December 2025 Issue
Faith network brings a national voice to work to end homelessness
Anglicans helped launch a faith network at this year’s National Conference on Ending Homelessness and laid the groundwork for a major initiative next year. Bishop ...
Synod 2025 begins with evening Eucharist at the Cathedral
The 145th Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa opened with a Eucharist service on the evening of Oct. 23, 2025, at Christ Church Cathedral. ...
St. Albans and the University of Ottawa Student Union team up to feed body and soul
St. Albans is partnering with the University of Ottawa Student Union this year to continue its efforts to address food insecurity among students and to ...
TENS webinar inspires wholistic view of stewardship
The Learning Commons is intended to be a trove of resources to help parishes thrive. One of those resources is a webinar created by the ...
Chelsea and St. Mary Magdalene celebrate 150 years
Sesquicentennial Celebration As part of the festivities to celebrate Chelsea’s 150th anniversary, members of the public were invited to take a turn ringing the bell ...
Parishioners lead fundraising to renovate Perth rectory
The rectory for St. James Perth, built in 1875, is one of only five in the diocese that still in use by parish incumbents. But ...
Diocesan Synod 2025 News
The 145th Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa gathered in Ottawa on Oct. 24 and 25. At the opening of the sessions on Oct. ...
Diocesan Synod 2025 — Ascension House reports
Accessing Ascension House Carole Breton, who was hired as director of Communications and Development in April, introduced herself and highlighted some of the work of ...
The Rev. Canon Peter John Hobbs retires
The Rev. Canon Dr. Peter John Hobbs, director general of the Anglican Community Ministries, is retiring at the end of the year. Dean Beth Bretzlaff ...
Breakfast fundraiser supports Centre 105
There was a great show of support for Centre 105 in Cornwall, Ont. during its annual fall breakfast fundraiser on Oct. 23. “Almost 200 meals ...
Spotlight on The Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre (The OPC) — Holiday stress
The Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre is one of the five Anglican Community Ministries. This is the fourth in a series of articles introducing readers to ...
Some Advent thoughts on time
Time is a creation of God, just like the moon or the mountains or or the birds or our own selves. Time did not exist ...
En cette période des fêtes de fin d’année, participez aux activités à St-Bernard
Saint-Bernard-de-Clairvaux, que l’on appelle affectueusement St-Bernard, est une communauté anglicane francophone qui existe depuis plus de 40 ans dans le diocèse anglican d’Ottawa. C’est la seule ...
St. James, Morrisburg — Stormont Deanery
For us in 2025, the snow is just beginning to arrive. But when this photograph of Saint James’s Church, Morrisburg was taken approximately 125 years ...
The light shines in the darkness