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April 2019

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Briefly

April 1, 2019
Workshops help parish leaders The diocese is holding half-day workshops for parish leaders, especially those new to their positions. The workshops are for churchwardens, deputy ...
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Discipleship program making inroads

April 1, 2019
A discipleship program for lay leaders that was pioneered at Trinity Church, Aurora is starting to be used by other parishes in southern Ontario and ...
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Justice walk turns 40

April 1, 2019
Toronto’s Ecumenical Good Friday Walk for Justice is celebrating its 40th anniversary. This year’s walk will be held on Good Friday, April 19, beginning at ...
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Journey through Uganda

April 1, 2019
In his 1908 book, My African Journey, Winston Churchill dubbed Uganda the Pearl of Africa for its rugged natural beauty and fertile land. More than ...
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Memorial service fills church, spurs call for change

April 1, 2019
Nearly 150 people filled Holy Trinity, Trinity Square in Toronto on Feb. 12 to celebrate, mourn and honour eight individuals who died without a home ...
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Cricket was a great escape for me

April 1, 2019
Ranil Mendis is a member of the Anglican Church Cricket Festival’s organizing committee and a parishioner of St. Thomas a Becket, Erin Mills South. This ...
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Observe a green Lent with these resources

April 1, 2019
Lent is traditionally a time for turning to God in self-examination and repentance. It is a time for adopting practices that draw us closer to ...
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Canterbury experience was remarkable

April 1, 2019
Programs for new bishops are sometimes referred to with some cheek as “Baby Bishops’ Schools.” Since my consecration, I have had the opportunity to attend ...

It’s time to find our gardening tools

April 1, 2019
Things tend to happen in the garden. Our story of faith begins in the garden. The garden was verdant, luscious, brimming with life. The soil, ...
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Mission to seafarers needs volunteers

April 1, 2019
The Mission to Seafarers Southern Ontario is sending out an SOS – for volunteers. As the shipping season prepares to get underway in late March ...
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Celebrate

April 1, 2019
The diocese’s 24th annual black heritage service, ‘Journey into Light, Giving Thanks for Our Ordained Ministers,’ is held at St. Paul, Bloor Street on Feb. ...
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Bishop to hold town hall meetings

April 1, 2019
Bishop Andrew Asbil is holding five town hall meetings in early May to hear from lay people in every episcopal area about their hopes, fears ...
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‘I’m grateful for a job I’ve loved’

April 1, 2019
Canon Mary-Anne Nicholls, the diocese’s first full-time Archivist, is retiring on March 31 after 35 ½ years of service. “It’s been great,” she says, looking ...
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