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December 2017

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Service supports people of the Caribbean

A service of solidarity and support for the people of the Caribbean is being held after hurricanes devastated parts of the region this fall. The ...
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Church secretaries gather in Oshawa

The Professional Church Secretaries’ Association’s annual conference took place from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 in Oshawa. Attended by 55 church secretaries and administrators from ...
Imam Habeeb Alli reads from a statement while Bishop Kevin Robertson and other Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders listen outside Mayor John Tory’s office in Toronto.

Faith leaders hold ‘pray-in’

Faith leaders from across Toronto marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Oct. 17 by occupying City Hall and performing a “pray-in” ...
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Special Day

The Bridge Prison Ministry and Regeneration Outreach Community, two agencies that help ex-prisoners and the poor and homeless in Brampton, marked World Homeless Day on ...
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Conference urges justice, equity for all

Participants at the diocese’s annual Outreach and Advocacy Conference heard a powerful call to work for equity in the Church and society, and grappled with ...
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Church goes green, one step at a time

Parishioners who sit in the back pews at Holy Trinity, Thornhill will be feeling a little warmer this winter, thanks to the efforts of the ...
The Rev. Dr. Tony Campolo speaks at Grace Church, Scarborough.

Evangelist tells Christians to fight for justice

For the Rev. Dr. Tony Campolo, the American evangelist, sociology professor and activist for global justice, the kingdom of God does not refer to an ...
The Rev. Nadim Nassar speaks.

Priest sheds light on Syria

Like other countries in the Middle East, Syria is a complex multi-sectarian country, once controlled by outside western powers, devastated by wars, permeated by corruption, ...
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New clergy reading group builds bridges

“When you are in pastoral leadership, the business of the church demands so much of your attention,” says the Rev. Canon Stephen Peake. “I just ...
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Learnings from across the pond

This past summer my wife, our three kids and I visited Great Britain. It was, first and foremost, a vacation. Over the course of three ...
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Lay leaders brought closer to God

Lorraine Bell had been attending Trinity Church, Aurora for five years but had always felt that something was missing. She volunteered to help out with ...
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He came to show us a way to love and live

In Luke 2:11 we read, “to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord.” We ...
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