been received by the Our Faith-Our Hope: Re-Imagine Church campaign, with outstanding pledges of $12,408,128.75. These ...
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Grants help Anglicans re-imagine church

As of Sept. 1, the Our Faith-Our Hope: Re-Imagine Church campaign has given a total of $2,590,858 to churches, individuals and groups for work in ...

Tech tools enhance services

On Father’s Day, the 11 o’clock congregation at St. Paul on-the-Hill, Pickering, sat in rapt attention as some young people from the parish talked about ...
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Pledges reach $41 million

As of June, $41 million had been pledged to the diocese’s Our Faith-Our Hope campaign, which supports parish ministry, diocesan ministries and church work in ...
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$28 million to fund new ideas

The way Steve Bickley sees it, the Diocese of Toronto and its parishes have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to revitalize the church and share the good ...
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Campaign enters home stretch

Joy, relief and a sense of accomplishment filled Snell Hall at St. James Cathedral, Toronto, on Sept. 23 as bishops, clergy and lay leaders celebrated ...
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Oshawa church uses funds for local needs

Christ Church, Oshawa, plans to use its share of the Our Faith-Our Hope funds—nearly $129,000—to do a lot of little, local things really well. “It’s ...
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Church aims high, pays off debt

St. Margaret in-the-Pines, West Hill, has every reason to celebrate a successful Our Faith-Our Hope campaign. The church exceeded its target of $150,000. At the ...
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Campaign passes ‘significant milestone’

As of May 1, the diocese’s Our Faith-Our Hope campaign had received more than $38 million in pledges and cash. “I think we’ve passed a ...
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Campaign sparks ideas

Each Wednesday, a group of people from St. Peter, Erindale, go for a hike in a Mississauga park. The hour-long walk includes prayers, a reflection, ...
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Campaign payment lets light in

St. Martin, Bay Ridges, in Pickering has used its first payment from the Our Faith-Our Hope campaign to install glass doors and an awning, making ...
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Church raises more than $1 million

Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto, has raised the most money so far of any parish in the diocese during the Our Faith-Our Hope campaign. As of ...
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Success brings ‘happy dance’

With a month and a half left to go before the end of the Our Faith- Our Hope campaign at St. Margaret, Barrie, the Rev. ...
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After building new church, generosity continues to flow

It would be easy to suppose that once a parish has built itself a new church, its financial resources would be exhausted for some considerable ...
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Enthusiasm carries parish past goal

Sometimes all you need to run a good fundraising campaign is a strong boost of positive energy. At least, that is the experience of St. ...
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After initial reluctance, campaign takes off

Sometimes when a congregation has given and given, both of their money and themselves, it becomes a real challenge to ask them to do more. ...
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Laity leads church to goal

The fact that they were between incumbents did not hamper the parishioners of Epiphany and St. Mark, Parkdale, as they tried to reach their target ...
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Campaign gamble pays off

It was the beginning of August, and for the Our Faith-Our Hope team at St. Mark, Midland, it did not look encouraging. The target of ...
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Wandering parish closer to permanent home

For a small congregation, San Lorenzo Ruiz has a big ambition: to have its own geographic parish. For the past 19 years, about 80 worshippers ...
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Church reaches target — twice

When the Chinese congregation of St. John, Toronto, was assigned its Our Faith-Our Hope campaign goal of $220,000, it hoped to meet the target. What ...
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Snowbirds boost givings to campaign

The congregation at All Saints, King City, really didn’t think it could achieve its $240,000 fundraising goal in the Our Faith- Our Hope: Re-Imagine Church ...
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For experienced fundraiser, visiting parishioners is key

Otto Peter, a parishioner at Christ Church Memorial in Oshawa, is an experienced church fundraiser. In the 1980s, he worked on both the national church’s ...
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Pickering church soars past goal

St. Martin, Bay Ridges, in Pickering is named after the saint who was renowned for giving, and the present day congregation has certainly lived up ...
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Major gift boosts campaign

In a conversation with Blake Goldring, it quickly becomes apparent that one of his passions is the Canadian military, in particular supporting the troops and ...
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