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FaithWorks achieves strong results in 2022

Despite challenges created by the pandemic, FaithWorks raised $1,434,100 last year or 95.6 per cent of its campaign goal. The money will support 17 Anglican ...
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Jesus statue caged in protest

On a bright, cold December morning, more than 100 people – Anglicans and other clergy, parishioners, neighbours, supporters, representatives of the media and the local ...

Former secretary treasurer dies

David Ptolemy, ODT, a former member of the Synod Office staff and a long-time volunteer in the Archives department, died on Dec. 5 at the ...
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Christians gather for Week of Prayer

Bishop Kevin Robertson and other leaders and participants from churches across the Greater Toronto Area attended the annual service celebrating the Week of Prayer for ...
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Open letter calls on city to take action

Christmas day. The number of unhoused people in Toronto is more than 9,700, and by the city’s own admission there is insufficient shelter space, much ...
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Presentation considers parish archive practices

The diocesan Archives is hosting a virtual presentation by Claire Wilton, Archivist and Privacy Officer, on Feb. 15 from 7-8 p.m. on Zoom. Ms. Wilton ...
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Cast the Net seeks laity’s views

Cast the Net, the diocese’s vision, planning and strategy process, is entering an important new phase. From mid-January to late February, four lay people from ...
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New grants help parishes cast, learn

Synod Council has approved a new grant program to help parishes as they emerge from the pandemic. The Cast & Learn grants will help parishes ...
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New chancellor installed

As the daughter of a cleric and a long-time member of Church of the Redeemer, Bloor St., where she has held several leadership positions, Marg ...
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Church welcomes homeless seniors to neighbourhood

When Jamie Perttula learned that the City of Toronto was putting in a modular housing project for homeless seniors not far from the Church of ...
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Archdeacons, canon administrator appointed

Four new archdeacons and a canon administrator have been appointed to assist the diocese’s bishops, regional deans and parishes with the administrative functions of episcopal ...
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A big win but still lots to do

Each year I spend two weeks in a new city, rushing from the moment I wake up until I collapse into bed 18 or so ...
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Delegates sought for trip

Bishop Andrew Asbil will be participating in a 10-day delegation to the Holy Land in May and he’s inviting applications from members of the Diocese ...
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Anglicans share stories of giving

Three conversations that took place online in the fall are getting Anglicans talking about how and why we give to the Church. Picking up where ...
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Jesus statue caged to protest criminalization of homelessness

On a bright, cold December morning, more than 100 people – Anglicans and other clergy, parishioners, neighbours, supporters, representatives of the media and the local ...
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Church becomes hub for migrant workers

Through generous community and church donations, the Migrant Worker Ministry provides clothing, hot meals and other items to the agricultural workers who come to Durham ...
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Clergy find rest and renewal on mini-sabbaticals

Clergy in the Diocese of Toronto are starting to take some much-deserved rest after two and a half years of pandemic, thanks in part to ...
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Youth can show the way, says leader

A workshop at the Outreach and Advocacy Conference led by Shelagh McGlynn, youth animator for the Anglican Church of Canada, flipped on its head the ...
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Anglicans explore social justice issues

Nearly 100 Anglicans from across the diocese, as well as a few from as far as British Columbia, learned and shared ideas on how to ...
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Bishop reflects on Advent

Bishop Andrew Asbil is inviting Anglicans to journey with him through Advent in a new four-part video series. “Over the next four weeks, I want ...

Chancellor Clare Burns to retire

Chancellor Clare Burns has travelled around the diocese so much that she could probably write a food guide about it. “I can tell you where ...
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Platform helps students, seniors with housing

Imagine trying to find somewhere to live 12,500 km away, in a city you’ve never been to. You find an online listing, pay an entire ...

Youth gather for fun, prayer and reflection

The Bishop’s Youth Ministry Committee (BYMC) was delighted to be back in person this year for the diocesan ReCharge Youth Retreat. We had 87 participants ...
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Churches provide bikes to migrant workers

LONDON – St. Aidan’s church in London, Ont. partnered with Christ Church, Chatham to deliver close to 100 donated bikes to migrant workers in southwestern ...
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Church helps Ukrainian kids learn English

FREDRICTON – During a sunny week in late July, 20 children – 18 of them from Ukraine – gathered at St. John’s church in Saint ...
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New tombstone honours heroic cleric

HALIFAX – A Canadian hero who had lain in an unmarked grave for decades now has a tombstone honouring his life, thanks to an American ...
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Briefly

Synod coming up The diocese’s 161st Regular Session of Synod will convene online Nov. 17-19. For more information, visit www.toronto.anglican.ca/upcomingsynod. Coverage of Synod will be ...
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