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November 2023

The Rev. Andrew MacDonald blesses a horse from the Toronto police mounted division.

Blessed

October 30, 2023
The Rev. Andrew MacDonald blesses horses from the Toronto Police Service Mounted Unit and other animals at the Blessing of Animals service at St. Nicholas, ...
Kit Wood, wearing rainbow glasses, a rainbow scarf and a Proud Anglicans button.

Anglicans stand up for LGBTQ2S+ kids

October 30, 2023
A protest and counter-protest over the rights of LGBTQ2S+ students has left an Anglican woman shaken but resolute. Kit Woods, who has a transgender son, ...
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Poetry reading launches new book

October 30, 2023
Now in its 35th year, the St. Thomas Poetry Series will host a reading on Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Thomas, 383 Huron ...
Four people pose for a photo.

Tea Time

October 30, 2023
The Parish of Minden, Kinmount and Maple Lake holds its annual garden tea party on Aug. 13.  The tea party is held to connect the ...
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Church responds after flag cut down

October 30, 2023
When its Pride flag was cut down and vandalized in early August, St. Paul, Uxbridge decided to speak out. Rather than stay silent about the ...
The catcher, with a shirt saying "Sponsored by God," framed by the baseball diamond's chain link fence.

Summer Classic

October 30, 2023
Six teams play in the 62nd annual SAYM (Scarborough Anglican Youth Movement) baseball finals in Ajax on Sept. 9. The teams came from Holy Trinity, ...
Progressively bigger stacks of coins grow plant shoots.

What does it mean to be stewards of creation?

October 30, 2023
In the second chapter of Genesis, we read about how God fashions human beings from dust, places them in the Garden of Eden and gives ...
People carry banners and place them in stands.

Faith groups play vital role to heal Earth, says author

October 30, 2023
“Earth is telling us a terrifying story.” Acclaimed science journalist, author and playwright Alanna Mitchell pulled no punches as she spelled out the impact of ...
A green park.

Cultivating an attitude of gratitude

October 30, 2023
“Now is the winter of our discontent,” wrote William Shakespeare in the famous opening line of his play, Richard III. He could just as well ...
A pair of hands holds a mound of soil with a green sprout.

Comfort, O comfort my people

October 30, 2023
What words or images come to mind when you think of the Incarnation? Holding a classical view, the following words might come to mind: infant, ...
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For all the saints

October 30, 2023
The arrival of November signals the beginning of a season of remembrance in our Church. On Nov. 1 – All Saints Day – we remember ...
Sandra Campbell smudges the homeless Jesus sculpture.

Sculpture reaches out to community

October 30, 2023
On one of Toronto’s busiest street corners, near high-end stores and multi-million-dollar condos, a life-sized sculpture of Jesus Christ as a sick person offers passers-by ...
A pie graph shows Be Thou My Vision with 66.1% or 154 votes and Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee with 33.9% or 79 votes.

Be Thou My Vision voted best hymn

October 30, 2023
What’s the best hymn? A polarizing question, to be sure, and one that the parish of St. Nicholas, Birch Cliff set out to answer last ...
Large Victorian house home to the Holy Cross Priory.

Beloved priory to close doors

October 30, 2023
A centre of prayer in Toronto’s High Park neighbourhood will soon be shutting its doors. The Holy Cross Priory, home to brothers of the Order ...
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