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Cold Calls and Joyful Colours: Interview With Rev. Gary van der Meer

St. John’s Incumbent, Sept. 2001 - September 2011 As was reported in the May 27th newsletter, I conducted a 60-minute video interview...

Building Stories & Preparing for Doors Open

As St. John’s prepares to participate in Doors Open Toronto next weekend, for the benefit of the volunteers that will welcome visitors...

Marking the Cornerstone Centennial

This weekend, members of St. John’s Anglican Church, West Toronto, along with those who share its building and many in the neighborhood...

The Bells of St. John’s, Part 2

St. John’s West Toronto Church’s 10-bell carillon remained a distinctive feature of its Humberside home, and of the city, for many years....

The Bells of St. John’s, Part 1

On Easter Sunday, April 20, 1924, the neighborhood around St. John’s West Toronto was treated to the melodious music of a carillon of 10...

Archival Adventures

Researching the history of St. John’s in its Humberside home has been supported by historic materials kept and shared by the Diocese of...

Why We Are Where We Are

The history of St. John’s West Toronto church, like that of the West Toronto Junction neighbourhood, has been very much shaped by its...

The History of the History of St. John’s

Some twenty-one years ago, the Advent (December) 2001 edition of the “St. John’s Journal” included an “Of Things Past” section with an...

Where We Used To Be

While the main focus of our SJWT 100th commemoration is marking the centenary of our current building on Humberside Ave., I thought it...