April 2017

Exhibition commemorates the Reformation

Stuart Mann 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 ...

Service celebrates diversity of God’s kingdom

Robert Knetsch 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

Elin Goulden 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 ...

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I felt like no one saw the real me

The Anglican 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?

Peter Misiaszek 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

The Rev. Greg Fiennes-Clinton 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

Bishop Jenny Andison 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

Archbishop Colin Johnson 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

Stuart Mann 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

Stuart Mann 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 ...

Cleaner’s dream comes true

Stuart Mann 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 ...