March 2020

hands hold a candle next to a flyr that reads "talking about social justice"

Poverty maze builds empathy, dispels myths

Elin Goulden March 1, 2020

The newly formed Uxbridge Poverty Coalition hosted a “Poverty Maze” last November to raise awareness of the realities of life below the poverty line in ...

A cricket batter holds a bag while the ball approaches.

Cricket festival in June

Ranil Mendis, ODT March 1, 2020

The Anglican Church Cricket Festival Committee is pleased to report that planning for this year’s festival is well underway and the event is scheduled for ...

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Church hosts town’s first Repair Café

The Anglican March 1, 2020

St. John the Evangelist, Port Hope is hosting the town’s first Repair Café on Feb. 22. The church is organizing the event along with Port ...

Judith Alltree in front of a snowy lake and the Toronto skyline.

Big changes coming to Toronto’s port

The Rev. Judith Alltree March 1, 2020

Last year will not go down as our favourite year, but as it’s now 2020, I think we can say that we made it through, ...

One person speaks while dozens more and a few TV cameras listen.

Homeless memorial adds 1,000th name

The Anglican March 1, 2020

Many Anglicans were among the nearly 200 faith leaders, advocates, frontline street workers and community members who gathered outside Holy Trinity, Trinity Square at noon ...

A group of clergy stand on the chancel steps of St. James Cathedral.

Happy day

The Anglican March 1, 2020

Newly installed honorary canons of St. James Cathedral join the diocese’s bishops, bishop’s chaplains and dean after the service on Jan. 19. Front row, second ...

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I keep rubber shoes under my desk

The Anglican March 1, 2020

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 ...

Progressively bigger stacks of coins grow plant shoots.

Has your regular giving become stuck?

The Rev. Canon David Harrison March 1, 2020

I set out with a twenty-dollar bill in my pocket. Attending the Christmas Lessons and Carols service at a nearby parish on the last Sunday ...

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Despite statistics, our calling remains the same

Bishop Jenny Andison March 1, 2020

“The report of my death was an exaggeration.” Mark Twain, ending a letter written in 1897 to a newspaper journalist, in response to reports that ...

Turning point came through listening

Bishop Andrew Asbil March 1, 2020

Nicodemus went under cover of darkness. The Samaritan woman left her jar at the well to go back and tell the others. With mud in ...

Four women sit in armchairs in a library

Spiritual gap year gives women space to reflect, deepen faith

Stuart Mann March 1, 2020

One is a music therapist, recently graduated from Wilfried Laurier University. The second is a spiritual director from Hong Kong. And the third, from Lethbridge, ...

Church plans to take Jesus outside

Stuart Mann March 1, 2020

Light On The Hill, Oak Ridges (also known as St. John the Baptist, Oak Ridges) plans to make Jesus known to the surrounding community during ...

Celebrating Chinese New Year

The Anglican March 1, 2020

About 100 people, many from the surrounding community, attended the Chinese New Year celebration at St. Philip on the Hill, Unionville on Jan. 26. The ...