May 2025 Issue

Cree composer Andrew Balfour brings his innovative music to Christ Church Cathedral in June

Written by

Leigh Anne Williams

Church of the Pater Noster on the Mount of Olives

The heart of prayer

This year, Ascension Day falls late in May (a couple of days before the fifth anniversary of my consecration as your bishop). I have always ...

Written by

Bishop Shane Parker

Cathedral Boys’ Choir cancels trip to Boston

“It was all going to be fabulous,” Andrew McAnerney, associate director of music at Christ Church Cathedral, said wistfully of a now cancelled plan to ...

Written by

Leigh Anne Williams

Colourful mural by an Indigenous artist on the exterior wall of Trinity Bank Street

Trinity Bank St. launches Student Internship Program

Like many communities following the COVID-19 lockdowns, rebuilding social networks among new university students and young adults has proven to be a challenge. Located just ...

Written by

Rebecca Cowal

Four of the six founding members of the Russell Friends of Victoria's Quilts were present on Feb.22. Left to right: Mona Saunders, Anne Mains, Christine Lang and Lorraine Comeau.

Quilters celebrate two decades of heartfelt giving

The Russell Friends of Victoria’s Quilts Canada (RFVQC) celebrated their 20th anniversary with a celebratory luncheon on Feb. 22 in the hall of St. Mary’s ...

Written by

Carol Goddard

From our Bishop

The heart of prayer

April 25, 2025

This year, Ascension Day falls late in May (a couple of days before the fifth anniversary of my consecration as your bishop). I have always ...

When God showed us the way home

March 20, 2025

I have often travelled to my parents’ homeland of Ireland over the years and have spent many long days in the beautiful mountain region of ...

When the prayers of our hearts cannot be put into words

February 20, 2025

There are 800 hectares of forest in the Gatineau Hills that are very familiar to me. I lived on the edge of this forest for ...

Reflection

Pardon

April 25, 2025

L’algorithme qui détermine les vidéos qui s’affichent dans mon flux YouTube me réserve parfois de très bonnes surprises. Je viens de voir cette vidéo d’une ...