January 2025 Issue

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe helped celebrate the long history of care and service that Anglican Community Ministries day programs have provided in the city by ...

Throughout the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, people celebrated Christmas with efforts to share seasonal cheer and compassionate care for vulnerable people in their communities. We ...

Regional Deans were formally commissioned at the opening Eucharist of Synod on Nov. 7. Above: (Left to right) The Rev. Mark Lewis as Regional Dean ...

The Rev. Karen McBride was ordained on Nov. 30 by Bishop Shane Parker at Julian of Norwich Church in Ottawa, where she has also been ...

In his Charge to Synod, Bishop Shane Parker outlined six results to be prioritized and achieved in the current triennium (three-year budgetary and planning cycle). ...

Bishop Shane Parker reminded Synod members that 15 years ago, the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa had 74 parishes, but 45% of them were in some ...

You are invited to a free You are Leaven event on Jan. 18, 2025. The Anglican Studies Program at Saint Paul University in partnership with ...

The Rev. Dr. Jon Martin, chair of the Parish Development Sub-Committee, and Leslie Giddings spoke to Synod members to further clarify the meaning of parish ...

The Rev. Elizabeth December (left) and The Rev. Simone Hurkmans reminded Synod members that all of the resources for the Time of Prayer initiative (launched ...

Ron Brophy walked members of Synod through the step-by-step guide for contextual mission that is posted on the diocesan website (in the For Parishes section) ...

Several motions to amend the Diocesan Canons and Bylaws were presented by Chancellor Henry Schultz. These proposed: changes to parish governance, including a motion to ...

Archdeacon Monique Stone led Synod members in an interactive exercise to help tell the stories of their parish ministries. Clergy and lay representatives collaboratively described ...

Synod 2024 unanimously endorsed a forward-looking plan to support the creation of more affordable housing and a renewed commitment to advocacy and coalition-building. Terms of ...

The Rev. Dr. Dawn Davis, assistant professor of Contextual Learning at Huron University in London, Ontario, was invited to be the guest reflector for Synod. ...

Archbishop Hosam Naoum of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem sent a video greeting to Synod, wishing “everyone a blessed time and a time with the ...

The town council of Perth gave final approval to the transfer of town-owned land for an affordable housing project in June. One day in November, ...

There was a festive atmosphere at St. Stephen’s Church in Ottawa on a November evening as the diocesan Primate’s World Relief and Development (PWRDF) Working ...