Tickets go on sale this September.
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Join The Right Rev. Bishop Asbil and members of The Bishop’s Company on October 17th, 2025 to celebrate the work of our clergy and show support to them in their times of need.
LOCATION: Sheraton Parkway Toronto North. Find information at the bottom of this page.
Cocktail reception at 6pm, dinner, musical act and guest speaker at 7pm.
Early Bird Pricing from September 5 – 19, 2025: $175 per person – firm dates, no exceptions
Ticket Prices: $190 per person
Parish Table of Ten: $1,750 (Available to parishes only)
Important: Due to CRA regulations, we are not able to sell tables and split the tax receipt between multiple parties. If you intend on sitting with others, please buy your own tickets and indicate your seating preferences in the comments section and we will place you together. Only the person who purchases the tickets is eligible for the tax receipt. Receipts are sent our following the dinner, less the cost of the meal.
Guest Speaker – Dan Carter, Mayor of Oshawa,
Elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, Mayor Dan Carter is serving his second term as Mayor of Oshawa. Before becoming Oshawa’s Mayor, he served as a City and Regional Councillor. The Mayor is an ex-officio member of all City Standing Committees.
At the Region of Durham, he currently serves as a member of the Health and Social Services Committee and the Police Services Board.
Active in community development initiatives, Mayor Carter lends his time to many philanthropic endeavours and has a deep commitment to making a difference to those in need.
Mayor Carter takes his role as Mayor of Oshawa to heart and feels blessed that he has been given a second term to serve and help people in his community. He is committed to leading in a way that will bring out the best in all of us and be the light that brings hope, optimism, and pride to this great city.
Your Host – The Rev. Denise Byard
The Rev. Denise Byard has been a recipient of the Bishop’s Company generosity and is honoured to host this year’s event.
Growing up, Denise was involved in many ministries including choir and youth group where she began to sense her call to ministry. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities at Trinity Western University in British Columbia and her Master of Divinity from Trinity College Faculty of Divinity, University of Toronto. Denise taught English as a Second Language (ESL) for a decade at a private school before transitioning to work in a church. For the last 12 years, her faith has grown and developed as she ministered at Church of the Holy Trinity, Guildwood as Church School Coordinator, then Child, Youth, and Family Outreach Coordinator, finally as Lay Pastoral Associate (Missional Outreach and Discipleship). She completed an internship at the Cathedral Church of St. James this past year, developing her understanding of serving, pastoral care, and project management. She has also preached internationally for a women’s conference and youth conference. Denise is a member of the Diocese of Toronto Project Enabling Management Group (PEMG), Season of Spiritual Renewal Steering Committee, and Bishop’s Youth Ministry Committee.
Denise loves to read and has travelled to over 50 countries. She is grateful to be completing her curacy placement at St. Luke, Peterborough, & St. John, Ida.
Musical Guest – Deb Whalen-Blaize
Deb is a songwriting and guitar playing singer who needs music to mean something. Growing up singing in church probably had something to do with that. Faith and music have remained hand in hand in her life, and her young dreams of folk-rock stardom have been tempered into carving out some musical space in Toronto, both among the singer-songwriter crowd and in the Anglican Diocese. Working for 13 years as the music director at Wine Before Breakfast, a weekly campus ministry Eucharist service based primarily at Wycliffe College, she developed a deftness at incorporating singer-songwriter music among hymns as a way to engage scripture. Throughout those years, she was invited to offer this unique music ministry in different churches around our Diocese, including Church of the Transfiguration (where she served as the parish missioner for 5 years), Christ Church Deer Park’s monthly Church on Tap service and at the Cathedral’s Leonard Cohen themed Eucharist service as part of the Snell Lecture Series.
She is pleased to perform at the Bishops Company Dinner with a few of her friends, offering a selection of familiar tunes you may have heard on the radio, that hit a little different within the context of our faith.
Dinner Menu – TBD
Guests will be asked to submit food allergies and restrictions in advance during registration.
Make a night of it. Book at room at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North with our special rate.
For 15% off, click the link, select the check-in and check-out date, and then the “Check Availability” box. This will take you to a new page to select the room type. The rooms shown under the “Special Rate” tab reflect the discounted rate. For the best rate book your room sooner rather than later
Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel Discount – Onsite Events
Map to the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North. Hotel is located at the North-East corner of HIghway 7 & Leslie Street.
Parking is available in front of hotel, and 3 levels of additional underground parking is also available with 600 spaces.
If assistance is required with your room booking go here.