September 2025

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Organist and composer honoured for work

Edward Moroney, ODT, has been honoured by the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) in the U.K. Mr. Moroney, an organist and composer in the ...
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Secretary assisted diocesan bishops

Margaret Banks, an administrative assistant at the Synod Office for more than 35 years, died in April at the age of 91 in Port Hope. ...
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Group makes fidget mats

ST. JOHN’S – Many people in the Parish of Bay Roberts/Coley’s Point in Newfoundland know somebody who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia, and ...
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Church plans to restore ‘irreplaceable’ window

SAINT JOHN – Trinity Church in Saint John, N.B., has launched a campaign to restore its stained-glass window. The iconic stone church in the heart ...
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Archdeacon sworn in as police chaplain

THUNDER BAY – Archdeacon Deborah Kraft of the Diocese of Algoma was sworn in as chaplain to the Thunder Bay Police Service in July. “The ...
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Christians around world join marathon reading

EDMONTON – Eighty-two Christians from different church denominations all over the world contributed to another successful Bible Reading Marathon put on by the Diocese of ...
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Churches help city claim organ title

VICTORIA – With the help of local churches, Victoria has become the pipe organ capital of Canada. International Pipe Organ Day was held on April ...
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Bishop’s Company Dinner returns

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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Youth invited to fall retreat

Registration is open for the ReCharge Youth Retreat on Sept. 26-28 at Muskoka Woods, open to youth age 12-18. The cost is $130 for the ...
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Season offers fall workshops

The Season of Spiritual Renewal fall workshops are now open for registration. Some are offered during the day and some in the evening. Workshops include ...
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Copies of diocesan history available

The diocesan Archives has extra copies of By Grace Co-Workers: Building the Anglican Diocese of Toronto 1780-1989, produced as part of the diocese’s sesquicentennial celebrations ...
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Outreach conference next month

The diocese’s 2025 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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Church calendar welcomes photos

Anglicans are invited to submit photos for the 2027 Canadian Church Calendar. The calendar is a cherished publication in Anglican households and sacristies from coast ...
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Conference explores children’s ministry

The annual Toronto Children’s Ministry Conference will take place on Nov. 1 at Bayview Glen Alliance Church, 300 Steeles Ave. E., Thornhill. With 30 speakers ...
Seven people kneel while Bishop Andrew Asbil lays his hands on one's head to confirm them.

Cathedral provides catechesis for confirmation

A new “Catechesis for Confirmation” program at St. James Cathedral will start on Nov. 1. Last year’s program prepared 13 people (seven adults and six ...
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Proud Anglicans

Sixty-six Anglicans from a dozen parishes in the diocese walk in the Pride Parade in downtown Toronto on June 29, with thousands of people lining ...
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Giving thanks

Members of St. Andrew, Scarborough celebrate and give thanks in June and early July. Above, the church dedicates new Stations of the Cross panels made ...
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Church explores 20 Calls during retreat

On a crisp Saturday morning in February, 60 members of St. Peter, Erindale gathered for a retreat – an intentional time set aside to reflect ...
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Church welcomes more children

Intergenerational connections are well worth the effort. For children, they build confidence that will serve them throughout their lives. At the same time, children’s participation ...
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We can hear God’s heartbeat in nature

Ten years ago, Pope Francis released Laudato si’, an encyclical exhorting all people of good will to care for the Earth, our common home. Grounded ...
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Communion Forest takes root

Hiking solo in the Adirondacks, I hit a sweet, gentle downhill section of the trail as it curved to my right. I slowed my pace ...
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We need to get our hands into the soil

“With the forests falling faster than the minutes of our lives we are saying thank you.” – W.S. Merwin Too many of the world’s forests ...
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General Synod team

Members of the Diocese of Toronto gather in London, Ont. with Anglicans from across Canada June 23-29 to participate in the meeting of General Synod, ...
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Old registers find good home in the Archives

The diocesan Archives is asking congregations to bring their old, fragile or inactive parish registers to Synod for transfer to the Archives, where they can ...
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With pen and ink, parishioners draw closer to God

St. Olave, Swansea held a special Lenten series this year in which members combined prayerful meditation with hands-on medieval calligraphy. “Grace in Every Stroke: Lenten ...
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Solar Suitcase brings light to maternity wards

At the Muripotana Health Centre in Nampula, Mozambique, midwife Ancha Amido Abdala begins each shift by greeting her colleagues, checking admissions and examining patients in ...
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Statistics indicate continued growth

The lead story in the January 2020 edition of the Anglican Journal read, “Gone by 2040?” Archbishop Linda Nicholls, then Primate of the Anglican Church ...