Fall 2022 Issue

A painting of Jesus with disciples in a boat barely visible beneath waves in a storm.

Other little ships

Bishop Michael Oulton

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Shared Leadership

Our conventional model of clergy leadership has been a solo incumbent with a single or multi-point parish. As the Anglican ...

Rev. Trish Miller

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AFC: Say Yes! to Kids 2022

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) is stepping up its commitment to young people across Canada with an even more ...

AFC Communications

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Diocese of Ontario Green Group Seeks help with Creation Care efforts

For over ten years the Diocese of Ontario Green Group met almost monthly for potluck suppers in the homes of ...

Paula Walker

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Abide with me

“Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; “In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.” The words above ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher

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Anglican Diocese of Ontario Foundation pivots

Just as people and parishes are pivoting from one direction to another during this pandemic, the Anglican Diocese of Ontario ...

Ven Bill Clarke

Lenten Series: From Grief Toward Healing, Responding to the Crises of Our Times

The last two years have created a lot of grief and consequently there’s no shortage of topics to engage and ...

Canon Valerie Kelly

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Diocese of Ontario Foundation: serving others

“Father, enliven the Church for its mission, that we may be salt of the earth and light to the world.” ...

Ven John Robertson

New Dean for St. George’s Cathedral

Bishop Michael Oulton is pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Douglas Michael as Dean of Ontario, Rector of ...

Bishop Michael Oulton

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The Great Commandment as roadmap

The road to reconciliation can be long, fraught and filled with uncertain moments along the way. The challenge we have ...

Bishop Michael Oulton

In the foreground a white refugee woman in winter wear holds a baby in a blue fuzzy suit. In the background other refugees and volunteers.

Refugee sponsors needed

In March 2020, when COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the impact was immediate to refugee sponsorship groups like the ...

anc_ontario_admin

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St. Mary Magdalene Napanee joins national youth-focused fundraising campaign: Say Yes! to Kids

On Tuesday, April 19 the Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) kicked-off its 2nd annual Say Yes! to Kids Campaign. “Last ...

AFC Communications

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Diocese of Ontario Green Group What can I do about Climate Change?

Climate change. Global heating. The issue is in the news daily and in our minds constantly. Is climate change a ...

Mary Raddon

Christian Love and acceptance

Angela Schaffner wrote: “We each have our calling and our place within the body of Christ, and God calls us ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher

A computer image of a series of slices of bread. The first one is yellow with two fishes on it, the other are all blue. Below text reads: more than enough.

Wealth of Year-round Stewardship resources material readily available for parishes

More Than Enough is the 2022 theme for year-round stewardship education and development resources offered to Anglican and Episcopal parishes ...

Ven John Robertson

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The Boy Bishop

Archives Summer Intern Kelly Goslin reaches into a gray cardboard box and retrieves a cream-coloured bishop’s mitre. Despite its 100+ ...

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Summer Fruit for Souls 2022

From far and wide, lay people gathered again via zoom to worship, pray, learn and chat at Summer Fruit for ...

Mary Raddon

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St. Paul’s Spruce Seedlings

St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Cardinal hosted Bishop Michael Oulton on a Sunny Sunday morning in early October this year ...

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From the tiny seed comes the mighty tree

One of the greatest joys I experience as an Anglican is being part of a church that exists from a ...

Bishop Michael Oulton

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Gift planning 101

“The Minister of the Congregation is directed to instruct the people, from time to time, about the duty of Christian ...

Ven John Robertson

Luke’s Place Kingston

One of the joys of being a “retired” priest in our diocese is the opportunity of assisting the bishop in ...

Ven John Robertson

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Reducing heat loss/lowering heating costs in your church: a new tool available in the Diocese of Ontario

The 2021 Synod of the Diocese of Ontario passed a motion that the parishes should “reduce their carbon emissions by ...

Diocesan Green Group

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Making life count

“Come, let us walk in the light of our God!” – Isaiah 2: 5 One of my children, then aged ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher

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The bottle at the Cross

When you walk outside for weeks, day after day, through farmlands, villages, vineyards, along rivers, over hills and through forests ...

Diocesan Green Group

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Gift Planning 102:

The Winter 2022 edition of Dialogue published the first part of a series on gift planning. Under an interesting photograph ...

Ven John Robertson

A white man, Bishop Fulton, in a priest collar and black jacket stands in front of a podium with a golden bird on the front of it. Another white man stands in the background in a purple shirt and black jacket.

