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PARISH CLERGY
Rector
The Rev. Canon Kevin Robertson
Honorary Assistants
The Rev. Dr. Peter Slater
The Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton,
Ecumenical Partner
Organist & Director of Music
Eric Robertson
Director of Children & Youth Ministry
Hilary Keachie
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Rector’s Warden
Genevieve Chornenki
People’s Warden
Carolyb Kearns
Deputy Warden
Henry Zaluski
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Editor
Joyce Hamilton (joyceian@sympatico.ca)
Members
Henry Zaluski,
Photos: Deirdre Malone, Henry Zaluski,
Peter Curzon, Kate Rieger
Webmaster
Brian Dench
PARISH STAFF
Director of Parish Operations
Paul Marritt
Bookkeeper
Elisabeth Lunder
Sexton
Denis Delisle
HERALD
“With so many trees in the city, you could see the spring coming each day until
a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the
heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never
come and that you were losing a season out of your life. This was the only truly
sad time in Paris because it was unnatural. You expected to be sad in the fall.
Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches
were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. But you knew there
would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was
frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a
young person had died for no reason.
In those days, though, the spring always came finally but it was frightening that
it had nearly failed.”
Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
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A Place to Learn, Laugh
& Live out our Faith
THIS SPRING, PromiseLand embarked on a Lenten Labyrinth
Journey. On the first Sunday of Lent, the kids and teens
built a simple spiral path using rope, tape and lined it with
(battery operated) tea-light candles. We placed a bowl with
water from the Holy Land in the
center, along with a wooden cross
and big candle, all physical symbols
of Jesus. We kept the lights off,
burned incense and played the
repetitive Taizé chant “Ubi Caritas”.
Every week, we walked, prayed and
sang in the Labyrinth. We focused
on being present in the moment
and used this as a time to talk to
God. The transformed Rainbow room became a very sacred
space and I was moved by the reverence with which the kids
approached this Lenten Practice.
During Lent, we also spent time learning about Jesus’ last
week, in particular acting out
and comparing the Last Supper
narratives in the Gospels of Luke,
Mark and Matthew. We then
explored our current Eucharist
tradition, including learning how
to set the table and why water is
added to the wine, and took note
of how much of the wording
comes directly from the Last Supper stories. Every Sunday
we gather around the altar for Communion and hopefully
this exploration helped answer some questions and shed new
meaning on this tradition.
Holy Week offered our kids, teens and families many
opportunities to come together in community to retell and
reenact moments from Jesus’ last week. Many kids and teens
read and performed symbolic actions at the Stations of the
Cross on Good Friday or had their feet washed at the
Maundy Thursday service.
On Easter morning, we
celebrated the Risen
Christ by singing loud
‘Halleluiahs’, going on an
Egg Hunt and dramatically
reenacting the amazing
Easter story. And we were sure surprised to find our
Lenten Labyrinth transformed into a big (and empty)
Cross! It was an exciting and fun morning for all!
During the Easter season, PromiseLand will learn about
some of the prominent men and women from Jesus’ life
and ministry. We will start with the Marys and then
spend a few weeks on the disciples leading up to
Pentecost. Stay tuned to hear all about our learning!
Young
Anglican
Leaders
YOUNG ANGLICAN LEADERS continues to be a fun and
engaging youth leadership programme for teens grade 7
and up. We meet about 4 times every month for a variety
of community building and leadership activities including
Lunch and Learns, volunteering or fundraising and social
nights.
YAL members took turns
leading our Lunch and Learns
on the last Sunday of every
month. They prepared plot
summaries, discussion ques-
tions, activities and games all
based on their assigned chapter
from the Book of Ruth. We learned about ‘gleaning’ and
‘cutting corners’ and how these were a form of social
assistance in the ancient world. We also played Pictionary
and created Biblical tableaux. Our teens demonstrated
maturity and teamwork as they worked together to ensure
interesting discussions and lots of learning, and of course,
to provide the group with a delicious lunch!
