March 2017

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New chaplain installed at Sunnybrook

The Rev. Canon Douglas Graydon March 1, 2017

Sister Hannah Grier Coome, foundress of the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine in 1884, identified ministry to those who were ill and distressed as ...

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New format for sermon creates a buzz in Aurora

Stuart Mann March 1, 2017

The regular sermon time at Trinity Church, Aurora may never be quite the same again. Throughout the season of Epiphany, the church has replaced the ...

Syrian refugees guests of honour at celebration

Martha Holmen March 1, 2017

A year after their arrival in Canada, an extended family of Syrian refugees were the guests of honour at a festive celebration at San Lorenzo-Dufferin ...

Jenn McIntyre sits in a desk chair, talking.

The community connected with my soul

The Anglican March 1, 2017

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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You can be love in the world

Peter Misiaszek March 1, 2017

Can you imagine what your community or church would be like without Anglican outreach? Imagine no parish food bank or mission trip to Africa. No ...

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Lent is an invitation to tear down walls

Bishop Kevin Robertson March 1, 2017

Over the past two years, Anglicans across Canada have stepped up to sponsor hundreds of refugees, mainly from war-torn Syria. Many parishes across our diocese ...

Do our lives align with our values?

Archbishop Colin Johnson March 1, 2017

I read The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde’s only novel, when I was a teenager. It contains the famous quip, “Nowadays, people know the ...

Bishops installed

The Anglican March 1, 2017

Trent-Durham York-Scarborough York-Credit Valley

Primate Fred Hiltz sits among a group of children.

Primate attends special service

Janice Biehn March 1, 2017

Seven years ago, St. Olave, Swansea in Toronto opened its doors to the Sudanese Community Church of Toronto, offering a space to worship on Sunday ...

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Anglicans support Muslims after attack

Stuart Mann, Martha Holmen March 1, 2017

Angela Forbes took part in a “ring of peace” outside a mosque in Toronto’s west end on Feb. 3 to show her support for Muslims ...

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Supply chain ships items north

Stuart Mann March 1, 2017

In late January, three transport trucks loaded with donated hockey equipment and other items left a Mississauga warehouse for Timmins and the remote communities of ...