Bishop Oulton has ‘left the buliding’ (almost)

Twelve years ago on February 12th, 2011, I stood at the lectern of St. George’s Cathedral to address the assembled ...

Bishop Michael Oulton

In Pictures: Dialogue takes a look back at Bishop Michael’s 12 years of Episcopal Ministry in the Anglican Diocese of Ontario

Bishop Michael Oulton

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Lunch by George Thanks the Staff of the Diocese of Ontario

OSGK – Lunch by George wishes to thank Bishop Michael Oulton and the Staff of the Anglican Diocese of Ontario ...

Blake St. John

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Share the light and Be firm in your faith

“See the light in others and treat them as if that is all you see.” (Wayne Dyer) The above quote ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher

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Are you looking for solutions?

The world knows we are facing a severe climate crisis. Scientists tell us how little time we have left to ...

Diocesan Green Group

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A gift that gives back: “the Gift Plus Annuity”

For some time now you’ve known about the ministry and projects of the Anglican Diocese of Ontario Foundation and its ...

Ven John Robertson

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Synod 2023: Forward! Together in the Spirit

The 145th Synod of the Diocese of Ontario, “Forward! Together in the Spirit“ began on Friday, May 26, at Queen’s ...

Ven Nancy MacLeod

Bishop William Cliff elected 13th Bishop of Ontario

The Rt. Rev. William Cliff, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Brandon, has been elected to succeed The Rt. Rev ...

Diocese of Ontario

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It takes courage

One of my favourite Biblical verses is: “This is the day that the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher

A computer graphic of a greyed out map of Canada is superimposed with bubbles with grant areas and amounts. The title reads "AFC & The Diocese of Ontario: $181,500 to 28 Recipients" The bubbles read: "Community Ministries $27,500 to 7 recipients." :Leadership & Education $10,000 to 5 recipients." "Diverse Infrastructure $132,000 to 13 recipients" "Youth Focused Grants $44,000 to 11 recipients" :Sacred Music & Liturgical Arts $11,500 to 3 recipients"

2023 Anglican Foundation of Grants total $40,000 to Diocese of Ontario

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) Board of Directors met in Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 17–18, 2023, and approved ...

AFC Communications

Diocese of Ontario Says Yes! to Igniting Youth Leadership in our deaneries

This year, in thanksgiving for and recognition of the ministry of Bishop Michael, the Diocese of Ontario is partnering with ...

Dialogue

2023 RFP GOES GREEN: AFC issues $100,000 Green-Themed Request for Proposals (RFP)

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) is inviting all Canadian Anglicans to put on their green-coloured classes and ready their ...

Dialogue

Three white people stand together. The woman on the right holds a plate and wears a blue dress and red bandana around her head. In the middle a man also holds a plate in a black shirt with collar and black jacket has his glasses on top of his head. The woman on the right is wearing a black brimmed hat with white flowers, a red jacket over a patterned blue and red dress.

Coronation Sunday at St. Paul’s in Brockville

St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Brockville celebrated the coronation of His Majesty King Charles lll with a celebratory brunch following ...

Dialogue

Controlling temperature in church buildings

As part of our commitment to help members of our diocese be better stewards of God’s Creation, our Diocesan Green ...

Rev. Dr. Ian Ritchie

Bishop-elect Cliff to be installed as 13th bishop

Following the election of Bishop William Cliff on April 29 to serve as the 13th bishop of our diocese, an ...

Dialogue

Group of parishioners listening to a presentation by Bishop Riscylla

Summer Fruit for Souls 2023

Excited to reunite with old friends and make new ones, twenty-two lay readers and lay leaders from the dioceses of ...

Pat Gillis

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Environmentally friendly green burials

The Season of Creation (September 1-October 4, 2023) recognizes that humanity has been entrusted with the care of the earth. ...

Rev. Bill Morrow

Four white men stand in a line. From left to right, and older man in a checkered shirt and then three high school age men. The first in toque, the second without a hat, and the third in a motherboard.

National Youth Campaign Raises $80,000: Napanee’s St. Mary Magdalene one of 17 successful Say Yes! to Kids fundraising teams

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) is celebrating the success of its 3rd annual Say Yes! to Kids (SYTK) campaign, ...

AFC Communications

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Artificial Intelligence, algorithms, autocorrect, the church, and spirituality

Once while typing “The United States of America” I found autocorrect completed my words. Autocorrect is an algorithm driven by ...

