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Outpourings of joy shared in new book

September 2021, Canon Stephanie Douglas asked the congregation of St. Paul on-the-Hill, Pickering to remember a time when God met a significant need in their ...
Parishioners line up down the street to give the Rev. Canon Claire Wade their best wishes.

St. Thomas, Brooklin bids farewell to priest and friend

While the parishioners of St. Thomas, Brooklin would have liked to send the Rev. Canon Claire Wade off into her retirement with a special service ...
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Church partners to open overnight winter warming room

St. Peter, Cobourg has partnered with Transition House and Northumberland County to provide an overnight warming room this winter. The warming room offers shelter from ...
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Supporting the unhoused through hot meals

“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord and will be repaid in full.” (Proverbs 19:17) Steps away from one of Toronto’s largest ...
A parishioner of St. Christopher, Richmond Hill plays “keep up” with a frying pan.

Ping pong relay sets new record for church

On Saturday, October 23, 2021, St. Christopher, Richmond Hill hosted its 4th annual ping pong relay for FaithWorks.  For several years, the church has hosted ...
Bishop Andrew Asbil (centre) and the Rev. Alison Falby (fifth from the right) with All Saints parishioners and supporters.

All Saints has big plans for 150th anniversary

All Saints Church-Community Centre is celebrating its 150th anniversary, and the community kicked off its year of festivities with a special worship service on All ...
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Inspiring

Volunteers at St. Martin, Bay Ridges put their creative talents to work to create a Rock Garden of Inspiration. Messages of hope and encouragement were ...
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Walkathon supports refugees

On Oct. 16, despite a forecast of rain for the day, about 50 people gathered for the St. James Cathedral and Community Refugee Committee’s walkathon ...
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Church holds drive-by farewell

Trinity Church, Barrie was blessed to have the Rev. Terry Bennett as its interim priest-in-charge for the past three years, along with Joy Packham as ...
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Cobourg honours church members

Several members of St. Peter, Cobourg were honoured at Cobourg’s Annual Civic Awards ceremony, held virtually on Sept. 24. “At the heart of every community ...
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Tower of tins helps those in need

Throughout the Season of Creation, members of St. Paul, Lindsay focused on responding to the needs of those with whom they shared the planet. The ...
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Run raises record amount

The Schomberg Country Run, held in September, raised $25,000, the highest total in the run’s 11-year history. All of the proceeds were donated to PWRDF ...
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Special Moment

The Rev. Megan Jull blesses Emma at a Blessing of Animals service at St. Augustine of Canterbury, Toronto on Oct. 3. Despite the rain, a ...
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War of 1812 soldiers honoured

Cemeteries are generally quiet places, but not during musket fire. Yet, what more fitting way to honour the memory of three militia men who served ...
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Back to church

The Rev. Canon Christopher Greaves, incumbent of Christ Church, Oshawa, and his wife Dianne attend Morning Prayer with their daughter Clarissa Greaves and their granddaughter ...
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New member

Marcel Bridge, with parents Kyle and Camille and brother Darius, is baptized at Holy Family, Heart Lake in Brampton on Aug. 8. Photo courtesy of ...
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Emancipation Day

Holy Trinity, Guildwood hosts its first Emancipation Day celebration with MPP Mitzie Hunter as the keynote speaker and award-winning musician Shelley Hamilton as the featured ...
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Love of books

Stuart Budgell runs the weekly book sale at St. George, Hastings in August. The sale runs every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and has a few ...
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Lights, Camera…

Members of the Peterborough Children’s Chorus rehearse in the Memorial Garden at St. John the Evangelist, Peterborough in August. The chorus’s artistic director, Julie Deck, ...
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Packed up

Andrew Jull of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Toronto, loads donations of clothing destined for All Saints Church-Community Centre and New Circles Community Services. The church ...
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Outdoor chat

When she couldn’t talk to parishioners indoors during the pandemic, the Rev. Lucia Lloyd of St. John, Bowmanville invited them to stop by for “Lucia’s ...
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Ring on

Yvonne Tait, the bell ringer at St. John the Baptist, Norway in Toronto, takes part in a worldwide celebration June 20 highlighting the invention of ...
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Knot garden

Members of St. Mark, Port Hope add a knot garden to the Elias Smith Memorial in the churchyard in June. Boxwood shrubs were planted in ...
A group of people surround June Hunter who has ballons behind her spelling out "100"

Happy Birthday

Members of St. John, Willowdale hold a drive-by celebration for June Hunter’s 100th birthday in July. Photo courtesy of St. John, Willowdale
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Going strong

Five church teams play in the 60th annual Scarborough Anglican Youth Movement baseball tournament finals at Jack Goodlad Park in Scarborough on Aug. 21.
Bishop Asbil along with others inside Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto

Church to host birthday celebration for Tutu

The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation will celebrate Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 90th birthday on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. at Grace Church on-the-Hill, ...
Bishop Shaw and Mayor Sanderson alongside a young child cut a ribbon.

Garden grows more than food

As Bob Sanderson, mayor of Port Hope, said at the ribbon-cutting celebration on June 12, the sign says it all: In this garden we grow ...
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