June 2021 Issue
Diocesan parental leave policy updated
The Pregnancy Parental and Paternity Leave policy has been recently changed to reflect the ongoing commitment to fairness, equality and the importance of supporting staff ...
Remembering Canon Alan Winship
Canon Alan Winship, Chancellor Emeritus for the Diocese of Ottawa, 87, passed away on May 5, 2021. Winship’s 40-year service to the diocese as Solicitor ...
Dumont named Poet Laureate for the City of Ottawa
Albert Dumont has been named as the English language Poet Laureate for the City of Ottawa. He is the first Indigenous poet to be appointed ...
Looking forward to two years as Poet Laureate
After giving it considerable thought, I have concluded that one life came to an end for me after I wrote my first poem and another ...
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor February’s Anglican Journal article, ‘Rethinking darkness and light; Leaders in the Lutheran and United churches on language and anti-Blackness’, describes the damaging impact ...
StMartins@Home: Bringing ‘Church’ Home
Over the past year of lockdowns, clergy and parishes have responded with a variety of inventive online solutions to bring church to parishioners. Yet, for ...
Affordable Housing: Diocese looks back and beyond 2021
The diocese’s Homelessness and Affordable Housing Working Group (HAHWG) is moving into a new phase that is expected to place greater emphasis on partnering with ...
Perth housing proposal sparks interest
Lanark County, struggling to find more badly needed affordable housing, is welcoming a proposal from St James Perth that would lift a barrier to expanding ...
Cornerstone Housing for Women hopes to extend time at new location
Cornerstone Housing for Women’s new Physical Distancing Centre came through the pandemic winter free of COVID-19 outbreaks, successfully providing safe and secure housing for 125 ...
Music helps overcome pandemic limitations at national commemorative service
On April 17, Canada observed a national commemoration of the life and legacy of HRH Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. The service, broadcast live nationwide ...
20th Anniversary of the Cathedral Girls’ Choir
The year 2021-2022 will mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Cathedral Girls’ Choir by Bishop Shane Parker, who was Dean of the ...
New beginnings for Christ Church Cathedral’s choirs
As we have read in the COVID Communiqué of late there are hopeful signs that the pandemic and the protective restrictions we have lived under ...
Trinity Old Ottawa South says farewell and thanks
In 2013, Trinity Anglican Church in Old Ottawa South welcomed their new priest, the Rev. Arran Thorpe. Eight years later, his faithful, kind and important ...
Tracking energy use in church buildings
The Ottawa chapter of Greening Sacred Spaces (GSS) is encouraging Anglican parishes to register in its Energy Benchmarking project, which aims to help faith communities ...
Creatively mixing church and community
Sue Evans, co-ordinator of the Centre for Creative Living in Almonte, Ont., describes the Centre as “an interesting experiment that has taken hold.” There have ...
Giving thanks
Many readers will have received a phone call thanking them for their donations to the Today for Tomorrow (T4T) campaign, which raises funds to support the Community Ministries and ...
Coping with the pandemic at home and work
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many hardships for everyone, whether it is affecting people directly or they are empathizing with the pain a loved one ...
Celebrating young artists and “All Mothers and Children Count”
The theme was interpreted by 15 diocesan children, including: Amy, Maggie, Ophelia, Lauryn, Liam, and Drew. THANK YOU to all those who participated in our ...
Companions on the Journey
One of my favourite contemporary Christian songs is “Companions on the Journey” by Carey Landry. As I listen to that song my mind goes to ...
Orléans, Saint Helen
Planners for the national capital were concerned by the 1990s that growth in the urban core was getting increasingly lopsided. Two generations earlier, in the ...
Calendar
June 26 Canadian Anglican Cursillo Triennial General Meeting 1 p.m to 4 p.m. The Canadian Anglican Cursillo Secretariat (CACS) invites Cursillistas to attend the 2021 ...
As summer begins and we seek rest…