November 2024 Issue

A day to stand in solidarity

Written by

Leigh Anne Williams

Looking west from Binn Mhairg in Connemara

We are part of creation

County Galway nestles into the midpoint of the west coast of Ireland. The beautiful region of Connemara reaches out into the Atlantic Ocean, with the ...

Written by

Bishop Shane Parker

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 ...

Written by

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 ...

Written by

Perspective

Tony Amoud, president of the Dalhousie Law Alumni Association and Sarah Harding, dean of the Schulich School of Law, celebrate Marian McGrath in Halifax.

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 ...

Written by

Carolyn Thompson Goddard

Quilts hang on the rood screen in Holy Trinity Pembroke.

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 ...

Written by

Marie Cheesman

Birthday cake with three brightly coloured miniature churches on top

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 ...

Written by

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 ...

Written by

Lieutenant-Colonel the Rev. Mike Gibbons

Military Ordinariate group photo at Christ Church Cathedral

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 ...

Written by

Leigh Anne Williams

LCol Judson Bridgewater leads a session of Godly Play.

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. ...

Written by

Hilda Young

Student guests enjoy a meal hosted by St. Albans at the Friel residence on campus.

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, ...

Written by

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 ...

Written by

Margret Brady Nankivell

Artist's rendering of the proposed LeBreton Flats project.

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 ...

Written by

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 ...

Written by

The Rev. Canon Kevin Flynn

Archival black and white photo of the exterior of Bishopscourt

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 ...

Written by

Glenn J Lockwood