October 2025

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Summer camp helps kids to care

FREDERICTON – How do you form children into caring adults? You expose them to the needs in their community and give them a chance to ...
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Outreach conference coming up

The annual diocesan Outreach & Advocacy Conference, “Seeking Signs of Resurrection,” will take place online on Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The ...
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Conference explores children’s ministry

The Toronto Children’s Ministry Conference will take place on Nov. 1 at Bayview Glen Alliance Church, 300 Steeles Ave. E., Thornhill, celebrating its 15th anniversary. ...
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Fall events consider legacy giving

This fall, the Anglican Diocese of Toronto Foundation will host Wine, Wisdom & Generosity, a series of relaxed and inspiring gatherings where attendees can enjoy ...
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Bishop’s Company Dinner coming up

The 64th annual Bishop’s Company Dinner will be held on Oct. 17 at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites. Funds raised by the ...
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Archives to close for October

The diocesan Archives will close to visitors and research inquiries from Oct. 1-31 so staff can focus on much‐needed projects. Urgent inquiries, including requests for ...
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Hybrid ministry opens doors wider

All Saints, Peterborough began its hybrid ministry journey, as many did, during the COVID-19 crisis. The church started simply, using a phone to livestream its ...
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Guest preachers to focus on renewed Church

Last year, during the Season of Creation, St. James Cathedral sponsored an Evensong sermon series focused on “God, Creation and Climate Change.” This year, as ...
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We need your help

Like many charitable organizations, Mission to Seafarers Southern Ontario operates with a cadre of volunteers who provide a variety of help, from greeting and hosting ...
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This trip taught me to trust God and depend on Him

After more than three years of communicating and praying – and with the support of almost 50 different people, agencies and organizations – my mom ...
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Take care of loved ones with a will

There are more options to create wills than ever before. There is also a lot less inertia around creating wills these days. Like many other ...
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Church helps create townhomes

The experience of St. George, Grafton shows that a church does not need to have land – or even building expertise – to facilitate the ...
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Anglicans continue to advocate for shelter, housing

Advocating for the creation and preservation of affordable housing has long been a priority for the Diocese of Toronto, even before the hiring of Murray ...
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Our properties are resources for a changing world

This special edition of Beyond the Bricks is dedicated to one of the most pressing questions before our diocese today: how we steward our land ...
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The best neighbours a farm could ask for

Who is your neighbour? What does it look like to act neighbourly towards another? Jesus posed these questions to the religious leaders of his day. ...
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I feel blessed in this life

I have been fully retired since the end of April. I am living in both contented, buoyant creativity and a happy discovering of a new ...
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Why our theologies keep ending with us

If there is one thing human beings are remarkably consistent at, it is imagining ourselves at the centre of everything. We have done this in ...
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Season offers online workshops

The diocese’s Season of Spiritual Renewal is holding online workshops throughout the fall. Here are some that are held on Wednesdays at noon. To register ...
Andrea and Collette Francis speak from the lectern at All Saints, Whitby.

Who needs spiritual renewal?

When you hear the phrase “spiritual renewal,” what images come to mind for you? Perhaps it’s a picture of people gathered and offering passionate praise ...
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We can draw strength from faith, community

As you read this column, the trees are aflame in their annual transition into vibrant reds and gold. Mornings and evenings are crisp and invigorating. ...
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These are the treasures of the church

It was late July, and I was at a small reception around the corner from St. Stephen in-the-Fields to celebrate a couple of community awards ...
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Church helps students in need

With so many families across our city struggling with the high cost of living, parishioners at the Church of the Transfiguration wanted to find a ...
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Food for all

Neighbours and friends join members of the congregation at St. James Cathedral’s annual Canada Day barbecue on July 1. In addition to food, fellowship and ...
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Conference seeks signs of resurrection

From hotter and more frequent wildfires to wars and conflicts, from the erosion of democracy to deepening inequality, the world is full of signs of ...
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Beach Eucharist

Members of St. John the Baptist, Norway gather for a Eucharist on the beach beside Lake Ontario in Toronto on Aug. 13. The beach service, ...