Rev Canon Dr. David Robson

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Day by day

Two close friends of mine, Lina and Elias, are pastors in an evangelical church. Our families have been blessed to ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher

Greening our diocese

What is your church doing to care for creation? In what ways is your church lowering its carbon footprint? These ...

Mary Raddon

Legacy gifts ‘lift all boats’: name your passion, grow your legacy

In 1973, A.E.J. “Ted” Fulford partnered with the Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) to develop a trust to promote, develop, ...

AFC Communications

Advent: a season of expectation and preparation

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness… Advent is about waiting and yearning. The ...

Bishop William Cliff

Prescott Pollinator Project at the Greater Glory Garden

Jon: I feel particularly blessed to live in Southern Ontario. We delight in the blueberries and strawberries of spring, the ...

Bonita Slunder and Rev. Jon F. Lavelle

The greatest present is a promise: Christians await the coming of Christ

Often the question we ask in Advent is, ‘What are we waiting for?’ The answer is simple. We’re waiting for ...

Rev. Noel Henry

For all the saints

This past Summer I spent a long weekend in Quebec City. I was there essentially to join with family to ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher

Care of Creation and the Fashion industry

One of the joys of living in a temperate climate is the necessity of changing clothing with the seasons. We ...

Mary Raddon

Check-in on community engagement with coordinator Russ Grant

As the diocesan community engagement coordinator, I ask: What is Community Engagement? Anything we do to put ourselves in front ...

Russ Grant

Faith, belief and the cost of discipleship

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, a people claimed by God for his own, ...

Bishop William Cliff

Save Sunday June 2 for Say Yes! to Kids Sunday

Say Yes! to Kids (SYTK) is an annual fundraising appeal sponsored by the Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC). Launched in ...

AFC Communications

Saint Lawrence Parish meets accessibility standards with vital upgrades

In 2006 the Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) established the LeSueur and Althera Brodie Fund to provide support for parish ...

Mark Hauser

Supporting imaginative ministry in our Diocese

“We must knock at every door…door and rouse the inhabitants to devote a small portion of what God has bestowed ...

Ven John Robertson

Prayer CAN change your life

This morning, during the quiet time I try to have each day, a special memory came to me. This is ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher

St. Paul’s holds Indigenous Day of Learning and Sharing

St. Paul’s Brockville held an Indigenous Day of Learning and Sharing this past October. The day was planned to bring ...

Pat Alexander

Stewardship Reflections with the Ven. Wayne Varley

Ven Wayne Varley

Report on reducing emissions in Diocese of Ontario churches

The 2021 Synod passed a resolution addressing our responsibilities under the Fifth Mark of Mission of the Anglican Communion: to ...

Diocesan Green Group

Forgiveness and reconciliation as Christians

People don’t understand forgiveness. It is a counter -cultural concepts in our modern times. We are living in a “three ...

Bishop William Cliff

Music and literacy among 2024 Say Yes! to Kids projects in our diocese

Say Yes! to Kids (SYTK) is the Anglican Foundation of Canada’s (AFC) nationwide effort to drive innovation, increase collaboration, and ...

AFC Communications

THE APPRENTICE: on the job clergy learning with the executive officer

I remember one day in the Diocese of Ottawa when I had finished work. I was waiting for the bus ...

Ven. David Selzer

Re-new Creation St. Luke’s Leeds Thrift Shop Celebrates 5 Years in Elgin

Re-new Creation, St. Luke’s Leeds Thrift Shop in Elgin, celebrates five years in its new location on June 27, 2024. ...

Rev. Trish Miller

The Lord is my Shepherd, I’ll not want

“Only God can judge,” and “I am a child of God,” are two phrases that I say to myself often. ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher

Check-in on community engagement with coordinator Russ Grant

Here are some common themes, observations and perception of challenges faced from the parishes I’ve had the opportunity to visit ...

Russ Grant

Stewardship Reflections with the Ven. Wayne Varley

Ven Wayne Varley

Dialogue to stop printing in 2025, to join AnglicanNews.ca online

In December of 2011, Bishop Michael Oulton wrote a letter to the congregations of the Diocese of Ontario outlining Synod ...

Mark Hauser

Waiting in hope? Or waiting for apocalypse?

Dark clouds loom! Increasingly devastating news about climate; wildfires, historic heat waves, devastating droughts and floods, climate refugees; all converge ...

