Synod

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Divestment

The Anglican 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 ...

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Can we glimpse the big picture, the greater goal?

Archbishop Colin Johnson 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

The Anglican 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 ...

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Martha Holmen 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

Canon Clare Burns 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

The Rev. Canon Philip Hobson, OGS 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 ...