February 2017

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Parish hall ‘forest’ helps needy

St. John, East Orangeville helped bring the community together to provide food and toys to needy families during Christmas. Local businesses, service clubs and emergency ...
Young children dressed in Indigenous regalia.

Pair travel to Grassy Narrows

This past summer, Coral Petzoldt and Maggie Panter from Holy Trinity, Trinity Square in Toronto travelled to Grassy Narrows, a First Nations community in northwest ...
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Pergola honours retired organist

Elaine Pudwell, organist and choir director at Holy Trinity, Thornhill for 34 years, retired in June 2016. As a tribute to her ministry, the church’s ...
Bishop Patrick Yu and a group of children with Michelle Mercer.

Sunday School teacher celebrates 50 years

St. John the Divine, Scarborough held a surprise celebration in October for Michelle Mercer, who has been teaching at the church’s Sunday School for 50 ...
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Canon Stackhouse renewed college

The Rev. Canon Dr. Reginald Stackhouse, former principal of Wycliffe College, theologian, author and parliamentarian, died in Toronto on Dec. 14 at the age of ...
A sunset over the Sea of Galilee.

Pilgrims to follow in Jesus’ footsteps

In the cold and dark of a Canadian winter, the thought of a four-day hike from Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee, stopping along the ...
Bishop Riscylla Shaw holds a baby while a family looks on.

Archbishop’s Levee rings in new year

The annual Archbishop’s Levee was held at St. James Cathedral on Jan. 1. The event included the ringing of the cathedral bells and the traditional ...
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Laity receive Order of the Diocese of Toronto

The Order of the Diocese of Toronto, an award created in 2013, honours members of the laity in the diocese who have given outstanding service ...
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Window speaks a thousand words

God is good. In preparation for our ordination, we had the privilege of spending retreat time at the Community of the Transfiguration – the Episcopal ...

Ordinary things in ordinary time

When I was in elementary school, I always hated the post-holiday writing assignment, “What I did on my (summer/Christmas/spring break/fill-in-the-blank) holidays.” I truly enjoyed the ...
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Three consecrated in Spirit-filled service

Three priests of the Diocese of Toronto – the Rev. Riscylla Shaw, the Rev. Canon Kevin Robertson and the Rev. Canon Jenny Andison – were ...
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