{"id":4574,"date":"2019-07-11T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/?p=4574"},"modified":"2019-07-03T19:21:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T23:21:32","slug":"persecuted-christians-around-the-world-wednesday-july-31-at-700-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/2019\/07\/11\/persecuted-christians-around-the-world-wednesday-july-31-at-700-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Persecuted Christians around the world \u2013 Wednesday, July 31 at 7:00 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/acn-logo-en.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4572\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/acn-logo-en.png?resize=221%2C75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"75\"><\/a>The parish will host a speaker from \u201cAide to the Church in need\u201d on Wednesday, July 31<sup>st<\/sup> at 7:00 p in St. Paul\u2019s room in the Centre. 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