The Anglican Church of Canada, Diocese of Ontario, with its 14 parishes joined the Blue Community beginning of April 2025.
Valerie Smith, and Peter Cory, both from St. Mary Magdalene Church in Napanee, presented the successful Motion at Synod 2023.
What parishes are asked to do:
Make a presentation to your church members to explain what a Blue Community is. And then declare number 1 above. That’s the easy part.
Recognize number 2. Get in touch with your municipal councillors and ask them if they have a contract with a private company for their water and wastewater services. This will not prevent the Diocese of Ontario becoming a Blue Community. But I encourage you to ask your councillors tough questions, and back them up with all the information included in this letter.
Commit to number 3. Do not serve or sell bottled water at your parish events: coffee hour, pot luck dinners, yard sales, etc. I’m sure there are many of you who already serve tap water in pitchers. However, some of you in rural areas in particular, do not have potable water, or it has odours like sulphur. It is not our intention that any parish should incur any expenses.