Rev. Dr. Ian Ritchie

Church as agent of ‘disruptive’ spirit

Disruption is a word that more often than not can strike fear into the hearts of people who are terrified ...

Bishop William Cliff

Outreach St. George’s Kingston continues to serve those most in need

As Kingston’s oldest food-providing agency, Outreach St. George’s Kingston (OSGK) has been successfully helping the under-served populations of Kingston and ...

Savoula Stylianou

Lay readers enjoy harvest of ‘Summer Fruit’

“With God nothing is impossible” quoted Bishop William Cliff at the closing Eucharist of this year’s Summer Fruit for Souls—which ...

Sylvia Dopking

Challenge to us in our diocese—Autumn and beyond!

“God does not want us to do extraordinary things; He wants us to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.” The Right ...

Ven John Robertson

Sister let me be your servant: Funding renewed Guest House at SSJD

Our 2025 Diocesan Synod is less than a year away and there still remains matters from our 2023 Synod, specifically ...

Ven Bill Clarke

Oh God, where are you in all this?

“Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man.” – Mark 6:20 Do you ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher

Stewardship Reflections with the Ven. Wayne Varley

Ven Wayne Varley

Advent: Hope suffused with glory and joy in the coming Kingdom

For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is ...

Bishop William Cliff

St. Thomas’ Kingston Prays Through the Truth and Reconciliation 94 Calls to Action

One weekend this past June the Reverends’ Rod and Lisa BrantFrancis from All Saints’ Church, Tyendinaga, led two sessions at ...

John Schreiner & Sue Orgill

PWRDF membership approves new name: ‘Alongside Hope’

On Tuesday, October 15, 2024 the membership of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund approved a new name for ...

Janice Biehn - PWRDF

Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Autocorrect, the Church, and Spirituality

Once while typing “The United States of America” I found autocorrect completed my words. Autocorrect an algorithm driven by artificial ...

Rev Canon Dr. David Robson

Stewardship reflections with the Ven. Wayne Varley

Dialogue

Spiritual wisdom to face chaos and anxiety

We have been living through years of uncertainty and unease, and this past season, that uncertainty has ramped up to ...

Bishop William Cliff

Waiting in Hope: Part 2

In part 1 of this article (Dialogue, Fall 2024), I laid out the deep sources of hope to which the ...

Rev. Dr. Ian Ritchie

Ode to my Church

Ode to my Church by Reverend Sharon Mason Deacon, Christ Church Cataraqui There is such peace in this space ...

Reverend Sharon Mason

Sunday Suppers celebrate 17th year

On the first Sunday of each month, volunteers gather in the afternoon at Saint Lawrence Parish in Brockville to get ...

Mark Hauser

The Impact of Prison Ministry Volunteering

The Reverend Canon Sharon Dunlop, a deacon at St. James’ Anglican Church in Kingston, wants to encourage more volunteers to ...

Mark Hauser

Mary did you know?

My challenge this Lent is to think about Jesus’s mother and how she coped through this most bewildering time. According ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher

Archbishop Chris Harper: Sacred Beginnings, Reconciliation and the Diocese of Ontario

At our 2021 Synod, the Diocese of Ontario made a commitment to share the net proceeds from the sale of ...

Mark Hauser

Stewardship reflections with the Ven. Wayne Varley

Dialogue

Highlights from Bishop William Cliff’s Charge to Synod 2025

Bishop William Cliff delivered his Charge to Synod 2025 at the Synod opening service at St. George’s Cathedral. What follows ...

Dialogue

Summary of Synod 2025: May 8-10

Synod 2025: Communities of Hope, Disruptive Grace Thursday May 8: St. George’s Cathedral opening Synod Service The gathering of Synod ...

Ven Nancy MacLeod

Anglican Foundation of Canada supports Summer Fruit for Souls

Ontario Lay Readers to Deepen Roots of Ministry—and Welcome a Wider Circle This July, Lay Readers from the Diocese of ...

AFC Communications

Changing the Way People Treat the Earth: Green Group annual conference

The Diocese of Ontario Green Group is delighted to announce its upcoming third annual conference, taking place on September 20, ...

Diocesan Green Group

Stewardship Reflections with the Ven. Wayne Varley

Stewardship Reflections – Pentecost Year C The following reflections are intended to encourage individuals and parishes to think about holistic ...

Dialogue

A Spirit-filled Pentecost

Do you ever have days when you wake up thinking positive thoughts but as the day progresses nothing seems to ...

Diana Duncan-Fletcher