November 2025 Issue
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 ...
Written by
David Humphreys
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 ...
Written by
Leigh Anne Williams
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 ...
Written by
Perspective
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 ...
Written by
Perspective
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 ...
Written by
Leigh Anne Williams
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, ...
Written by
Perspective
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. ...
Written by
Margret Brady Nankivell
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 ...
Written by
Carol Goddard
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 ...
Written by
Leigh Anne Williams
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 ...
Written by
Leigh Anne Williams
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 ...
Written by
Glenn J Lockwood












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