In Memory of Nigel Wright
It was with great sorrow that we learned of the death of Nigel Wright on September 30, 2025. Nigel was a beloved and devoted member of St. Thomas’s Anglican Church. He attended faithfully during the years he lived in Toronto, often accompanied by his mother. St. Thomas’s has established a memorial fund to honour him. See below for details.
Nigel served the parish in a variety of roles, including that of acolyte (since 1987) and subdeacon. He was also a churchwarden for four years, during which time St. Thomas’s benefited from his tremendous insights and diplomatic handling of parish matters. Nigel continued his connection with St. Thomas’s after relocating to the UK. It was always a pleasure to have him back as subdeacon at Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.
As subdeacon, reading a lesson during Christmas Eve Midnight Mass in 2023.
With former rector, Fr. Andrews, and fellow church leaders, 2003.
Nigel generously supported many of the parish’s ministries and projects over the years, among them the Friday Food Ministry, which provides a meal and an opportunity for up to 100 guests each week to gather and relax in our parish hall, all year round.
One of the causes Nigel cared passionately about was making St. Thomas’s Church and its parish hall accessible for people with mobility challenges. To support this goal, and in lieu of flowers, we invite you to contribute to the Nigel Wright Memorial Fund.
We have embarked on a Cornerstone Campaign to raise money to build a new accessibility atrium designed by KPMB Architects (see renderings below), which will include an elevator, ramps, and an accessible washroom on the main level of the church and parish hall. Through the Cornerstone Campaign, the parish hall will become accessible so that the increasing number of Friday Food Ministry guests who arrive in wheelchairs, on motorized scooters, or with walkers can relax in the hall with all the other guests rather than eating in the courtyard in good weather or taking the meal away in bad weather. The project will also make the church accessible for those attending our liturgical services, community concerts, and many other activities. Currently, people using canes and walkers, or those with children in strollers, must struggle up and down several sets of steps.
We can think of no better way to honour Nigel’s memory than through gifts that help St. Thomas’s meet our accessibility goal for all who pass through our doors.
To contribute to the Nigel Wright Memorial Fund, you may donate by credit card using the online donation form on this page; a receipt will be issued. Or you may send an e-transfer. (To do so, please set up the contact as e-transfer@stthomas.on.ca, and then call our treasurer, Tim Wright, at 416-206-8557 to confirm a security question and response. To receive a receipt, please provide your mailing address in the message of the e-transfer.)
We thank you for your gift as we remember with thanks Nigel’s legacy of faithful service, dedication, and generosity.
Fr. Nathan J.A. Humphrey
Rector
Rest eternal grant unto him, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon him
Nigel was a supporter of our outreach program, the Friday Food Ministry.
The Cornerstone Project
Making St. Thomas’s accessible to all: A new accessibility atrium, designed by KPMB Architects, will include an elevator, ramps, and an accessible washroom on the main level of the church and parish hall. (Renderings by KPMB Architects)
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