This spring, YAL’s big social action initiative was the
Rotary Trump AIDS Walk
on Saturday April 26th. At
the beginning of April, we
dedicated our evening social to
baking and making crafts. We
made stained glass candleholders,
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earrings, skor bars, cookies and more and then hosted a
very successful bake and craft sale on Sunday, April 6th.
Thank you to everyone who supported our sale! With your
generosity, we raised $478.90 and this money will go to
support AIDS/HIV related charities, specifically Mama
Jane’s Orphanage in Uganda and the Matangwe Clinic in
Kenya. YAL continued to collect donations from friends,
family and members of the congregation throughout April
– we raised a total of $1503.90!! On the 26th, we gathered
at the Toronto Beaches
to walk 5K, learning
facts, statistics and
stories related to AIDS
and HIV along they
way. Thank you again
to everyone who
supported us in this initiative!
YAL has also taken an active leadership role in
PromiseLand and in the wider life of the church. On
Easter Sunday, they put on a fantastic play called ‘The
Empty Tomb’ with great cos-
tumes, memorized lines and lots
of enthusiasm! The kids loved it!
Our teens have also eagerly taken
on roles in Sunday liturgy
including reading the lesson,
being the Crucifer, and being
Torchbearers. On Palm Sunday,
Trish and Canon Kevin Robertson
co-led a reflective homily on the
characters of Holy Week. YAL members are also often
upstairs helping Tuta in the Nest. It is exciting to watch
our teens as they grow and mature into thoughtful,
eloquent and caring young leaders!
Thanks everyone for your enthusiasm and dedication to
our children and youth programmes. As always, it is a
pleasure and an honour to learn and journey with you!
Hilary Keachie
Director of Children and Youth Ministery
Mother’s Day
MOTHERS ARE LOVED and respected,
so it is no wonder that today we
join with many others around the
world to celebrate “Mother’s Day”;
the day that celebrates the values
of a mother. Mother’s Day gives
us the opportunity to honour and
cherish the special bond of love
that mothers share with their children. We sometimes refer
to them as the “Backbone or the Matriarchs” of a family.
This honouring of Mothers Day dates back many years.
When Christianity spread through Europe, the celebration
was called “Mothering Sunday”, which gave us an opportunity
to both honour the Church and to celebrate Mothers.
However, over time this celebration ceased due in part to
Americans Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis. “Mother’s
Day” came into being, to honour mothers, “living and
dead”. Although some states were already celebrating the
day, the idea caught on and, in 1914, President Woodrow
Wilson declared that there would be a national day of
recognition for Mothers.
Mother’s Day is a day for thanking our mothers for their
constant support, to acknowledge motherhood and, to
celebrate mothers influence on Society. It is a day filled
with strong emotional value. It is a day, when each of us
can acknowledge our mother’s hard work and contributions
in our lives, and to pass on some of these wonderful lessons
and values to our children and grandchildren.
Mothers are a child’s first impression of God’s love. A
mother’s love goes with us through the peaks and valleys
of our lives; it is a love that sacrifices itself over and over
again; it is a love that knows no boundaries. An important
relationship that is always with us is the one we share, or
have shared, with our mothers. Our mothers are our guiding
forces, and during our formative years, they have shaped
our lives and helped us become the persons we are today.
A mother’s selfless love is the epitome of a natural and
strong bond between her and her children. A mother is
one of God’s greatest blessings on us.
A range of many beautiful flowers are given to symbolize
one’s love and affection for our mothers, but the Carnation
seems to be the most popular. On the first formal observance
of Mother’s Day, this was the flower introduced to the
Women by Miss Jarvis.
Happy Mother’s Day. May you enjoy much Happiness and
may you be blessed abundantly on this your Special day.
Elsa Jones
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View over old Jerusalem to Mount of Olives
In the Path of Abraham
March 2014
LAST FALL I SIGNED UP for a 10 day trip to the holy lands
with a group of Christians, Jews, and Muslims. The idea
was to visit sites holy to all three religions and hear the
stories from the three points of view. There would be talks
from experts at each location. The trip was to be lead by
Iman Patel, Rabbi Baruch, Father Damien McPherson
and Rev Karen Hamilton.
