April 2025 Issue

Journeying through Lent

Written by

Perspective

Fog rolling in on the Maumturks, Co Galway, Ireland

When God showed us the way home

I have often travelled to my parents’ homeland of Ireland over the years and have spent many long days in the beautiful mountain region of ...

Written by

Bishop Shane Parker

The Ven. Monique Stone holds open a door.

Support helps make affordable housing into homes

When it comes to housing society’s vulnerable citizens, creating safe, accessible and adequate spaces is just the beginning. As the diocese’s goal of creating 125 ...

Written by

David Humphreys

Martine Doré and the Rev. Chung Yan Lam in the

All Saints’ Westboro’s food bank cares for its neighbours

Walking or driving by on Richmond Road, many people don’t know that All Saints’ Westboro has a busy food bank that has been quietly helping ...

Written by

Leigh Anne Williams

L-R: Pam Hazen, gardener; Barbara Bottriell, PWRDF parish representative, and the Rev. Lee Lambert, incumbent at St. Thomas Stittsville, plant a seedling.

Branches of Hope project celebrates success — 24,000 trees planted in Uganda and Ottawa

In 2022 the Diocesan PWRDF/Alongside Working Group were inspired by a PWRDF partner visiting Ottawa who describing the tragic consequences of changing climate occurring in ...

Written by

Valerie Maier

Clergy news — April 2025

The Rev. Canon George Kwari has been appointed Incumbent of the Parish of St. Barnabas Ottawa, effective May 5, 2025. The ...

Written by

Perspective

The Rev. Canon Aigah Attagutsiak with Governor General Mary Simon

Anglicans honoured at Rideau Hall ceremony

Governor General Mary Simon awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal to the Rev. Canon Aigah Attagutsiak at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Feb. ...

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Perspective

Women work together to weave milk bags into mats.

All Saints Greely makes a difference one milk bag at a time

What do you do with your milk bags? Do they have a use before going to the landfill? In the hall of All Saints Greely approximately 1,500 ...

Written by

Grace Jones

Sharon York, passionate former director of the Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre, mourned

Sharon York, the former executive director of the Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre, died on Feb. 5, 2025 at the age of 68 following a sudden ...

Written by

Leigh Anne Williams

Katherine Shadbolt Parker, Bishop Shane and the Rev. George Kwari and Epiphania Kwari.

St. Stephen’s celebrates Black History Month — dining, drumming and dancing

St. Stephen’s in Ottawa hosted a party on Feb. 14 that included a wonderful buffet of African and Caribbean dishes and an interactive drumming workshop ...

Written by

Leigh Anne Williams

Black History Month panelists and moderator sit at a long table.

One Love — Panel discusses Black contributions to peace

St. Thomas the Apostle also hosted a Black History Month panel discussion on Feb. 15. With Dr. Joy Mighty moderating, the chosen theme was Black ...

Written by

Leigh Anne Williams

Pussy willow branches in the spring sunshine.

Where does our help come from?

Probably the hardest part of a clergy person’s job is dealing with death. Through the many joys of ministry, we never know when death and ...

Written by

The Rev. Canon Stephen Silverthorne

Le Symbole de Nicée : l’unité dans la diversité

À l’occasion du 1700e anniversaire du concile de Nicée qui a lieu cette année, j’ai tenté dans mon dernier article de rendre compte de la ...

Written by

Le révérend chanoine Kevin Flynn

The Nicene Creed: Unity in diversity

With the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea falling this year, I tried in my last piece to account for the Creed’s place in ...

Written by

The Rev. Canon Kevin Flynn

The cover of Canon Gilbert's autobiography, which he published in 2018.

Remembering the Rev. Canon William Gilbert

The Rev. Canon William Gilbert, a retired priest of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa and former editor of Crosstalk, passed away on Jan. 27, 2025 ...

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Perspective

Exterior view of St. John Innisville, black and white photo

Saint John, Innisville — Deanery of the Southwest

The former Saint John’s Church, Innisville looks almost timeless in its rural setting, at least when viewed in daytime. This photograph from fifty years ago ...

Written by

Glenn J Lockwood