During the pandemic, our Christian Education committee adopted a Zoom format. Each session was based on a particular theme and usually ran for four weeks. The sessions were hosted by a Committee member and facilitated by speakers from both within and outside the parish. The sessions were very popular, so much so that the Committee decided to continue the format going forward.
We gather over Zoom at 8 p.m. and conclude at 9 p.m. with a short service of Compline.
Please contact the church office if you’d like to receive the email with the link to join any of the upcoming sessions.
The Zoom sessions are recorded. Scroll down for the links and passwords for the recorded sessions.
Easter Study – Our Anglo-Catholic Heritage
Session 1: Wednesday, April 10, 2024
In this session, Dr. Brad Faught, Chair of the Department of History and Global Studies at Tyndale University, provides insights into the origins and legacy of Anglo-Catholicism.
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Session 2: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
This week’s session is conducted by Fr. Carefoote and Roberta Laking, head of St. Martin’s Altar Guild on the liturgical traditions associated with Anglo-Catholicism.
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Lenten Study – Praying the Psalms
This four-part series explores different the different types of Psalms and what it means to pray with them.
Session 1: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
In this session, Fr. Carefoote provides some context for the series describing the origins of the Psalms in our liturgy, the history of the Psalms and how the Psalms are categorized. He begins the discussion of how we can enrich our personal prayer life through the Psalms focussing on the Psalms of Praise.
Watch Part one
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Session 2: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
In this session, Dr. Walter Deller of Trinity College discusses the structure of the Psalms of Thanksgiving.
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Session 3: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan talks about the Psalms of Ascent, also called the Pilgrim’s Songs.
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Session 4: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Dr. Lisa Wray Beal of Wycliffe College speaks on Songs of Lament: Crying Out; Seeking Comfort.
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The Social Justice Vestry Motion 2024
This three-part series explores different aspects the Social Justice Vestry motion. The Motion calls on all levels of government to take measures to protect and advance the human right to housing.
Session 3: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
In this session, Elin Goulden, parishioner and diocesan Social Justice and Advocacy Consultant discussed the challenges faced by those advocating on behalf of the homeless in these difficult times.
Watch Part three
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Session 2: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
In this session, we look at the motion from the perspective of those providing housing with guest Victor Willis, Executive Director of PARC.
Watch Part two
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Session 1: Wednesday, January 17, 2024
This session looks at the motion from the perspective of those seeking housing, with guest Francesca Allodi-Ross, Executive Director, Romero House.
Watch part one
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Christianity & Culture in Toronto
Wednesday, October 4, 2023:
“Strangers in a Strange Land” examines the challenges of church planting in the colonial era
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023:
“A Time to Gather Stones Together” considers the major transformation of the city’s urban landscape into the so-called “City of Churches” throughout the nineteenth century
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023:
“As You would have done unto You” investigates the role Christianity played in constructing the social safety net in Toronto
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Wednesday, October 25, 2023:
“The Old is Gone, the New is Here” explores the ways in which Christianity in the city waxed and waned through the twentieth century as a result of war, economic challenges, and immigration
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