November 2025 Issue

Cyclists set off on the ride from the parking lot of St. Aidan's Anglican Church

Belong Ottawa’s first Ride for Refuge surpasses its goal

Artist's rendering of the building.

Construction begins for Perth affordable housing project

Construction is under way on the 15-unit affordable housing project in Perth that has been led by St. James the Apostle parish. Shovels were literally ...
Archbishop Shane Parker speaking at Christ Church Cathedral

Service of thanksgiving honours Archbishop Shane Parker’s time as Bishop of Ottawa

Clergy and parishioners from across the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa gathered at Christ Church Cathedral on September 20, the last day of Archbishop Shane Parker’s ...
The Rev. Maria Nightingale, the Rev. Canon Rhondda McKay, the Rev. Canon Aigah Attagutsiak, and the Rev. Colin McFarland after a special service at St. Margaret's Vanier..

Observing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025 across the Diocese

Anglicans from parishes across the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa found different ways to meaningfully mark this year’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Clergy including ...
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Clergy news — November 2025

Archbishop Shane Parker appointed two new regional deans, effective Sept. 17, 2025.   The Rev. Dr. Caroline Ducros has been appointed Regional Dean of West ...
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Parish outreach work making news

In a largely secular, information-overloaded culture, many Anglican parishes are engaged in compassionate outreach work, helping their neighbours or those in need, but that work ...
Three women displaying the lunch buffet.

Irish delights begin St. Mark’s fall outreach program

Coffee, Company and Conversation, a community outreach program for older adults that St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Ottawa has offered weekly for six years now, ...
Winter landscape painting (Group of 7 style)

St. Matthew’s Online Treasures Auction returns

Excitement is mounting. St. Matthew’s in the Glebe’s 2025 Online Treasures Auction will open for bidding on Thursday, Nov. 13, and run till Sunday, Nov. ...

Remembering Loyalist history

CRYSLER – In a quiet but moving ceremony on Sept. 7, a Loyalist burial site plaque was dedicated near the entrance of St. John’s Anglican ...
Candles burning

Canon theologian shares some thoughts on pastoral care and MAiD

This spring, Archbishop Shane Parker appointed the Rev. Canon Dr. Christopher Brittain, Dean of Divinity at Trinity College at the University of Toronto as Canon ...
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Listening for God’s voice in a time of change

It is a great honour and privilege for me to serve as the Diocesan Administrator and to journey with the people and parishes of our ...
Lorrie Beaton close-up

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted

The Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre is one of the five Anglican Community Ministries, but because of the confidential nature of counselling, it is a challenge ...
Exterior view of a red brick church with a steep roof

St. Augustine, Beachburg — Deanery of the Northwest

What we see here seems straightforward enough.  This is Saint Augustine’s Church, Beachburg, as photographed by Brian Glenn on 23 January 2007. So picture perfect ...