I have just returned from that trip and it was an amazing
once in a lifetime experience. We travelled from the Sea of
Galilee to Bethlehem and visited many places in between -
Capernaum, Jerusalem, a refugee camp, Ramallah and
more. We visited many sites holy to all three Abrahamic
religions and heard the different narratives from the three
points of view - and different they are indeed. In terms of
politics we heard from a Rabbi on a kibbutz, a Rabbi in a
yeshiva, an Iman at a mosque, a PLO member in
Ramallah, and the Israeli ambassador to the UN, who
spoke about the military security issue in a land surrounded
by enemies.
The other narrative we heard was what I would term ‘in
between’. We visited a place which has been set up to heal
the Arabic/Hebrew conflict by bringing in groups of,
particularly young, Arabs and Jews to spend a few days,
to a week or more, living and studying together. We also
visited a village set up some years ago by a group of about
forty families who decided to live together in a community
consisting of both Arabs and Jews. They have their own
school, where the children are taught in both Arabic and
Hebrew, and both religions are discussed.This school has
grown and today, most of the students come from outside
the village, sent by parents who want to stop the cultural
conflict. A ray of hope in a conflicted country.
I came home dizzy with information overload. Now that I
have some time to think about it all, I am gradually getting
some internal organization.
Everyone we met was right and everyone we met was
wrong. Each time I looked at, or heard something, I
thought, “now I get it,” until I looked again and it was
something else. It is an incredibly complex land with
many layers within layers.
Barbara Marwood
Setting off
West Temple Wall
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St. George’s,
Anglican
In the White Mosque
Gavin in the Garden of Gethsemane
ArmenianOrthodox on theway to the Churchof the Holy
Sepulchre
In the
White Mosque
The Holy Church
of the Sepulchre
Church of the Annunciaton,
Nazareth
On the Sea of Galilee
With our Palestinian Hostess
at table: Barbara Marwood, Father Damien McPherson,
Lt. Col. Martine Belanger, Rev. Karen Hamilton,
Gavin Keachie.
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An Interesting Perspective
I STILL CAN’T HELP WONDERING how we can explain
away what to me is the greatest miracle of all and which is
recorded in history. No one denies there was such a man,
that he lived and that he was put to death by crucifixion.
Where.... is the miracle I spoke of? Well consider this and
let your imagination translate the story into our own time
- possibly to your own home town.
A young man whose father is a carpenter grows up work-
ing in his father’s shop. One day he puts down his tools
and walks out of his father’s shop. He starts preaching on
street corners and in the nearby countryside, walking from
place to place, preaching all the while, even though he is
not an ordained minister. He never gets farther than an
area perhaps 100 miles wide at the most. He does this for
three years. Then he is arrested, tried and convicted. There
is no court of appeal, so he is executed at age 33 along
with two common thieves. Those in charge of his execution
roll dice to see who gets his clothing - the only possessions
he has. His family cannot afford a burial place for him so
he is interred in a borrowed tomb.
End of story? No, this uneducated, property-less young
man has, for 2,000 years, had a greater effect on the world
than all the rulers, kings, emperors; all the conquerors,
generals and admirals, all the scholars, scientists and
philosophers who have ever lived - all of them put together.
How do we explain that - unless He really was what He
said He was?
Ronald Reagan
Welcome to the
Book Club
We invite all those who enjoy reading
to come to our gatherings
held on Wednesdays.
at 7:30 pm
in the Arthur Smith Room
Wednesday, May 28
John Vaillant’s, The Golden Spruce
A true story of Myth, Madness and Greed
set in British Columbia.
Please join us for lively conversation,
refreshments and wine,
or your own choice of beverage.
There will be no meetings in June, July or August
For information, call Anne Kear: 416-924-3940
Feel like being more involved? Don’t have much time, but
want to help out? Feeling new, but want to join in? Been here
a while, but haven’t been involved? Have ideas to share?
Join us!
THERE’S LIFE HERE in what we do, how we get together
and what gets done.
New members are always welcome to join any group at
CCDP...choose one that interests you.
Volunteers Welcome!
