May 2024
Greening the diocese and supporting a PWRDF partner in Uganda
The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa’s Branches of Hope project recently moved into action mode when the local working group of the Primate’s World Relief and ...
Centre 105 celebrates important renovation
Centre 105 hosted a celebration on April 12, thanking the Ontario Trillium Foundation for a $106,000 capital grant, which has paid for the construction of ...
Bishop urges federal government to do more to house those in greatest need
Bishop Shane Parker has asked the federal government to do more to combat homelessness and the shortage of affordable housing. In a letter to Housing ...
From our Bishop
The path forward as we change, learn and thrive
I have written before of how the people and clergy of our diocesan church joined me in a three-year long journey of honestly assessing where ...
There is always more than we can see
The Risen Christ first appeared to women—as attested by the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. This striking placement of women in the very ...
“We are the living stones….Do not forget us”
This year I celebrate the twentieth anniversary of my relationship with our companion Diocese of Jerusalem. My first pilgrimage the land of the Holy One ...
Reflection
Creating fields of love and new life as followers of Jesus
The hall at the Church of the Ascension (pictured below) is a testament to my love of things green and growing. The whisper of ferns, ...
Abide in my love
Sadly, the truth of it is that it is hard enough for me to love those who love me, let alone those who do not. ...
Holy Communion is a joyous gift
Lent is a precious gift of time in the midst of our often overly busy lives. We are invited to intentionally step back from the ...
The path forward as we change, learn and thrive