Church of St. Aidan (Toronto)

Church of St. Aidan (Toronto)
Church of St. Aidan Toronto, Ontario

The Church of St. Aidan at 70 Silverbirch

Denomination Anglican Church of Canada
History
Dedication St. Aidan
Administration
Parish Ontario
Diocese Ontario
Province Canada
Clergy
Dean Rev'd Barbara Liotscos

The Church of St. Aidan is an Anglican church in The Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. The church has about 400 members, and 150 people show up on Sundays. The current priest-in-charge is the Rev'd Lucy Reid.[1]

The church's history begin with Pastor H. Dixon who set up a tent around 1880 to serve the residents of the small village in the area. When the streetcar stretched eastward and the area began to grow rapidly in the 1890s, the church remained housed in a tent, but one large enough to hold 500 people. A permanent church was finally established in 1907, and work on the church building was completed in 1910.

In 2006 the church became the centre of controversy when the congregation under Rev. Stephen Kierkegaard decided to participate in the Out of the Cold program to provide shelter to the homeless during the winter. The program takes place in various religious institutions across the city, and helps provide extra space during the winter months when remaining outside can be deadly. St. Aidan's proposed providing beds for twelve people once a week. This sparked strenuous opposition from neighbours in the expensive Beaches area. Concerns about the homeless bringing crime and reducing property values in the neighbourhood prompted some local residents to try to get a court order to halt the program. Eventually after a meeting was held to allay concerns, and critical publicity began to decry the objections, the program went ahead.

See also

  • List of Anglican churches in Toronto

References

  • Hall, Joseph. "Affluent freeze out homeless." Toronto Star. Dec 28, 2006
  • "Homeless program in upscale Toronto neighbourhood to go ahead." CBC News. Wednesday, January 17, 2007
  • Patch, Nick. "Outcry dogs plans for homeless shelter" The Globe and Mail. Jan 17, 2007. pg. A.13
  1. ^ http://www.toronto.anglican.ca/index.asp?navid=553&fid1=74&fid2=&fid3=Church

Coordinates: 43°40′21″N 79°17′07″W / 43.672536°N 79.28538°W / 43.672536; -79.28538


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