November 2024

Group of a few dozen people with ping pong paddles.

Playing & singing for FaithWorks

Members of St. Christopher, Richmond Hill take part in a ping pong and karaoke fundraiser at the church on Sept. 14, raising a record $42,845 ...
People posing for photos in St. George Memorial, Oshawa

Parish celebrates centennial year

This has been a year of spiritual renewal and centennial celebrations at St. George Memorial, Oshawa. The motto for the year is posted on the ...
Group of people sitting around a table.

70 years strong

St. Paul, Rexdale celebrates its 70th anniversary with a service and reception on Sept. 22
Vicar Stephen Fields blesses a small dog in a woman's arms.

The Lord God made them all

The Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Fields, Dean Stephen Hance and the Rev. Lynn Braye bless pets at the annual Blessing of Animals service on the ...
People march with a banner that says "Do justice, love mercy."

Anglicans walk for Grassy Narrows

More than 30 Anglicans took part in the Grassy Narrows River Run in Toronto on Sept. 18 to protest the ongoing mercury poisoning crisis at ...
Cartoon of two overlapping speech bubbles

Authors to discuss ‘wall’ between Jews, Palestinians

The Bishop’s Committee on Interfaith Ministry had a challenge. How do we as Christians respond to conflicts in the Middle East? One of our members ...
The skyline of the old city of Jerusalem.

St. George’s College buffeted by war

The conflict in the Holy Land is having an impact on the financial viability of St. George’s College, an Anglican centre for pilgrimage in Jerusalem. ...
The Very Rev. Richard Sewell preaches from the pulpit at St. James Cathedral.

Naught for your comfort

The Very Rev. Richard Sewell, dean of St. George’s College, Jerusalem, gave the Snell Lecture at St. James Cathedral on Sept. 29. The lectures honour ...
A colourful stack of books.

Stories provide a new look at evangelism

While teaching a course in evangelism at Wycliffe College, the Rev. Canon Dr. Judy Paulsen noticed a strange thing. Most of her students, who were ...

God’s unconditional love at Sherbourne and Dundas

This past summer, I had the opportunity of joining members of the FaithWorks allocations committee to tour the facilities at All Saints Church-Community Centre at ...
People gathered around a wheelbarrow at Common Table Farm.

Flourishing in the midst of crop failure

I’ve just wrapped up my fifth season farming at Common Table Farm. Each growing season has been entirely different, with its particular mix of joys ...
Bishop Andrew Asbil speaks from a lectern, with other faith leaders around him.

Without these sites, thousands of people will die

The following letter was signed by more than 30 faith leaders in Ontario, including Bishop Andrew Asbil of the Diocese of Toronto and Bishop Susan ...
A toddler jumps on a small trampoline outside.

Autistic kids find place to play at Orillia church

A new initiative at St. David Anglican-Lutheran Church in Orillia is reaching out to a group in its local community that is notoriously underserved: children ...
A woman pouring water into a font at St. James Cathedral.

Diocese marks creation season with service

On a sunny Saturday afternoon in downtown Toronto, Anglicans from across the diocese gathered at St. James Cathedral for a first-of-its-kind event. While many parishes ...

Diocese hires new executive director

The diocese’s next executive director is no stranger to helping parishes. Varun Balendra, ODT, has been a member of the Diocesan Volunteer Corps for the ...
Crowds of people at the Toronto Spirit Garden.

‘This is going to be here forever now’

On Sept. 30, from the first light of dawn until the setting of the sun, a sea of orange filled Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. ...
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