We  will be starting Tai Chi classes this month, once again in partnership  with SPRINT (Senior Peoples’ Resources in North Toronto). The set of  seven classes will begin Tuesday, February 14, running from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.  Cost is $4 per session. No need to register, just show up prepared to learn  about this ancient...

Our annual meeting of Vestry will be on Sunday, February 26th.  There will be one service only at 10:30 and the meeting will start immediately after the service.

As I write this, I am looking out my office window at the first significant snowfall of the winter. It was a long time coming, and even though it took me 80 minutes to drive to work this morning, it does look pretty as the snow covers the bare branches of the trees and falls...

Following on our successful Yoga program, we will be starting Tai Chi classes in February once again in partnership with SPRINT (Senior Peoples’ Resources in North Toronto). The set of seven classes will begin Tuesday, February 14, running from 9:30 to 10:30 am.  Cost is $4 per session.  No need to register, just show up...

Congratulations to everyone!  We launched our parish’s campaign on hehalf of the Diocese’s Our Faith – Our Hope fundraising initiative on October 30.  In the weeks since then, the response from St. Augustine’s has been amazing. Under the leadership of Everett Fleming and his Campaign Team (Mary McLean, Carol Burke and Leslie Saffrey) we have...

Our Parish provides a special time for members who briefly wish to share concerns, thanksgivings or other issues. After the 10.30 service (10.00 a.m. in summer) someone is available for quiet conversation, near the altar, with candles lit. These persons are specially trained for this purpose. We remember Our Lord’s promise that where two or...

Augustine’s Café will resume on Sunday, January 8th from 9:40 to 10:20 each Sunday morning.

Some excerpts from The Westminster Dictionary of Worship: “[An aumbry is] a cupboard or recess in the wall of a church or the sacristy in which the sacred vessels and books, and sometimes also reliquaries, were kept…..They were also used usually in a wall near the altar, but sometimes in the sacristy.  This method of...

While the impact of the H1 N1 pandemic event remains mild at this point, the Diocese of Toronto has the following to observe: • The practice of intinction is prohibited • Communion in one kind is an acceptable tradition within the Anglican Church • The exchange of the peace can be accomplished with a simple...