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Brasilia bishop to speak at Synod

November 2, 2023
The Rt. Rev. Maurício Jose Araujo De Andrade, bishop of the Diocese of Brasilia, will be the guest speaker at the Diocese of Toronto’s 162nd ...
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Synod 2022

December 29, 2022
The Diocese of Toronto’s 161st Regular Session of Synod was held Nov. 17-19, 2022. The opening service, including the Bishop’s Charge, was held in-person and ...
Bishop Andrew Asbil speaking.

It is important for us to immerse ourselves in this new place

December 29, 2022
O God, take our lips and speak through them. Take our minds and think through them. Take our hearts and fill them with love for ...
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How to plan a virtual Synod

March 1, 2022
Pamela Boisvert is the secretary of synod for the diocese. The Anglican caught up with her to find out about the challenges of and successes ...
Bishop Andrew Asbil delivers his Charge to Synod in a pre-recorded video shown during the Opening Eucharist.

We are dwelling between what we have known, where we are going

January 1, 2022
O God, take our lips and speak through them. Take our minds and think through them. Take our hearts and fill them with love for ...
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Synod 2021

January 1, 2022
The Diocese of Toronto’s 160th Regular Session of Synod was held Nov. 25-27 online. This was the first ever virtual Synod held by the diocese. ...
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Virtual Synod will be a first

September 1, 2021
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 ...
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Group working on affordable housing plan

March 1, 2021
This is an update on an affordable housing plan for the diocese. It was received by Diocesan Council at its December 2020 meeting. At the ...
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Work underway on environment motion

March 1, 2021
This is an update to Synod and the diocese on the Environmental Synod Motion. It was received by Diocesan Council at its meeting in December, ...
Bishop Andrew Asbil in green chasuble gesticulates as he speaks

This is not a time to be afraid. It is a time to have courage

January 1, 2020
In the summer between Grade 7 and Grade 8, my older brother and I formed a lawn-cutting business. We borrowed the Gestetner machine at the ...
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Diocese considers changes to governance structure

November 1, 2019
The diocese is considering changes to its governance structure so that it better serves the diocese’s mission. The recommended changes are contained in a report ...
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It has been an honour to serve

January 1, 2019
Instead of a Charge to Synod, Archbishop Johnson chose to reflect on some of the important changes in the diocese since his ordination more than ...
Bishop Andrew Asbil speaks at a microphone.

We are in a moment in between

January 1, 2019
Bishop Andrew Asbil, the diocese’s coadjutor bishop, gave this Charge to Synod. He will become the Bishop of Toronto on Jan. 1, succeeding Archbishop Colin ...

Resources help with marriage canon dialogue

April 1, 2018
The diocese’s Canon XXI Task Group has posted several documents (LINK) to help Anglicans learn about same-sex marriage and to have informed, respectful conversations on ...
Archbishop Colin Johnson speaking from a lectern.

I want to say how proud I am of this diocese

January 1, 2018
What a privilege it is to serve you as the bishop of this wonderful diocese and to represent you in the wider councils of the ...
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Synod 2017

January 1, 2018
The Diocese of Toronto’s 157th Regular Session of Synod was held on Nov. 24-25 at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites in Richmond ...
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Divestment

March 1, 2016
The following motion was passed by the diocese’s Synod last fall. Preamble Because climate change caused by human-generated greenhouse gas emissions is an undeniable threat ...
Archbishop Colin Johnson speaks from a lectern.

Can we glimpse the big picture, the greater goal?

January 1, 2016
Some years ago, Brother Martin Smith, former Superior of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, gave a lecture at an event for the training ...

Synod 2015

January 1, 2016
The diocese’s 156th regular session of Synod was held Nov. 13-14 at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites in Richmond Hill. The theme ...

Follow Synod online

November 1, 2015
The 156th Regular Session of Synod is coming up, and while motions are moved and seconded in a hotel ballroom in Richmond Hill, the conversation ...

Proposed changes to mandatory retirement

April 1, 2015
A motion was brought to Diocesan Council proposing that the matter of mandatory retirement as it relates to members of the clergy be abolished.  Currently, ...

Proposed changes to Synod composition

April 1, 2015
In 2012, Diocesan Council set up a working group with membership drawn from all of the episcopal areas. The group’s mandate was to review and ...
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