November 2015

Youth urged to work for reconciliation

Rosemary MacAdam November 1, 2017

“There is no reconciliation without compassion and understanding. You can’t reconcile with me if you don’t know who I am, my story and the story ...

Antioch, Ephesus play key role

The Rev. Canon Don Beatty November 1, 2015

At the conclusion of his second missionary journey, Paul returned to Jerusalem to report on his progress to the mother church. From there he made ...

Clergy, choir and people stand outside the Diocesan Centre.

Prayers for victims in China

The Anglican November 1, 2015

After a series of chemical explosions rocked three cities in China in August, killing hundreds of people and injuring many more, the Mandarin Fellowship of ...

Women invited to spend year in ‘God’s rhythm’

Stuart Mann November 1, 2015

The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine is inviting young women to spend a year living in “God’s rhythm.” The Sisters are inviting up to ...

People march down a street holding a banner.

We are at a critical turning point

The Anglican November 1, 2015

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 ...

Demographic change is here

Peter Misiaszek November 1, 2015

Canada has reached a milestone. For the first time in its nearly 150-year history, the number of seniors is greater than the number of children. ...

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Moved by deacons’ stories

The Anglican November 1, 2015

Will the real clergy please stand up? When we think about clergy, the image that first comes to mind is a priest, particularly the full-time, ...

The politics of fear

Archbishop Colin Johnson November 1, 2015

The politics of fear are insidious. They appeal to that place in all of us that feels unsafe and vulnerable, the part of us that ...

Churches take action for refugees

Martha Holmen November 1, 2015

When the photo of Alan Kurdi appeared in newspapers and on screens in early September, people around the world were united by a desperate desire ...

The Rev. Samantha Caravan and Cormac Culkeen outside St. John, West Toronto

Grant helps church reach LGBTQ youth

Stuart Mann November 1, 2015

St. John, West Toronto has hired a youth minister whose job includes reaching out to LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) young people. The ...

Follow Synod online

Martha Holmen November 1, 2015

The 156th Regular Session of Synod is coming up, and while motions are moved and seconded in a hotel ballroom in Richmond Hill, the conversation ...

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

Funds earmarked for refugees

Stuart Mann November 1, 2015

The Diocese of Toronto has once again made a major commitment to helping those in need, earmarking $500,000 for refugee work. “It’s important for us ...