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Caledon community helps ring bell The bell at St. James, Caledon East has been ringing in joy and sorrow since 1901. On Nov. 11, the ...
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Church displays banners in wake of attacks

St. Barnabas, Chester hosted the Toronto Love Quilt Project on Nov. 11. The project is an art Installation of colourful banners measuring 24 feet x ...
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Church pitches in for couple’s wedding

Members of St. Peter, Erindale and the surrounding community pitched in on Nov. 4 to give a young couple of the parish the wedding of ...
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Service remembers victims of gun violence in city

A service of lament to remember the victims of gun violence in Toronto and their families was held at the Ghanaian Anglican Church of Toronto ...
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Climate change vigil provides missional lessons

St. Monica, Toronto has had a heart for local mission since the early 1900s. Following in the steps of the early missioners, my task has ...
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Centre for Spiritual Growth opens in St. James, Orillia

Wendy Passmore has been a spiritual director for more than 20 years, helping to guide both clergy and laity on their faith journeys. Now she ...
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Uxbridge church starts Gay/Straight Alliance

When Kathleen Caroll, a member of St. Paul, Uxbridge and a teacher at a local school, proposed that the students at the school form a ...
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Local youth visit Yukon

A group of eight youth and four leaders from St. Aidan, Toronto travelled to the Diocese of Yukon this summer to visit the village of ...
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Uxbridge marks Orange Shirt Day

Phyllis Webstad was six years old when the new orange shirt she excitedly chose for her first day of school at St. Joseph’s Residential School ...

Church celebrates Season of Creation

In 1989, Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I declared Sept. 1 as a day of prayer for creation in the Orthodox Church. Since then, Christian churches of ...
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‘Castaways’ learn that Jesus will rescue them

St. Andrew, Alliston transformed itself into a deserted island during the week of July 9-13 while it offered a Vacation Bible School for local children. ...
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Play brings history to life

Not many small Anglican churches have been in continuous ministry for 180 years. And not many can boast that the story of their founding can ...
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Rare gift

On the morning of June 2, about 75 parishioners and friends of St. George, Grafton gathered for the opening of the St. George’s Gift Garden, ...
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Outdoor service refreshes

Like a special blessing after a long winter, sunshine and a canopy of cloudless blue sky hung over the group engaged in St. Peter, Erindale’s ...
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Ping pong helps church reach out

A group of parishioners at St. Christopher, Richmond Hill has been playing ping pong for years, but it wasn’t until last fall that our ping ...
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Road ready

People from the High Park neighbourhood, parishioners and two Toronto auxiliary police officers brought their bikes for the annual Blessing of the Bicycles service.
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Women knit dolls for kids in Cuba

The Craft Club at St. Timothy, Agincourt is a group of ladies who meet every Tuesday morning to create hand-crafted items to sell at their ...
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Good Friday walk draws large crowd

St. Barnabas, Toronto was part of the annual Good Friday Ecumenical Walk on Danforth Avenue on March 30. Five churches – Riverdale Presbyterian, Holy Name ...
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Fund helps needy near church

A bequest from two long-time parishioners of All Saints, Peterborough is helping disadvantaged people who live close by. Sisters Kay and Edna Lee, who died ...
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Parish provides food, trees in Belize

A fundraising campaign in the Parish of Ida and Omemee that raised $5,700 has gone a long way to help the residents of a town ...
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Church partners with parents network

The clergy and parishioners of Christ Church, Bolton decided a few years ago to focus on getting out into the neighbourhood and exploring missional ministry. ...
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Cookbook helps people living in poverty

As part of an employment program at The Bridge, a centre for ex-prisoners in Brampton, staff were teaching a cooking classes when they asked the ...
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St. Aidan’s celebrates life in the Beach

Throughout the Beach’s history – from forest to farmlands, from resort to city neighbourhoods – St. Aidan, Toronto has served the lakeside community in the ...
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Church celebrates women’s ministry

Past presidents of the Anglican Church Women at St. Clement, Eglinton gathered on May 28 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ministry, service and ...
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Church gives scholarships, bursaries

For the past 10 years, Grade 12 students in Pickering and Ajax, and adult students in foreign countries, have been awarded scholarships and bursaries by ...
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Durham group welcomes refugees

After more than a year of fundraising and preparation, ROAD (Refugee Outreach Anglicans of Durham) welcomed a refugee family in May at Pearson airport. ROAD ...
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Floral clock honours Canada’s sesquicentennial

St. John’s stands on beautiful grounds in the picturesque village of Craighurst in the township of Oro-Medonte, located on the northwestern shores of Lake Simcoe. ...
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