Cast and Gather, Raise and Send
Our Diocese is vibrant and diverse – 195 parishes, each with unique gifts, needs, communities and ideas for growth and ministry. Cast the Net set the course for how we can embrace God’s future together with 20 Calls to Action. But responding to these calls will look different in every parish. How do you want to live them out? And what resources will best support you – today, in five years, in 10 years?
To explore these questions, we’re taking the critical next step of a diocesan-wide Planning Feasibility Study. Through this process, we will prayerfully discern our collective readiness for a potential fundraising campaign that will serve and strengthen your parish with important investments to support God’s future through your many and diverse ministries.
All voices matter in this study. Your candid feedback on a Preliminary Case for Support is essential to discerning a potential campaign that puts parishes first, and reflects the unique needs and shared aspirations across our diocese.
This is the time to cast our nets deeper. To gather input on a plan that will raise up parishes and send out followers of Christ to serve the world God loves.
Inspired by the Spirit, together we can weave a net of support across the diocese, so that every parish is spiritually and financially empowered to thrive and remain a vibrant centre of faith and community for generations to come.
Have your say!
We invite all Anglicans in the Diocese of Toronto to engage with this study and share their authentic, honest input about a potential campaign. Whether you’re a member of the clergy, laity or church leadership, or you’re taking your first steps in your walk with Christ, your voice matters. There are lots of ways to have your say!
1) Review the Preliminary Case for Support
A Case for Support outlines the areas of financial need for a potential future fundraising campaign. This preliminary draft has been put together by the Planning Feasibility Study Committee. Your feedback will help shape the Preliminary Case for Support to reflect the most pressing areas of need across our diocesan community.
2) Participate in a public open forum
We will be hosting in-person and virtual open forums to walk through the Preliminary Case for Support and hear your unique perspectives. Your honest opinions will help shape a potential campaign that supports our diocese, in all its diversity. These forums are open for all Anglicans in the Diocese of Toronto. They will be facilitated by M&M International, a third-party consulting agency, and feedback can be shared confidentially.
Online Open Forums
March 19, 2025
🖥️Live on Zoom
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Join the Zoom meeting
Meeting ID: 831 1212 3989
Passcode: 739681
March 27, 2025
🖥️Live on Zoom
7:00–8:00 p.m.
Join the Zoom meeting
Meeting ID: 836 4278 0447
Passcode: 301597
April 2, 2025
🖥️Live on Zoom
1:00– 2:00 p.m.
Join the Zoom meeting
Meeting ID: 875 9175 1241
Passcode: 166867
IN-PERSON OPEN FORUMS
South Archdeaconry
📍St. Paul, Bloor Street
227 Bloor St. E., Toronto, ON M4W 3Y3
March 11, 2025 | 6:00–8:30 p.m.
📍St. Nicholas, Birch Cliff
1512 Kingston Rd., Scarborough, ON M1N 1R7
March 29, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
West Archdeaconry
📍St. John the Baptist, Dixie
719 Dundas St. E., Mississauga, Ontario L4Y 2B5
March 1, 2025 | 9:30–11:30 a.m.
East Archdeaconry
📍St. Peter, Cobourg
240 College St., Cobourg, ON K9A 3V2
March 22, 2025 | 10:00–11:30 a.m.
North Archdeaconry
📍St. Margaret, Barrie
161 Hanmer St. W., Barrie, ON L4N 7S1
March 15, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Central Archdeaconry
📍St. Andrew, Scarborough
2333 Victoria Park Ave.., Scarborough, ON M1R 1W6
March 22, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
For questions or more information about these forums, get in touch with Sarah McCarthy at info@mminternational.ca.
3) Engage your parish
Are you a parish administrator or leader? We need your help to tell your community about this study and opportunities for input. Download the parish toolkit for copy-and-paste bulletin announcements, pulpit announcements, and content for your website, newsletter and social media!
4) Promote on social media
The Synod Office will be sharing opportunities and updates about the Diocesan-Wide Planning Feasibility Study on social media. Follow and share those posts to spread the word – or post some of your own!
5) Participate in a clericus open forum
For clergy seeking to offer input, M&M International will be opening the floor for candid conversation at regularly scheduled clericus meetings in every deanery this spring. Regional deans will let you know when these sessions will take place.
6) Get in touch
If you have questions or perspectives you want to share directly, reach out to info@mminternational.ca.
News & updates
Planning Feasibility Study Committee
The committee includes members of the clergy, laity and diocesan staff.
- Jenny Andison, St. Paul, Bloor Street
- Susan Colacitti, St. Clement, Eglinton
- Kennedy Marshall, Epiphany and St. Mark, Parkdale
- Rob Mitchell, St. Olave, Swansea
- Otto Peter, Christ Church, Oshawa
- Shelley Pollard, St. Martin, Bay Ridges
- Susan Snelling, Christ Church-St. Jude, Ivy; St. George, Utopia; St. Margaret, Barrie
- Susan Graham Walker, Church of the Redeemer, Bloor St.
- Finn Keesmaat-Walsh, St. Martin in-the-Fields
- Kevin Wong, All Saints, Markham
- Bishop Andrew Asbil, Diocesan Bishop
- Peter Misiaszek, Director of Stewardship Development
- Melissa Doidge, Stewardship and Congregational Development Assistant
The committee is supported by M&M International, a Toronto-based consulting agency with a long history and a big heart for supporting and enriching Anglican parish mission and ministry. Participants of this study may be contacted by M&M team members, including:
- Martha Asselin, Managing Director, M&M International
- Sarah McCarthy, Director, M&M International
- Rob Henderson, Senior Consultant, M&M International