April 2025

Progressively bigger stacks of coins grow plant shoots.

Going to church is good for you

Peter Misiaszek March 31, 2025

For my last several columns, I have focused on some interesting changes and trends in the Church that have been accelerated by the pandemic. We ...

Group of men gathered in the chancel of St. Saviour, Orono for a group photo.

Church welcomes first migrant workers

The Rev. Augusto Nunez March 31, 2025

In January, some of our agricultural migrant workers, in particular the ones that work in greenhouses, arrived in Canada from Mexico. To welcome them, St. ...

Special day

The Anglican March 31, 2025

St. Barnabas, Chester celebrates Black History Month on Feb. 9 with a special service of spirituals, prayer and reflection, followed by a coffee hour catered ...

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Grant helps youth band flourish

The Anglican March 31, 2025

Christ Memorial Church, Oshawa is the latest recipient of the Douglas C. Cowling Bursary, receiving a $5,000 grant to continue its youth band program, a ...

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Caring hearts

The Anglican March 31, 2025

Anglican churches take part in The Coldest Night of the Year walks in February to raise funds for local charities. Above, the team from Trinity, ...

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‘The old familiar hymns’

Marianne Goodfellow March 31, 2025

On Friday, April 6, 1917, a young artillery officer wrote in his little pocket diary, “Suddenly realized today was Good Friday & I expect all ...

A black and white photo of a thurifer and boat girl in St. Thomas, Huron Street.

Volumes tell rich history of ‘Smoky Tom’s’

Gideon Strauss March 31, 2025

Kent, David A. (ed.) Household of God: A Parish History of St. Thomas’s Church, Toronto. [Volume One: 1874-1993.] St. Thomas’s Church, 1993. ISBN 0969780206. 546 ...

People in the pews of St. Paul, Bloor Street.

Calls help church plan future

Stuart Mann March 31, 2025

For St. Paul, Bloor Street, the diocese’s 20 calls to action couldn’t have come at a better time. After emerging from the pandemic, the church ...

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On sustaining hope and action in uncertain times

Elin Goulden March 31, 2025

“I can’t believe the news today/I can’t close my eyes/and make it go away…” More than 40 years ago, in the midst of the Troubles ...

A group of priests lays hands on a person being ordained a priest.

Are you being called to ordained ministry?

The Rev. Canon Lisa Newland March 31, 2025

“Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out ...

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Racial justice starts right here

Andre Lyn, ODT, Donna Scantlebury March 31, 2025

We are the people of God and we want to believe we’re way beyond issues like a lack of equal representation, racial inequity in decision-making ...

A turtle sculpture made out of limestone in the Spirit Garden in Toronto.

Look back for a new direction

The Rev. Leigh Kern March 31, 2025

The Diocese of Toronto has redistributed more than $100,000 in the past year to Indigenous communities from the sale of land, with another round of ...

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Church creates content for the soul

Martha Holmen March 31, 2025

Would Jesus be on Instagram? St. Peter, Erindale thinks so – and with a new year-long project about to begin, the parish is enhancing its ...

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This Eastertide, I give thanks to God for you

Bishop Riscylla Shaw March 31, 2025

Christ is risen! Alleluia! Some of the profound joys of my episcopal ministry are meeting, greeting (and eating!), listening and learning my way around the ...

Black women wearing colourful billowing skirts dance in the aisle of St. James Cathedral.

Service celebrates ‘watershed moment’

Stuart Mann March 31, 2025

The warm, vibrant sounds of West Africa and the Caribbean filled St. James Cathedral on Feb. 23 as the diocese celebrated the 30th anniversary of ...