TAKE A TURN at the Holy Grounds Café...with a friend, as
a family...it’s fun and your efforts are always appreciated.
Please sign up on the sheet just inside the kitchen or speak
to Jane Miles Simpson or William Jackson.
PARISH REGISTER
In Memorium
Elizabeth McDonough
Barbara Steele
Mary Gray
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Social Matters
LIBERATION FROM BONDAGE
EXODUS - LIBERATION FROM BONDAGE - is a theme taken
up at Easter. I thought that slavery was an evil found
mostly in history books. Recently an Anglican friend
active in ‘For Our Grandchildren’, seniors addressing climate
change, lent me ‘The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New
Servitude’ (2012) by Calgary investigative journalist
Andrew Nikiforuk. His thesis is that, starting from the first
fossil fuelled mechanical device - the steam machine
(1824), with time and technology oil now provides us with
far more such slaves than 19th century Christian crusaders
outlawed! The manufacture of every brain slave laptop
computer takes 240 kilograms of oil. The average North
American, by consuming 23.6 barrels of oil a year, employs
thereby about 89 virtual slaves (in cars, machines, etc.).
Our consumption, much of it of energy intensive throw
away products, is at a rate five times the world average, as
well (pp.64-65.)
Our bondage is broader and deeper. Nikiforuk cites analysis,
by US political scientist Terry Lynn Karl, of the impact of
oil in many countries - Norway, Algeria, Venezuela,
Kuwait, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia. She found that ìoil reduced
economic diversity, fostered inequality, and sponsored
autocratic government. Considering the Harper govern-
ment’s muzzling of science and scientists, destruction of
scientific institutions, and undemocratic changes in the
Fair Elections Act now before parliament, Karl’s warning
that ‘oil does not grow democracy’ once oil money
concentrates too much wealth in an elite and petrollizes
society, is timely. (p.182)
Our fossil fuel joy ride is now hazardous. The latest report
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) - produced by 1,250 experts and approved by 194
governments - brought worse news than expected, and
strong advice. In a series of articles in the UK paper the
Guardian (10-13, 20 April), Damian Carrington, its head
of environment, noted the IPCC affirmed that emissions
of carbon dioxide and other green house gases, at an average
of 2.2 percent increase per year, grew nearly twice as fast
over the last decade as in the previous 30 years. To avoid
truly alarming consequences, we must move away from
fossil fuels as quickly as possible, reduce energy waste, and
divert hundreds of billions of dollars into renewable energy.
The IPCC predicts the switch would shave only 0.06 per-
cent of expected economic growth (1.3 to 3 percent). But
40 to 70 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050 is
imperative, and the next 15 years the critical period.
In his series, Carrington notes (10 April) a blunt call by
Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu: “We live in a world
dominated by greed. We have allowed the interests of
capital to outweigh the interests of human beings and our
Earth.” Tutu urges people of conscience to break their ties
with corporations financing the injustice of climate change,
by divestment of fossil fuel stocks, and boycott of fossil fuel
sponsored events and sports teams.
Our faith affirms that the good life does not come from
things. The repentance of Lent and the joy of Easter offer
us inner peace, liberation, and meaning from love and
service to others. Can we recapture gratitude and awe for
the gift of redeemed life on this wondrous Earth that God
created us for? Then reducing our consumption of energy
and goods - relinquishing slaves we don’t need and Earth
can’t afford, turning to renewables and environmental
protection, for the sake of the future of children and
creatures will be a glad offering. We are an Easter people
and Hallelujah should be our song for life!
Phyllis Creighton
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN HANDWORK? Do you appreciate
silence? Please consider joining us in the chapel on the 2nd
and 4th Wednesday of each month at 6:00pm as we enjoy
a contemplative time and space together. After a reading,
we work in silence for the first half hour and converse
about the work of our hands in the second half hour.
Contemplative
Knitting Circle
For knitters of all ages
and stages.
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A Message from
Management Team
FIRST, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE the Rev. Julie Meakin’s
contributions to the ministry of the Parish parish and
thank everyone who came out to the potluck lunch and
farewell party on March 23rd, 2014, following the 10:00
a.m. service. Julie told us how much she appreciated the
gifts and good wishes. We wish her well as the new
incumbent at Holy Family Heart Lake parish.
