May 2018

A group of 11 elderly women with a large number of colourful knitted dolls.

Women knit dolls for kids in Cuba

The Anglican May 1, 2018

The Craft Club at St. Timothy, Agincourt is a group of ladies who meet every Tuesday morning to create hand-crafted items to sell at their ...

Large turnout in York-Scarborough

Stuart Mann May 1, 2018

Of all the good news that came out of York-Scarborough’s town hall meeting on March 3, the most impressive fact may be the most overlooked: ...

A map pointer with the image of a church

Good Friday walk draws large crowd

The Anglican May 1, 2018

St. Barnabas, Toronto was part of the annual Good Friday Ecumenical Walk on Danforth Avenue on March 30. Five churches – Riverdale Presbyterian, Holy Name ...

Fund helps needy near church

The Anglican May 1, 2018

A bequest from two long-time parishioners of All Saints, Peterborough is helping disadvantaged people who live close by. Sisters Kay and Edna Lee, who died ...

Parish provides food, trees in Belize

The Anglican May 1, 2018

A fundraising campaign in the Parish of Ida and Omemee that raised $5,700 has gone a long way to help the residents of a town ...

Bursary honours liturgical innovator

Diana Swift May 1, 2018

In memory of the late Douglas Cowling – musician, writer, scholar, and revitalizer of the sacred drama of divine worship – his family and friends ...

I am a bit of a church geek

The Anglican May 1, 2018

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 ...

Progressively bigger stacks of coins grow plant shoots.

Effective parishes turn outward

Paige Souter May 1, 2018

Following the success of his March column, Seven Habits of Highly Effective Parishes, Peter Misiaszek, the diocese’s director of Stewardship Development, asked others to write ...

Parliament of religions coming here

The Rev. Canon Gary van der Meer May 1, 2018

When I was first looking for a connection between St. Anne’s and a synagogue to learn about Passover, I contacted a rabbi whose synagogue often ...

A notepad its on a desk near a pen, laptop and phone

Our work is resurrection work

Bishop Riscylla Shaw May 1, 2018

God is good. When I was about 15 years old, there was “the incident of the running cows” that is forever seared on my mind, ...

Thy Kingdom Come

Archbishop Colin Johnson May 1, 2018

I don’t remember how I first learned about prayer or how to pray. I guess it was as a small child. I was taken to ...

Journey to Easter

The Anglican May 1, 2018

The Anglican sent photographer Michael Hudson to churches to capture the sights of Holy Week and Easter.

Nominees at town hall meetings

Stuart Mann May 1, 2018

Anglicans in the diocese will have an opportunity in May to meet the nominees in the upcoming election for a coadjutor bishop. Town hall meetings ...

Anglicans called to pray

Martha Holmen May 1, 2018

For 11 days this May, Anglicans are being called to a simple yet powerful task: prayer. From the Feast of the Ascension (May 10) to ...