November 2024 Issue
St. Aidan’s project strengthens a school
			From the street, Arch Street Public School looks like many other mid-century, suburban elementary schools. But the students who attend, and the educators and staff ...		
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						Connie Munro					
				November 2024 Clergy News
			The Rev. Karen McBride will be ordained to the priesthood at 11 a.m. on Nov. 30, 2024 (the Feast of St. Andrew) in the Church ...		
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						Perspective					
				Vice-chancellor Marian McGrath honoured by Schulich School of Law
			The Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University has inducted diocesan Vice-Chancellor Marian McGrath into the Bertha Wilson Honour Society, created to celebrate extraordinary alumni ...		
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						Perspective					
				Diocesan Altar Guild meets, and folds
			The last annual Diocesan Altar Guild meeting was held on Sept. 14 at St. Clare’s Anglican Church in North Dundas, with more than 50 members ...		
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						Carolyn Thompson Goddard					
				Holy Trinity reaches out with Quilts for Survivors
			“Thank you for helping my people heal.” These were the heartfelt words that Cheryl Macumber, a Quilts for Survivors (QFS) board member and mother of ...		
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						Marie Cheesman					
				All three Huntley churches celebrate their birthdays together
			The Parish of Huntley invited the whole community to a joint birthday party for its three churches all celebrating big anniversaries in close proximity. Christ ...		
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						Leigh Anne Williams					
				Military chaplains bless parishes and are blessed by them
			The Anglican Church of Canada has a long history of supporting members of the Canadian Armed Forces and their families sending priests to serve in ...		
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						Lieutenant-Colonel the Rev. Mike Gibbons					
				Chaplains keep Cathedral connected to the Military Ordinariate
			Lieutenant-Colonel the Ven. Michelle Staples and Lieutenant the Rev. Katherine Walker both serve as honorary assistants at the cathedral, which is the Canadian Cathedral for ...		
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						Leigh Anne Williams					
				Chaplains strengthen ties between Parish of the Valley and Garrison Petawawa
			Garrison Petawawa is located in the town of Petawawa. The Anglican churches in the Petawawa Pembroke area are All Saints Petawawa and St. George’s Alice. ...		
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						Hilda Young					
				University of Ottawa students love the meal at Friel
			St. Albans’ effort to invite students on the University of Ottawa campus to a meal served at the Friel Street residence every two weeks is, ...		
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						Leigh Anne Williams					
				St. Matthew’s Online Treasures Auction returns
			Cataloguing for St. Matthew’s annual online auction is well-underway, and another extraordinary selection of items will be offered. The auction site will open for bidding ...		
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						Margret Brady Nankivell					
				All Saints’ Westboro musical event raising funds for affordable housing project
			The statistics can be overwhelming. In 2023, more than 12,000 households were on the wait list for affordable housing in Ottawa. That same year, less ...		
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						Amy Castle					
				Qu’est-ce que le bonheur?
			Les mots « anglican » et « anglicanisme » dérivent du latin ecclesia anglicana, qui signifie simplement « l’église anglaise ». La forme de christianisme ...		
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						The Rev. Canon Kevin Flynn					
				Bishopscourt — Cathedral Deanery
			Complexity is written all over the Queen Anne Revival building we see here. And for good reason. It reminds us that a diocese is a ...		
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						Glenn J Lockwood					
				














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