February 2025 Issue

Archbishop Anne Germond preaching at Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa

Archbishop offers inspiration for facing the challenges of the new year

Written by

Leigh Anne Williams

Seasons and cycles

As each calendar year progresses, we mark time with hours, days, weeks and months. In our diocese we are blessed to experience all four seasons ...

Written by

Bishop Shane Parker

Cornerstone's new emergency shelter on Carling Ave.

Housing crisis adds pressure on Cornerstone shelter, Belong Ottawa and other agencies

Despite more than doubling its capacity in 2024, Cornerstone Housing for Women’s emergency shelter is forced to turn away more than 100 women seeking help ...

Written by

David Humphreys

The Rev. Margo Whittaker, Dr. Sarah Johnson, Bishop Shane Parker, Josh Barrett-Zentner and Charlie Scromeda

Clergy and Staff News — February 2025

Clergy news The Rev. Julian Campbell has been appointed Rector of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Wichita, in the Diocese of Kansas, effective Jan. 13, 2025. ...

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Perspective

Palestinian student visits and shares experiences in Jerusalem

Let Light Shine: The Canadian campaign for St. George’s College Jerusalem that aims to raise $250,000 to support the college during the current war is ...

Written by

Leigh Anne Williams

The hired man/chauffeur of Reeve James Code shown in a remarkable 1903 photograph of farmers breaking stone to make gravel for the roads.

Black Anglicans in the Diocese, 1881-1923: Discrimination

In 2022, the Rev. Canon Hilary Murray proposed that she and the Archivist work together on an exhibit to mark the presence of Black Anglicans ...

Written by

Glenn J Lockwood

Katherine Shadbolt-Parker, Tareq Qirreh and Bishop Shane Parker

Welcoming the new year at Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa

Following the New Year’s Day Eucharist service, Anglicans from across the diocese gathered at a festive reception to share some holiday cheer. ...

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Perspective

Le Credo de Nicée

Quelqu’un m’a demandé il n’y a pas longtemps pourquoi nous récitons le Credo ou Symbole de Nicée lors de l’Eucharistie dominicale. Pourquoi introduire dans un ...

Written by

Le révérend chanoine Kevin Flynn

St. Thomas the Apostle marks Black History Month

St. Thomas the Apostle invites the people of our diocese to a month of celebration to commemorate Black History Month. Our theme is Celebrating Blacks: ...

Written by

The Rev. Maria Nightingale

The Rev. Canon George Kwari and Sadio Sissoko

Dinner and drumming extravaganza on Valentine’s Day!

Some things are just worth repeating! And spending a hopping evening of yummy food, African drumming and dancing in the company of friends — young, ...

Written by

The Rev. Canon George Kwari

Church of the Epiphany, Barry’s Bay — Deanery of the Northwest

Here is Church of the Epiphany, Barry’s Bay, photographed by Brian Glenn on 23 June 2010. It appears rather unusual for an Anglican house of ...

Written by

Glenn J Lockwood

Love yourself as your neighbour

A few years ago, I was feeling uncertain about a sermon I wrote for the Baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17). The Gospel reading itself is ...

Written by

The Rev. Rosemary Parker