October 2021 Issue
Clergy News
The Right Reverend John Chapman, retired Bishop of Ottawa, has been appointed by Saint Paul University as the Interim Director of Anglican Studies and Associate ...
Centre 105 helps people living in tents
The staff at Centre 105 in Cornwall have played a major role in sustaining a group of people who were homeless through the summer and ...
Diocesan Synod 2021 to gather online
Diocesan Synod 2021 will take place on Oct. 30, but due to health and safety precautions during the pandemic, it will be held as an ...
Praying, and singing, in the shade of a beloved oak tree
Parishioners at Julian of Norwich have always cherished the heritage oak tree on the church property. The Rev. Monique Stone told Crosstalk that they estimate ...
YIP intern receives Lutheran service award from Eastern Synod
Emily Walker, the PWRDF intern in the 2020-2021 diocesan Youth Internship Program, recently received the Eastern Synod Leadership Award for Exemplary Service to the Wider ...
Cornerstone’s virtual Purple Tie Gala returns October 2
On Oct. 2, Cornerstone Housing for Women will host its third annual Purple Tie Gala fundraiser, which will be broadcast virtually again this year. The ...
Raising funds for all community ministries in the diocese
On Oct. 21, Anglicans and caring people in the broader community will have an opportunity to help support and change the lives of many vulnerable ...
PWRDF Refugee Network moves heaven and earth
Where and what is your heaven on earth? Likely, it would involve a place, a place you call home, a place of family and community, ...
Roper House restored and re-opened
After two years of working in office space in the basement and upper floor of Christ Church Cathedral, staff were able to move back into ...
Construction begins on second phase of Cathedral Hill development
Approaching Christ Church Cathedral over the summer and this fall, it is impossible not to notice that big changes are afoot. The second phase of ...
Introducing Gwen Lévesque
Gwen Lévesque, chair of the Cathedral Hill Foundation since June 2020, is a chartered professional accountant who was a regional director with the Canada Revenue ...
Silver linings
Later, you will say to yourself, “I will always remember where I was when…” There are some moments in your life that are absolutely pivotal, ...
Online silent auction tips for your parish
Typically the time for parish fundraisers is in the fall and winter: bake sales, harvest suppers, Christmas dinners, and so on. However, the pandemic has ...
Stafford, Saint Patrick
Here we see Saint Patrick’s Church, Stafford, as photographed by the writer on a fine spring day in 1987. Both inside and out, Saint Patrick’s ...
Being still
The progression of the Pandemic over the past many months has had many effects on our daily lives, including our opportunities for worship and prayer. ...
Reconciliation is not a spectator sport