Members of the Management Team continue to meet every
two weeks. and we are focusing on opportunities to
improve and streamline our operations while, at the same
time, involving parishioners in roles that allow them to use
their gifts in meaningful ways. With this in mind, we are
delighted to announce that Kathleen Lindsey has agreed to
serve as our first ever ‘Building Improvement Coordinator’.
In this role, Kathleen will be responsible for coordinating
the current and anticipated building initiatives at CCDP;
initiatives including where the work mandates of the
Property Committee and the ‘Opening Our Sacred Space
Working Group’ might intersect. Parishioners will meet
Kathleen and learn more about her work at the Parish
Forum on May 4, 2014.
Staffing continues to occupy management team’s time and
energy of the Churchwardens and the Rector. The search
for an Associate Priest is well under way with parishioners,
Barbara Barnett and Jesse Billett, assisting on the selection
committee. We hope to have an announcement of a
successful candidate in the next couple of months and look
forward to adding his or her talents to our parish ministry.
We are pleased that Phil Hamilton, a theological student at
Wycliffe College, will join us as a summer intern beginning
on May 6th.
CCDP Christ Church Deer Park continues to be a busy
place with many parishioners of all ages and stages volun-
teering their time and talents on current activities and new
initiatives. Our March 23rd potluck lunch, our dedicated
congregational care team, our beautiful Holy Week services
with extensive lay participation, our Resurrection Party and
outdoor flower planting, and our successful rummage sale
on April 26, 2014 are just a few examples of the vitality of
our parish. We are particularly pleased to see so many new
faces taking on important roles in the successful operation
of our church, and we hope that individuals and families
will continue to find opportunities to participate in the life
of the parish.
Genevieve Chornenki Carolyn Kearns Henry Zaluski
Rector’s Warden People’s Warden Deputy Warden
Congregational Care Team
AS A RESULT OF INPUT at various forums at CCDP, pastoral
care was identified as a priority. This led to the formation
of the Congregational Care Team which currently has 10
members. These parishioners have all had training and
experience in caring for others. The responsibilities of the
Care Team are to respond to those of our congregation who
are, temporarily or permanently, at home or in chronic care
institutions. Depending on the needs of these parishioners
members of the team will visit or phone on a regular basis
to offer friendship, necessary services, and a conduit to
CCDP. We are currently visiting 17 of our congregation
on a regular basis.
For some time now certain members of our church have
provided transportation to services at the church for those
requiring it.The Care Team has recently promoted this
service more extensively and as a result members of CCDP
are driving 8-10 parish members to Sunday services.
If you are aware of someone from CCDP who would
benefit from these services please call:
David Moore at 416-975-5506
or the clergy at the church number [416-920-5211].
Also if you would like to be a visitor or an occassional driver
please get in touch with the above. The more volunteers we
have the more care we can extend.
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SpringLuncheon
Tuesday, May 13 / 12:00 noon
MARK YOU CALENDARS NOW
for this, always anticipated, event.
Guest speaker
TERRY FALLIS
Terry Fallis is a Canadian writer and
public relations consultant, whose debut novel
The Best Laid Plans
was awarded the Stephen Leacock Medal in 2008.
Remember to check our website for
updates on these and other events.
www.thereslifehere.org
The Gallery
India Collage, Ganesh 2
The Fabric of Art and Spirit
Mixed media works, inspired by Indian textiles and culture, by
Susan L.Brown
Meet the artist on Sunday, May11,
11:30am - 6:00pm
We invite you to view this Exhibition
Sunday, May 11 - Sunday, June 22
In the Arthur Smith Room
Christmas
Fair
Saturday, November 22
IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY
to plan projects for the Fair.
Avoid the last minute rush...
keep your hands busy during those long,
lazy summer days by whipping up a few
knitted and sewn items and decorations.
A Warm Welcome to
Phil Hamilton
Phil Hamilton is currently
placed at Christ Church Deer
Park as a Theological Student.
