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For Immediate Release - Toronto, Canada - Friday, September 9, 2005
Save St. Stephen's Concert Announced!
Bruce Cockburn, Katherine Govier, Molly Johnson, Daniel Lanois & Lori Anne
Reid
Michael Ondaatje, Jane Siberry and Kurt Swinghammer all to perform
September 18th, 2005
7:30pm
Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields Church
103 Bellevue Avenue at College Street, Toronto, M5T 2N8
“It’s the congregations, community and artists united.
A night to come out and say, Save Saint Stephen’s!â€
- Michael Heydon, The Friends of St. Stephens
September 30th is the date the Anglican Diocese has set for the congregation
of St. Stephen’s to vacate their home of 147 years. The community has
banded together to present a Save St.Stephen’s Concert, just 12 days before
the designated eviction. A group of Canada’s most outstanding musicians and
authors are joining forces for one performance to bring this issue to the
public’s attention and to lend their support to this much-loved community
pillar.
“Without the parish, the building is in danger of demolition at worst and
neglect at best. Neglect means demolition by the inch.â€
- Paul Durfee Oberst, Now Magazine
-
St. Stephens Church in Toronto’s Kensington Market is a gorgeous,
gothic-styled church designed by Thomas Fuller, architect of the Parliament
Buildings in Ottawa. The building and property was given to the parish by
the Denison family in 1858, before Canada was even a country. The
Anglican Diocese wants the congregation out so the building can be
“redeployedâ€, an epidemic plaguing many churches across this country. The
eviction means more than shutting down the 3 congregations - Franco-African,
Spanish and English, which currently hold services in the church. It means
an end to the successful Out-of-the-Cold evenings and a breakfast program
that serves 200 people each weekend. Theatre Gargantua and Showtime, a kids’
summer theatre camp based in the church, will also be forced to find a new
home.
“The optics for the diocese are, of course, appalling. Members of the
congregation are primarily of Caribbean, African and Latin American origin.
Not WASP. Not rich.â€
- Michael Valpy, Globe & Mail
Concert Tickets are by free-will donation and will be available on a
first-come,
first-served basis, available at the church on the night of the concert
only.
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Seating is extremely limited.
JOIN US AND HELP SAVE ST. STEPHENS!
For information or media access contact: Joanne Setterington, INDOOR RECESS
joanne@indoorrecess.com 416 703 5217
www.saint.stephens.ca
Save St. Stephen's Concert Announced!
Bruce Cockburn, Katherine Govier, Molly Johnson, Daniel Lanois & Lori Anne
Reid
Michael Ondaatje, Jane Siberry and Kurt Swinghammer all to perform
September 18th, 2005
7:30pm
Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields Church
103 Bellevue Avenue at College Street, Toronto, M5T 2N8
“It’s the congregations, community and artists united.
A night to come out and say, Save Saint Stephen’s!â€
- Michael Heydon, The Friends of St. Stephens
September 30th is the date the Anglican Diocese has set for the congregation
of St. Stephen’s to vacate their home of 147 years. The community has
banded together to present a Save St.Stephen’s Concert, just 12 days before
the designated eviction. A group of Canada’s most outstanding musicians and
authors are joining forces for one performance to bring this issue to the
public’s attention and to lend their support to this much-loved community
pillar.
“Without the parish, the building is in danger of demolition at worst and
neglect at best. Neglect means demolition by the inch.â€
- Paul Durfee Oberst, Now Magazine
-
St. Stephens Church in Toronto’s Kensington Market is a gorgeous,
gothic-styled church designed by Thomas Fuller, architect of the Parliament
Buildings in Ottawa. The building and property was given to the parish by
the Denison family in 1858, before Canada was even a country. The
Anglican Diocese wants the congregation out so the building can be
“redeployedâ€, an epidemic plaguing many churches across this country. The
eviction means more than shutting down the 3 congregations - Franco-African,
Spanish and English, which currently hold services in the church. It means
an end to the successful Out-of-the-Cold evenings and a breakfast program
that serves 200 people each weekend. Theatre Gargantua and Showtime, a kids’
summer theatre camp based in the church, will also be forced to find a new
home.
“The optics for the diocese are, of course, appalling. Members of the
congregation are primarily of Caribbean, African and Latin American origin.
Not WASP. Not rich.â€
- Michael Valpy, Globe & Mail
Concert Tickets are by free-will donation and will be available on a
first-come,
first-served basis, available at the church on the night of the concert
only.
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Seating is extremely limited.
JOIN US AND HELP SAVE ST. STEPHENS!
For information or media access contact: Joanne Setterington, INDOOR RECESS
joanne@indoorrecess.com 416 703 5217
www.saint.stephens.ca