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Social Justice and Advocacy

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Justice is church work: speaker

December 1, 2019
The “radical, revolutionary” message of Jesus can sustain us when the signs of the times can cause us to lose hope, said Thea Prescod, the ...
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Church improves building, programs for city’s poorest

October 1, 2019
When the Rev. Dr. Alison Falby arrived at All Saints, Sherbourne Street nine months ago, the church was going through one of its hardest winters. ...
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Helping homeless in tents a ‘life-giving’ experience, says Peterborough priest

October 1, 2019
For the Rev. Canon Brad Smith, helping some homeless people in Peterborough this summer has been a bruising experience, but it has also deepened his ...
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Conference to provide ray of hope

September 1, 2019
“There are many who say, ‘O that we might see some good!’” – Psalm 4:6 Climate change, worsening inequality, the rise of hate groups, racist ...
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Government urged to keep sites open

May 1, 2019
The diocese’s College of Bishops and four clergy have written to Minister of Health Christine Elliott, expressing their concern over the provincial government’s decision to ...
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Justice walk turns 40

April 1, 2019
Toronto’s Ecumenical Good Friday Walk for Justice is celebrating its 40th anniversary. This year’s walk will be held on Good Friday, April 19, beginning at ...
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Memorial service fills church, spurs call for change

April 1, 2019
Nearly 150 people filled Holy Trinity, Trinity Square in Toronto on Feb. 12 to celebrate, mourn and honour eight individuals who died without a home ...
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A budget for the people

March 1, 2019
This is the executive summary of “A Budget for the People,” a brief submitted to the Provincial Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs by ...
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Stand in solidarity with those living in poverty

January 1, 2019
“Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, Open your hand to the poor and needy ...
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Go beyond charity, says speaker

December 1, 2018
Progressing from personal acts of charitableness to working for systemic justice was the topic of the keynote address at “Transformed Hearts, Transforming Structure,” the diocese’s ...

Remember our Christian values

June 1, 2018
Ontarians will be going to the polls on June 7 to choose who will represent us at Queen’s Park for the next four years. Not ...
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Actors lament plight of homeless outside church

April 1, 2018
Holy Trinity, Trinity Square’s monthly observance for Toronto’s homeless on Feb. 13 included a novel component: a performance based on Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear. The ...
The Rev. Andrea Budgey dressed up as Effie Trinket flanked by Hunger Games-style peacekeepers.

Skit highlights meager funds for needy

March 1, 2018
Effie Trinket, the shallow character from the popular movie The Hunger Games, came to Toronto’s City Hall on Jan. 10 for a “reaping” –  choosing ...
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Conference urges justice, equity for all

December 1, 2017
Participants at the diocese’s annual Outreach and Advocacy Conference heard a powerful call to work for equity in the Church and society, and grappled with ...
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Vestry motion informs and advocates

October 1, 2017
Most Christians would agree that we are called to care for the vulnerable in our midst. Whether directly through food banks, Out of the Cold, ...
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Conference seeks to break down barriers

October 1, 2017
The diocese’s annual Outreach and Advocacy Conference will take place on Nov. 4 at St. John, York Mills, 19 Don Ridge Dr., Toronto. St. John’s ...
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Diocese welcomes social justice consultant

June 1, 2017
Elin Goulden started as the diocese’s new social justice and advocacy consultant at the beginning of April. Before taking on this position, she had been ...
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Listen and let their stories change us

May 1, 2017
This past year, the diocese’s Social Justice and Advocacy Committee was forced to confront its complicity in systemic racism. As we were planning our fall ...
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Faith groups come together on poverty

January 1, 2017
Members of several faith traditions gathered at Queen’s Park on Nov. 24 to hear about the possibilities of a basic income and to strategize for ...
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Balancing priorities

January 1, 2017
On Nov. 21, Archbishop Colin Johnson and the diocese’s Poverty Reduction Committee submitted the following brief to the Government of Ontario’s pre-budget consultations.   About ...
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Vestries asked to consider motion

January 1, 2017
Parishes across the diocese are encouraged to continue working toward reconciliation with Indigenous communities by presenting the 2017 social justice vestry motion for consideration at ...
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Hospitality & Exile

December 1, 2016
Drawing its theme from a well-known biblical text, the diocese’s annual Outreach and Advocacy Conference, held Oct. 15 in Richmond Hill, affirmed how hospitality can ...
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Outreach conference looks at displacement and hospitality

September 1, 2016
The diocese’s annual Outreach & Advocacy Conference will take place on Oct. 15 at Holy Trinity School in Richmond Hill. The theme of this year’s ...

Public engages with premier at church

June 1, 2016
More than 125 people gathered in the sanctuary of St. John, York Mills on May 9 to take part in a question and answer session ...
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Who are we to choose?

April 1, 2016
From a very young age, we are taught about “stranger danger” – fear and skepticism of the stranger, the other. They are unknown, unpredictable and ...

Vestry motion responds to TRC’s findings

February 1, 2016
As many parishes across the diocese prepare for their 2016 vestry meetings, they are being asked once again to endorse the diocese’s annual social justice ...
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Faith groups, politicians discuss poverty

January 1, 2016
The keynote speaker at a forum on poverty at Queen’s Park on Nov. 18 proposed that all politicians be required to live in a poor ...