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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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. ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

It was a trip down memory lane for more than 40 alumni of the Toronto Diocesan Choir School for Girls, gathering for the 40th anniversary ...

Churches can keep 40 per cent of the funds they raise in the Our Faith-Our Hope: Re-Imagine Church campaign. If they reach their parish total, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...