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Neighours pitch in when shelves go bare

It was Sunday afternoon and the Beeton Cupboard at St. Michael and All Angels, Toronto, was bare. The cupboard, named after Elizabeth Beeton, who died ...
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Event to thank ‘good people’ who sought redress for internees

Author and social justice activist Joy Kogawa is organizing an event at Holy Trinity, Trinity Square on Oct. 5 to express gratitude to the men ...
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Church improves building, programs for city’s poorest

When the Rev. Dr. Alison Falby arrived at All Saints, Sherbourne Street nine months ago, the church was going through one of its hardest winters. ...
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Helping homeless in tents a ‘life-giving’ experience, says Peterborough priest

For the Rev. Canon Brad Smith, helping some homeless people in Peterborough this summer has been a bruising experience, but it has also deepened his ...
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Walk bears witness to opioid deaths

The weather was in cold, rainy sympathy as a small group of Anglicans made an unusual walk: All Saints Church-Community Centre’s Good Friday Way of ...
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Race planned for deanery

Two churches in Scarborough are hosting an Amazing Race-type event to bring local Anglicans together and to raise funds for outreach. The Scarborough Steeplechase, as ...
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LGBTQ history to come out at new speakers’ series

Growing up at St. Matthias, Bellwoods, Robert Adams was grateful that he was part of a congregation that fully accepted and welcomed LGBTQ people. When ...
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Church softball league gets underway

When it comes to baseball in Toronto, the Blue Jays get all the attention. But a church league has been running in Scarborough for nearly ...

Church leads clothing drive for Pikangikum

On Nov. 28, Dave Gordon, a parishioner with a long history of advocating for Indigenous issues, received an email from Jennifer Manitowabi, the vice-principal at ...

Anglican, United churches have close ties

In a world of division and unrest, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity might seem like a waste of time.  However, for two of ...
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Whitby men’s group provides clothing to local shelters

For the fifth year in a row, the All Saints Church Men’s Group in Whitby is supporting local shelters with clothing donations throughout the year. ...
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Blessing Box helps those in need

To spread its spirit of giving to the neighbourhood, St. Martin in-the-Fields, Toronto has installed a Blessing Box and Little Library on its property, in ...
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Parish news roundup

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 ...