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October 2016

FaithWorks celebrates 20th anniversary

Feeding, sheltering, befriending, and nurturing. This has been the ministry of FaithWorks since 1996, when the diocese embarked on a collective journey to share God’s ...
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Paul influences early church

Before we leave the apostle Paul, we need to take a look at his impact on the theology of the early church. Much has been ...
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Book distills author’s wisdom on volunteerism

Professor Walter Deller, the McBride-Haley lecturer at Trinity College, says it best in his forward to The Church as a Volunteer Organization. It “is one ...

Ecuador bound

The Rev. Hernan Astudillo (centre in blue shirt), community members, local police and parishioners of San Lorenzo, Dufferin Street, Toronto, stand in front of five ...

Girl travels to West Africa

On July 15, Elizabeth Stacey, an 11-year-old from St. Paul, Brighton, travelled with five other team members to The Gambia, a small country in West ...

Churches hold first cricket day

In what could be a first for the diocese, parishioners from two churches got together to play cricket. In July, members of St. Thomas a ...

Chinese Anglicans explore issues at conference

More than 230 Chinese Anglicans from across the diocese gathered in July for a time of spiritual reflection and fellowship. The Chinese Anglican Joint Summer ...
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The church has been called out

The Rev. Leigh Kern is the assistant curate at St. James Cathedral, Toronto. My work is dynamic and fluid. One moment I might be listening ...
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The case of the disappearing Bible

A word to bishops-elect: there is a world of discovery awaiting you on your Sunday episcopal visits. There will be surprises, and some of them ...

A strategic plan for changing times

By the time you read this we will have three new suffragan bishops-elect for the Diocese of Toronto. We have also just approved a new ...

New course exceeds expectations

A course that teaches the Christian basics is catching on in the diocese and across Canada. The course, called Christian Foundations, is being taught at ...

Diocese elects three bishops

After many hours of prayerful consideration, the Rev. Riscylla Walsh Shaw, the Rev. Canon Kevin Robertson and the Rev. Canon Jenny Andison were elected suffragan ...
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