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September 2021

Bishop Asbil along with others inside Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto

Church to host birthday celebration for Tutu

The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation will celebrate Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 90th birthday on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. at Grace Church on-the-Hill, ...
Bishop Shaw and Mayor Sanderson alongside a young child cut a ribbon.

Garden grows more than food

As Bob Sanderson, mayor of Port Hope, said at the ribbon-cutting celebration on June 12, the sign says it all: In this garden we grow ...
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Church called to help refugees

St. Jude, Bramalea North is a community parish in Brampton. Since it opened in 1977, St. Jude’s has become more multicultural, alongside the surrounding area. ...
Young people holding a sign "Happy Easter" in front of the church

Easter garden proclaims faith

St. John the Baptist, Lakefield has stood stately at the corner of Queen and Regent streets since 1866. St. John’s has a great location. People ...
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Parishioners pitch in to furnish rectory

What do you do when you’re a small rural parish in snowmobile country, anticipating the arrival of your new incumbent from Turks and Caicos? (That’s ...
A bee pollinates a pink flower

Grant seeds pollinator-friendly garden

In the spring of 2019, Church of the Resurrection, Toronto was awarded a city PollinateTO grant. The church’s garden team was excited to have the ...
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Former Toronto mayor shares ideas on climate action

David Miller, Toronto’s former mayor and author of Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis, discussed the themes of his book ...
A moment in the service.

Church marks 110 years of mission, ministry in Agincourt

On a beautiful sunny day in June – the first day of summer – St. Timothy, Agincourt held an uplifting service to celebrate 110 years ...
A number of people gardening

‘I never realized how good a conversation can be when thinning radishes’

When asked what she likes about working in the community garden at her church, Elise, who is a member of the St. George, Pickering Village ...
Volunteers standing in front of church garden

Church gardens create community

On one level, they seem fairly usual: a group of people gathering to garden. But on second thought, the radical nature of the activity is ...
Volunteers pose with garden rakes

Season of Creation taking root

Imagine that you are sitting on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the land in which you find your home. As you see the streams ...
The Bishop's Company logo of a horse and a mitre, on purple

Evening features music, conversation

For a second year, the Bishop’s Company Cabaret will be bringing hope and community to homes across the diocese. Following last year’s success, Anglicans are ...
A container ship

No shipping, no shopping

The world paid a great deal of attention to a gigantic container ship that somehow swiveled in the middle of the Suez Canal and blocked ...
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Reflections on moving forward

It’s finally coming to a close, at least as I write this. A lengthy, tumultuous event unparalleled in our lifetimes, marked by sickness, death, fear ...

You are home, this is your home

Bishop Andrew Asbil apologized to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Two-Spirit Plus community in the Diocese of Toronto on June 25 at St. James ...
The Anglican

Nominations sought for General Synod

The Nominating Committee of the Diocese of Toronto is calling for nominations for General Synod 2022. All voting members of the diocese’s Synod are entitled ...
The Anglican

Outreach conference to focus on rebuilding community

The diocese’s Social Justice and Advocacy Committee will host its annual Outreach & Advocacy Conference on Saturday, Oct. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., ...
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Symposium looks at ‘homefulness’

The Sorrento Centre is an Anglican education and retreat centre located on Shuswap Lake in the central interior of British Columbia. The Rev. Michael Shapcott, ...
Drawing representing people in different colours with the text Love Thy Neighbour

Virtual Synod will be a first

For the first time, the diocese’s Synod will convene virtually, from Nov. 25 to Nov. 27. The theme of the 160th Regular Session of Synod ...
The Anglican

Meetings explore use of church lands

How can parishes in our diocese use their lands to create affordable housing and build community?  In 2019, Synod adopted a motion to develop an ...
Bishop Asbil poses with new Deacons on the steps of St. James Cathedral, Toronto

New life

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