October 2025 Issue
Construction of Ellwood House extension set for spring
The long-planned expansion of Ellwood House in Alta Vista has moved closer with the decision of its board of directors to break ground early next ...

Written by
David Humphreys
Capital Pride March 2025 called off
As you can see in the photos, many Anglicans turned out for the Capital Pride March on Aug. 24, but they did not march because ...

Written by
Gary van der Meer
Nurturing a love of reading at St. Barnabas, Deep River
St. Barnabas in Deep River has something new that draws young and old, parishioners and visitors. Before and after worship services, during events in the ...

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Perspective
All Shall Be Well
On Saturday, Aug. 23, more than 100 parishioners and friends joined a “virtual pilgrimage” to the Julian Shrine in Norwich, UK, hosted on the Julian ...

Written by
The Rev. Karen McBride

From our Bishop
An abiding sense of thanksgiving
May 24, 2025
In the early weeks following my consecration as your bishop on the Feast of Pentecost in 2020, we were in lockdown, and I was limited ...
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 ...
Reflection
Se préparer à la mort
September 29, 2025
C’est un peu un cliché de dire que nous vivons dans une culture qui nie la mort. Le contraire, c’est-à-dire la conscience de la mort, ...

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The blessing of thanksgiving
September 28, 2025
During this fall season my thoughts keep coming back to gratitude and blessings, particularly as we celebrate Thanksgiving in October reading a familiar passage of ...

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Creating church in the forest
August 24, 2025
There is something sacred, imperfect and beautiful when you take church into the forest. To walk along a path with a group of people, who ...

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A letter to the clergy and people of our diocese