Parish News

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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Church called to help refugees

St. Jude, Bramalea North is a community parish in Brampton. Since it opened in 1977, St. Jude’s has become more multicultural, alongside the surrounding area. ...
Young people holding a sign "Happy Easter" in front of the church

Easter garden proclaims faith

St. John the Baptist, Lakefield has stood stately at the corner of Queen and Regent streets since 1866. St. John’s has a great location. People ...
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Parishioners pitch in to furnish rectory

What do you do when you’re a small rural parish in snowmobile country, anticipating the arrival of your new incumbent from Turks and Caicos? (That’s ...
A bee pollinates a pink flower

Grant seeds pollinator-friendly garden

In the spring of 2019, Church of the Resurrection, Toronto was awarded a city PollinateTO grant. The church’s garden team was excited to have the ...
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Former Toronto mayor shares ideas on climate action

David Miller, Toronto’s former mayor and author of Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis, discussed the themes of his book ...
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Church marks 110 years of mission, ministry in Agincourt

On a beautiful sunny day in June – the first day of summer – St. Timothy, Agincourt held an uplifting service to celebrate 110 years ...
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Church helps seniors with vaccinations

Hundreds of seniors in Markham are signed up to receive their anti-coronavirus vaccinations, thanks to a ground-breaking initiative at Grace Church, Markham. In early March, ...
Three women stand together outside a church.

Church honours workers on front lines

The Church of the Nativity, Malvern held a service in March to honour parishioners who are essential and frontline workers. The service, which was held ...
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Pandemic provides opportunity for renewal

For a couple of decades, the metal roof of St. James, Caledon East (built in 1901) had been a source of embarrassment. It was not ...
A woman sits on the front steps of a house with many large bags full of knitted goods.

Church helps front-line workers

For the past 30 years, St. Dunstan of Canterbury’s Pastoral Care Group has been donating hand-made gifts to patients in Centenary Hospital in Scarborough and, ...
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St. Augustine’s celebrates anniversary

Before condo towers dotted the skyline in midtown Toronto, there was a church on a hill. Some say its bell tower marked the highest point ...
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Church holds online teas for seniors

If this pandemic has taught us nothing else, it is how to do traditional events in a new way. St. Peter, Erindale has a longstanding ...
Kids work with plants and crafts at a table.

Garden showers us with blessings

With spring on the horizon, Cathy Pearson reflects on the joy that the garden at St. Stephen, Maple has brought to parishioners and members of ...
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Parish News Roundup

Prayer shawls share Christ’s love In 2008, Maureen Chandler founded the prayer shawl ministry at St. George, Haliburton, modelled after a prayer shawl ministry in ...
Two young girls dressed as angels smile

‘Elves’ spread Christmas cheer

COVID-shmovid! It would take a whole lot more than a pandemic to dampen the 2020 Christmas spirit at the St. Stephen’s church plant in Maple, ...
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New window lets light in

Amidst the gloom of COVID-19, Grace Church on-the-Hill in Toronto has found a beautiful way to let the light in. On Sept. 27, the church ...
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Cottager swims laps for church

Anglicans in the diocese raised money in lots of different ways this past summer despite COVID-19, but Grace Olds’s efforts were probably the most unusual. ...
A man with a red motorcycle and another holding his hands apart in prayer.

Priest offers prayers, blessings in parking lot

For the Rev. Richard Webb, interim priest-in-charge at the Church of the Incarnation in Toronto, physical connection is integral to the life of the Church. ...
A female priest holds different coloured masks. Another woman looks on.

Unique masks catch on

In April, as the COVID-19 pandemic was emerging across Canada, staff at the Common Table, an urban farm project run by Flemingdon Park Ministry in ...
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Church’s first Repair Café gets the job done

On Feb. 22, St. John the Evangelist, Port Hope co-sponsored its first Repair Café with Port Hope for Future (PH4F), a local environmental group. Hundreds ...
A group of people sits on blankets in a back yard.

‘Nones’ explore spirituality in pilot project

In the summer of 2019, the Rev. Dr. Jason McKinney and a local community partner piloted a project that sought to bring people together to ...
hands hold a candle next to a flyr that reads "talking about social justice"

Poverty maze builds empathy, dispels myths

The newly formed Uxbridge Poverty Coalition hosted a “Poverty Maze” last November to raise awareness of the realities of life below the poverty line in ...
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Cricket festival in June

The Anglican Church Cricket Festival Committee is pleased to report that planning for this year’s festival is well underway and the event is scheduled for ...
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