inSPIREd Sunday

Sally and Beth host inSPIREd Sunday!  

Going through some files and came across this church that I've always wanted to see the inside. I took these photos in 2014!

Note to self - We offer a one-hour guided tour on the first Sunday of each month, immediately following the 10:30 a.m. worship service. The tour starts at approximately 11:45 p.m. at the back of the church. Plan to come for worship and stay afterwards or just join us for the tour. Our tour leaders are helpful and knowledgeable. You are welcome to take pictures.


St. Anne's, Gladstone Avenue (in earlier documents, St Anne's, Brockton and popularly the Group of Seven Church)  is a National Historic Site and parish of the Anglican Church of Canada. It was established in 1863 as the parish for the hamlet of Brockton and is one of the seven (formerly 12) parishes of Parkdale Deanery. The current building, dating to 1907-8 and overlooking Dufferin Street, is noted for its distinctive design, based on the architecture of the Hagia Sophia of Istanbul (click to see our visit to the Hagia).

The interior of the church is decorated by artwork by members of the famous Group of Seven circle of painters, depicting events of the Old and New Testaments and dating to 1923. The artwork by J. E. H. MacDonald, Frederick Varley, and Franklin Carmichael is religious iconography, something they are not generally known for.