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World renowned jazz guitarist Lorne Lofsky, with pianist Adrean Farrugia, will perform a concert at the acoustically wonderful St. Paul’s Anglican Church at 227 Church Street in Newmarket, with all proceeds from the show going to help fund the new shelter building project for the “Inn From The Cold”...
The holiest event in the Christian calendar. Celebrations happen in many ways around the world, but all point to the same thing. Jesus Christ risen from the dead, a sign of God’s grace to us as we are adopted children of God promised with eternal life. We shout our Hallelujah’s...
Many ask why this day, of all days, is called “Good” when it is about the crucifixion of Jesus, his death on the cross. Many see it as God Friday, that even in death there is faith in God to do something new. What new thing is God doing in...
With palm fronds and palm crosses held high, we join in the majesty of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. A bitter sweet moment, as we then move to more somber tones with the readings for the Passion of Jesus. Thank God that he knows our highs and lows, meeting us at...
Jean Augustine was born in Granada in 1937 and, like many of the Sleeping Car Porters, moved to Canada as a domestic worker for a year to gain permanent residency status. After completing her year as a domestic, Ms. Augustine attended the Toronto Teacher’s College and then started her teaching...
The ash, made from the Palm Crosses from the previous year, is now placed upon the forehead of those making their spiritual pilgrimage. It is a reminder that we are fragile, frail people, and that from dust we came, and to dust we will return. That in our signs...
African-Canadian Women in the Early 20th Century Last week, we learned that that when the Black sleeping car porters on the railways began unionizing, they sent secret messages to keep their activities from being detected by the anti-union corporations. But how did they send them? Through their wives, sisters and...
Changing Canadian Employment & Immigration In the early 20th century, the train was the primary form of transportation across Canada. The porters on these trains were Black men, hired from Canada, the United States and the Caribbean. In fact, being a porter was one of the only jobs available to...
Thornton Blackburn was born into slavery in Maysville, Kentucky in 1812. While enslaved, he met and married Lucie. When they learned that Lucie was to be auctioned off, they escaped. Carrying forged papers identifying them as free African Americans, the couple travelled north by steamboat, then by stagecoach, ending...
The vision of God’s Kingdom is one where all races, tribes and nations are welcomed and made one in Christ Jesus. However, we exist in a society with systemic racism – one which has historically ignored the significant impacts that Black Canadians have had on our country. To work towards...
