Interview

Roberto Chiotti is a member of the Bishop’s Committee on Creation Care and is an advisor to Net Zero Churches, an Anglican-led organization in Canada ...

Jacky Bramma is a member of All Saints, Whitby. I wear quite a few hats at All Saints. In worship, I am an intercessor and ...

The Rev. Lorna May is the deacon at St. Luke, Creemore. I have had the privilege of being the deacon for St. Luke, Creemore for ...

Sister Doreen McGuff is a member of the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine. The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine is a contemporary expression ...

Rose St. Thomas is the co-coordinator of the diocese’s Youth Ministry Apprenticeship Program. The Youth Ministry Apprenticeship Program (YMAP) allows people who have a potential ...

Jill Wyllie volunteers as a ship visitor for the Mission to Seafarers Southern Ontario, which has mission stations in the ports of Oshawa, Toronto and ...

Sarah Mair is an area youth coordinator for York-Scarborough and the youth ministry director for St. Paul, L’Amoreaux. My responsibilities include organizing networking opportunities for ...

Ian Physick is the area youth ministry coordinator for the York-Scarborough episcopal area. He also serves on the Bishop’s Youth Ministry Committee (BYMC). My duties ...

Shannon Frank-Epp is the communications and Companions coordinator at the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine (SSJD).   My main duties include overseeing and maintaining ...

The Rev. Canon Judy Allen is a deacon at Holy Family, Heart Lake in Brampton and is involved in the church’s liturgical, pastoral, outreach and ...

The Rev. Don Downer, OSE, was asked to speak on the healing of Creation by the Bishop’s Committee on Healing at a refresher day for the diocese’s ...

Peter Mentis is the diocese’s FaithWorks campaign manager. FaithWorks is a charitable program of the Diocese of Toronto. We offer support to our ministry partners ...

Greg Lane is the lay pastoral care coordinator at St. Philip, Etobicoke, coordinating and helping to train a team of eight lay pastoral care members ...

Penny Nutbrown is the Sunday School teacher and Vacation Bible School leader at St. John the Evangelist, Port Hope. She is chair of the church’s ...

Deacon Elizabeth Cummings is the coordinator of the Open Hours Program at Holy Trinity, Trinity Square in Toronto. This interview took place on April 29. ...

Carlynn Reed is a dancer and teacher. Twenty-five years ago, I was teaching academic subjects and drama at a private high school in Toronto. Then ...

The Rev. Beverley Williams is the executive director of Flemingdon Park Ministry in Toronto. Flemingdon Park Ministry (FPM) is a Canon 29 ministry of the ...

Lydia Cordie is a bi-vocational youth minister at St. Peter, Erindale, a member of York-Credit Valley’s Area Council, co-chair of the Children and Youth Ministry ...

Ryan Ramsden is a churchwarden at Grace Church in Scarborough and a member of the diocese’s Synod and General Synod. He is a member of ...

Dave Carley is a Canadian playwright. His plays have had over 450 productions across Canada and the United States, and in many countries around the ...

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 ...

The Ven. Kyn Barker is the Archdeacon of Toronto and coordinator of the diocese’s Community of Deacons. He is a deacon at St. Matthew the ...

Ginnie Wong is the children and youth coordinator at St. John, Willowdale. She also participates in various ministries with the church’s English-speaking congregation. I’m really ...

The Rev. Canon Gary van der Meer is the diocese’s interfaith officer. He has also served as incumbent of St. Anne, Toronto since 2011. As ...

The Rev. Roshni Jayawardena is the assistant curate at Church of the Redeemer, Bloor Street in Toronto. As the assistant curate, I am trying to ...