Interview

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We always seem to be cooking up plans

Jillian Ruch is an Area Youth Ministry Coordinator for the Episcopal Area of York-Scarborough and chair of the Archbishop’s Youth Ministry Committee (AYMC).  If I ...

I have done nothing in Belize alone

Andy Harjula is a member of St. John, Ida and volunteers here and in Belize. I have been retired for over 20 years. In the ...
Fred Hiltz and Janice Biehn.

I am a bit of a church geek

Janice Biehn is the communications coordinator at The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) and a member of St. Olave, Swansea in Toronto. I ...
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Beauty breaks me wide open to God

The Rev. Louise Peters is the vicar of St. James Cathedral.   As vicar, I am a member of the clergy team and share in ...
The Rev. Augusto Nunez, holding a soccer ball, next to Bishop Riscylla Shaw, both in vestments, outside St. Saviour's Church.

We all need Christ

The Rev. Augusto Nunez is the priest-in-charge of St. Saviour, Orono. One of the highlights of my ministry came when I was appointed priest-in-charge at ...

I had a sort of conversion experience

Sister Deborah Stewart is a member of The Worker Sisters and Brothers of the Holy Spirit. My position is that of Canadian director, president of ...
Wendy Thornton smiles in her church.

Volunteering is a way of giving back

Wendy Thornton has volunteered for the diocese and in her home parish of Nativity, Malvern for many years. She was born and raised in Barbados. ...
The Rev. Dr. Pearce Carefoote holds two old books.

I get to time travel every day

The Rev. Dr. Pearce Carefoote is the interim head of rare books and special collections at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. ...
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I felt like no one saw the real me

Beck Schaefer is a member of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields, Toronto, where he is the treasurer and a reader. He co-facilitates workshops in the diocese on trans ...
Jenn McIntyre sits in a desk chair, talking.

The community connected with my soul

Jenn McIntyre is the director of Romero House. Romero House is a community of welcome and support for refugee claimants in the west end of ...
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I notice God in the mundane

Sarah Moesker is in the Companions on an Ancient Path program, run by the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine. The SSJD’s convent is in ...
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The two places I feel most fully alive

Michael Burgess is the artistic director of Stage Centre Productions in Toronto and is a priest of the diocese. I am responsible for choosing the ...
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The church has been called out

The Rev. Leigh Kern is the assistant curate at St. James Cathedral, Toronto. My work is dynamic and fluid. One moment I might be listening ...
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You give and you receive

The Rev. Liska Stefko serves as pastoral minister to the L’Arche Daybreak community in Richmond Hill and associate priest at St. Timothy, North Toronto.  L’Arche ...

I fell in love with the liberation stories

The Rev. Jacqueline Daley is the part-time assistant curate at St. Hilary, Cooksville, Mississauga. I recently went to a local fundraiser to support TC3 (the ...

My heart breaks over and over

Elizabeth Áine Achimah is the Lay Neighbourhood Chaplain for the Church of the Resurrection, Toronto. The main part of my job is overseeing The Side ...

I jumped at the chance

Enloe Wilson is the manager of Faith and Community Development for Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area. I am the relationship manager of our organization’s ...
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I re-examined where I was going

Molly Finlay is a full-time student in the Master of Divinity program at Wycliffe College, Toronto. I am currently doing a placement at the new ...
Laura Walton and Jean Bedard

My faith journey has been challenging

Laura Walton, a member of Christ Church, Batteau in the episcopal area of York-Simcoe, was recently elected prolocutor of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, which ...
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We are at a critical turning point

Elin Goulden is the Parish Outreach Facilitator for the episcopal area of York-Credit Valley. I serve as a liason between the diocese and York-Credit Valley ...
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We’ve been able to bring people together

The Rev. Christian Harvey is a deacon at St. John the Evangelist in Peterborough. He is the Area Youth Social Justice Coordinator for Trent-Durham and ...
Garry Glowacki outside the Bridge prison ministry.

I begged God to help me

Garry Glowacki is the executive director of The Bridge, a prison ministry in Brampton that serves the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. We provide unique, ...
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I became fascinated by the monster in the corner

Canon Giles Bryant is the organist and choirmaster at All Saints, Peterborough. He will be retiring on Sept. 6. He is also the organist and ...
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I see blessings at every step

Matthew Li is the Wasa-Nabin Urban Aboriginal Youth Program Worker at the Timmins Native Friendship Centre’s satellite site in Moosonee. He is the son of ...
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Ministry is a commitment to God

Constance Kendall is the program director at the Downsview Youth Covenant and the lay pastoral minister and youth director at St. Stephen, Downsview. The Downsview ...
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I believe we do wonderful work

Sister Elizabeth Rolfe-Thomas will be installed as the next Reverend Mother of the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine (SSJD) on May 6 at St. ...
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I enjoy inviting people to explore

John Sundara is in his second year of the Master of Divinity program in the Pioneer track, specializing in fresh expressions of church, at Wycliffe ...
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