Enrolled in the MDiv program
at Wycliffe College, he intends
to seek ordination within the
Anglican Diocese of Toronto.
As the firstborn son of an
ordained minister, Phil
reluctantly received the call to vocational ministry while
in high school, and spent the following years in the
process of discernment while earning a BA in Religious
Studies from Tyndale University. Before becoming an
Anglican in 2013, Phil served in various pastoral roles
with the Free Methodist Church in Canada, the tradition
in which he was born and raised.
Deeply committed to his family, Phil and Kris enjoy
life with their two sons, Mylo (2) and Dexter (1).
When not home chasing after toddlers, at Wycliffe, or
at Transfiguration, he enjoys making music, reading,
watching movies, and enjoying a good cup of tea with
friends.
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JOIN US every second Sunday at 4:30 pm for this popular
service of music, a reflective reading, prayers for our city
and the world and great music...featuring some of Toronto’s
finest jazz musicians!
May 11 Gordon Sheard Trio
Gordon Sheard, piano;
Mark Kelso, drums; George Koller, bass
May 25 Dave Dunlop Trio
Dave Dunlop, trumpet;
Gordon Sheard, piano; Pat Kilbride, bass
June 8 Bill McBirnie, flute;
Bernie Senensky, piano
June 22 Brian Barlow Big Band
(part of the TD Toronto Jazz Festival)
Jason Logue, Brian O’Kane,
Blair Yarranton, trumpets
Russ Little, Kelsley Grant, Alex Duncan,
trombones
Michele Gagnon, French horn
John Johnson, Andy Ballantyne,
Alex Dean, Perry White, Bob Leonard,
saxophones
Robi Botos, piano
Scott Alexander, bass
Brian Barlow, drums
www.thereslifehere.org
Thursdays at 12.10 pm
Christ Church Deer Park
1570Yonge Street
Bring your lunch and enjoy a musical
respite from your busy day.
Thursday, May 15
Bryan Holt, cello
Thursday, May 22,
Jialiang Zhu, piano
Thursday, May 29,
Amahl Arulanandam, cello
TBD, piano
Thursday, June 5,
Agnes Zsigovics, soprano
TBD, piano
Thursday, June 12,
Christopher James, flute
Aaron James, piano
Thursday, June 19,
Ben Smith, piano
Thursday, June 25,
Allan Pulker, flute
Elena Tchernaia, piano
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A minister waited in line to have his car filled with gas
just before a long holiday weekend. The attendant
worked quickly, but there were many cars ahead of him.
Finally, the attendant motioned him toward a vacant
pump. “Reverend,” said the young man,”I’m so sorry
about the delay. It seems as if everyone waits until the last
minute to get ready for a long trip.” The minister chuckled,
“I know what you mean. It’s the same in my business.”
A father was approached by his small son who told him
proudly, “I know what the Bible means!” His father
smiled and replied, “What do you mean, you ‘know’
what the Bible means?” The son replied, “I do know!”
“Okay,” said his father. “What does the Bible mean?”
“That’s easy, Daddy.” the young boy replied excitedly,
“It stands for ‘Basic Information Before Leaving Earth.’”
One Sunday after church, a Mom asked her very young
daughter what the lesson had been about. The daughter
answered, “Don’t be scared, you’ll get your quilt. Needless
to say, the Mom was perplexed. Later in the day, the pastor
stopped by for tea and the Mom asked him about the
topic of that morning’s Sunday school lesson. He
answered, “Be not afraid, thy Comforter is coming.”
A few amusing snippets to brighten your day as we emerge
from our long winter and welcome spring...
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159 Eglinton Ave. W.
Toronto ON M4R 1A8 www.morleybedford.ca
416-489-8733
Robert O’Reilly
Executive Director
7B Pleasant Blvd., Box 1053
Toronto, Ontario M4T 1K2
Tel: 416 923-3779
Fax: 416 923-0083
1-800-883-7761
robert@smartkidz.org
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1366 Yonge St. Suite 208 (416) 985-1911
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203 -1650 Yonge Street (Yonge at Lawton)
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