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April 2017

The Anglican

Exhibition commemorates the Reformation

April 1, 2017
On the 500th anniversary of the start of the Reformation, the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto will be holding an ...
Several people play steel pans.

Service celebrates diversity of God’s kingdom

April 1, 2017
Black History Sunday at St. Paul L’Amoreaux, Toronto, is a momentous occasion to celebrate the diversity of God’s kingdom that is reflected in the Anglican ...
A pair of hands holds a mound of soil with a green sprout.

This year, care for God’s creation in a fresh way

April 1, 2017
The Fifth Mark of Mission for the Anglican Communion calls us “to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life ...
Cartoon of two overlapping speech bubbles

I felt like no one saw the real me

April 1, 2017
Beck Schaefer is a member of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields, Toronto, where he is the treasurer and a reader. He co-facilitates workshops in the diocese on trans ...
Progressively bigger stacks of coins grow plant shoots.

Can you give one per cent more?

April 1, 2017
I want to share some exciting, promising news. We have all heard, time and again, that the church is in crisis, that attendance is down ...
People hold signs that say "we are your friends" and "we stand with our Muslim brothers and sisters."

We can counter acts of hate

April 1, 2017
Lenten greetings everyone! As a parish priest, I value the richness of our Anglican tradition. One of the ways that rich tradition is expressed is ...
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We must be led by God’s vision for us

April 1, 2017
I am writing this shortly after Ash Wednesday, a day when we acknowledge to one another that we need God’s mercy far more than we ...

God’s invitation to fear not

April 1, 2017
Fear motivates us to do many things. We often fall into the fight-flight pattern. We turn around and put up strong resistance, sometimes more than ...
Church sign that says "Tweet others as you wish to be tweeted"

Sign draws attention on social media

April 1, 2017
A sign outside St. Luke, Peterborough has attracted the attention of not only local pedestrians and motorists but thousands of people on social media as ...
the Rev. Judith Alltree on a freighter in Toronto harbour

New station will help seafarers in Oshawa

April 1, 2017
The Rev. Judith Alltree can’t wait to board the first freighter that comes into the Port of Oshawa this spring and welcome the crew. “When ...
A group of people smile for the camera.

Cleaner’s dream comes true

April 1, 2017
When Linda Hemerez was hired to clean the building of All Saints, King City, she had no idea the turn her life was about to ...