June 2025 Issue
Bishop Shane Parker elected as Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
Bishop Shane Parker of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa has been elected as the 15th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada at the General ...
Composer Andrew Balfour brings diverse people and musical traditions together
Singers from many different choirs across the city gathered at Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa on June 14 for a workshop with renowned composer and director ...
Alongside Hope close to achieving fundraising goal before June 30 matching grant deadline
With one week left to go before a matching grant’s June 30 deadline, Alongside Hope is closing in on its fundraising goal. The Canadian Anglican ...
G7 Jubilee People’s Forum inspires faith and action
As my flight landed in Calgary, it was hard not to be struck by the monumental scale of the mountains on the horizon and the ...
Youth internship alumnus starts ecumenical student group at the University of Ottawa
Last year, James Adair, started a campus chapter of the Christian Student Movement (SCM) at the University of Ottawa. Although he knew of some existing ...
The Rev. Dr. Sony Jabouin received as an Anglican priest
On May 26, the Rev. Dr. Sony Jabouin was received as a priest in the Anglican Communion in a public celebration of the Eucharist at ...
Ellwood House celebrates progress in housing expansion
A new sign has been installed outside the Ellwood House property on Braeside Avenue in Alta Vista. Ellwood directors call it “the sign of progress,” ...
Diocese appoints Carole Breton as its director of communications and development
In April, Carole Breton joined the diocesan staff at Ascension House as the director of communications and development. With a focus on fostering both internal ...
Visiting Mādahòkì Farm and the Spirit horses
A group of parishioners from St. John the Evangelist in Ottawa made a trip to Mādahòkì Farm on a chilly, grey day at the end ...
The Rev. Canon Ken Davis retires after spearheading Perth housing project
The Rev. Canon Ken Davis is ending his decade of ministry at St. James the Apostle Perth with the mixed emotions of disappointment and gratification. ...
Day programs struggle with increasing need and rising costs
Rising costs and increasing numbers of people in need of their services made 2024 a very challenging year for Belong Ottawa and Centre 105. Both ...
Belong Ottawa and Cornerstone feel the impact of supervised consumption site closure
Anglican Community Ministries in downtown Ottawa are witnessing the consequences of a provincial government decision to close the Consumption and Treatment Service (CTS) in the ...
Godfrey Hewitt’s choral music published
A new book has just been published containing all of the sacred choral music composed and performed by Dr. Godfrey Hewitt through his nearly five ...
Governance and human resources workshop offered in Pembroke
Clergy, churchwardens and other parish leaders attended a Learning Commons workshop on governance and human resource issues held at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Pembroke, ...
Qui suis-je ?
À la fin de mon adolescence, j’ai participé à un programme d’été organisé par l’Ordre of the Holy Cross, la Society of St John the ...
Listening to and following the Holy Spirit
In what the Rev. Dr. Jesse Zink, principal of Montreal Dio College, calls this time of polycrisis, we are still called to rejoice in the ...
Church of the Ascension, Ottawa — Deanery of Central Ottawa
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if context in most situations is everything, setting may also reveal a great deal. It is no accident ...
An abiding sense of thanksgiving
In the early weeks following my consecration as your bishop on the Feast of Pentecost in 2020, we were in lockdown, and I was limited ...
A letter to the clergy and people of our diocese