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LIFE: Trinity-St. Paul’s pickleball league (May/June 2025)

July 10th, 2025 · Comments Off on LIFE: Trinity-St. Paul’s pickleball league (May/June 2025)

The church, known for its social justice activism and as a concert venue for the world famous Tafelmusik Orchestra, hosts a range of activities from dance, music, the arts, martial arts, and now, pickleball.

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NEWS: An act of acknowledgement and reconciliation (Feb. 2025)

February 21st, 2025 · Comments Off on NEWS: An act of acknowledgement and reconciliation (Feb. 2025)

Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church is nearing completion of its Heart Garden, a sacred space honouring Indigenous children who suffered in residential schools.

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FOCUS: TSP and BIA work together to bring a new mural to Bloor (Dec. 2024)

December 16th, 2024 · Comments Off on FOCUS: TSP and BIA work together to bring a new mural to Bloor (Dec. 2024)

Renowned Indigenous artist brings another masterpiece to the Annex By Rose Haberer Mural maestro Joseph Sagaj strikes the Annex community again with the powerful blow of his allegorical art. The mural, with all its vibrancy, sits atop the eroding steps of Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts. The weathered […]

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CHATTER: Trinity-St. Paul’s blesses all creatures great and small (Oct./Nov. 2024)

November 8th, 2024 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Trinity-St. Paul’s blesses all creatures great and small (Oct./Nov. 2024)

If you happened to be at the Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts this past Sunday, Oct. 6,  you would have found the pews full of people replaced with a gaggle of pointy eared, furry friends, there for the annual Blessing of the Animals.  The Blessing of the Animals is celebrated each […]

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NEWS: New Tactile Map in the Annex (Summer 2024)

October 15th, 2024 · Comments Off on NEWS: New Tactile Map in the Annex (Summer 2024)

On Thursday, June 27, the Annex became a little more inclusive as it unveiled its new Tactile Map. The map sits on the corner of Bloor Street West and Robert Street, right next to Trinity-St. Paul’s Church at 427 Bloor St. W. The installation features braille writing and tactile symbols that allow for blind or low-vision individuals to read the map and navigate the neighbourhood more safely.

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ON THE COVER: REDress at Trinity-St. Paul’s (May 2021)

June 15th, 2021 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER: REDress at Trinity-St. Paul’s (May 2021)

Red dresses hang on the exterior of Trinity-St. Paul’s Church in a show of solidarity with those seeking justice for Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

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FOCUS: Pivoting from the pulpit with new technology (Dec. 2020)

December 21st, 2020 · Comments Off on FOCUS: Pivoting from the pulpit with new technology (Dec. 2020)

Churches and synagogues ready for on-line services By Mary An Nine months into the global pandemic, religious communities have shifted their pulpits onto digital platforms. With Christmas coming, churches seem to be taking the social isolation mandates that limit their ability to connect physically with congregants in stride, while enjoying expanded audiences and in some […]

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NEWS: Supporting a local synagogue (Dec. 2018)

December 30th, 2018 · Comments Off on NEWS: Supporting a local synagogue (Dec. 2018)

Multi-faith ring of peace circles City Shul By Ahmed Hagar Christians and Muslims surrounded the City Shul synagogue on November 1 in a show of solidarity with the synagogue’s Jewish congregants in response to the attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27. Participants carrying signs with supportive messages greeted congregants […]

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CHATTER: Provincial all candidates meeting on May 23 (May 2018)

May 9th, 2018 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Provincial all candidates meeting on May 23 (May 2018)

All seven of the registered candidates running for election in University-Rosedale have been invited to participate in an all candidates meeting at Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church (427 Bloor St. W.) on May 23 at 6:30 p.m. The local residents’ associations and BIAs are sponsoring the event, which will include an opportunity to ask questions of […]

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ON THE COVER Palm Sunday pageant (Spring 2018)

May 1st, 2018 · 1 Comment

  READ MORE: ON THE COVER: Artscape Wychwood Barns 10th anniversary (March 2018) ON THE COVER: Wage protest (Jan. 2018) ON THE COVER: Snowshoes and a red sweater (Dec. 2017) ON THE COVER (Nov. 2017): Remembering ON THE COVER (Oct. 2017): Transitory night ON THE COVER (AUGUST 2017): Setting up for a new season

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CHATTER (June 2017): Community through song

June 30th, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER (June 2017): Community through song

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NEWS (MAY 2017): Miles Nadal JCC submits electronic roof sign application

May 26th, 2017 · Comments Off on NEWS (MAY 2017): Miles Nadal JCC submits electronic roof sign application

Centre needs to address funding shortfall By Clarrie Feinstein The Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre (JCC) has resubmitted an application to erect a third party electronic advertising sign on the roof of its building at the southwest corner of Spadina Avenue and Bloor Street. In 2015, the City of Toronto’s Sign By-Law Unit refused the […]

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