September 2021 Issue
Opening doors
Sunday, Sept. 12 is slated as the day when Anglicans across the diocese will return to in-person indoor services in all parishes, but Christ Church ...
Diocese launches Project Anti-racism
The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa has retained the international consultancy firm GlobalLK to lead it through a major staff development and training program: Project Anti-racism: ...
Clergy News
The Rev. Jonathan Askwith has been appointed Associate Incumbent of the Area Parish of Mississippi Lake, effective Aug. 3, 2021. The Rev. Canon Kevin Flynn ...
First virtual Bishop’s Gala in May raised funds and lifted spirits
Bishop Shane Parker extended his thanks to everyone who helped make the 38th annual and first ever virtual Bishop’s Gala on May 27, a success. ...
Staff news
Ringo Morella has been hired as director of Human Resources, effective July 1, 2021. He has held executive HR positions and has more than 20 ...
Listening to Indigenous voices and hard truths
At a loss about what to write or how to address the shock, grief and shame felt across the country as news of the unmarked ...
Lemaire appointed Anglican Indigenous Advisor
On June 21, National Indigenous People’s Day, Bishop Shane Parker announced that he had appointed Margaret Pachanos Lemaire as Anglican Indigenous Advisor to the Bishop ...
Our diocese’s road to reconciliation is becoming rockier
Anglicans have shared in the distress that has followed multiple gravesite discoveries at former residential school locations during the summer of 2021. In his statement ...
Advice for the fall: Stay nimble, think local
Sept. 12 is a Back to Church Sunday like no other. And after the long hard trudge through the pandemic and so much time confined ...
COVID-19 and the Common Cup
As the Diocese moved into a yellow stage of pandemic safety protocols in early August, parishes had the choice to resume using the Common Cup ...
Fighting racism with head, heart and hands
Laraine Kaminsky is president and CEO of Ottawa-based Global LK, which she founded it in 2003. She and her team will lead Diocesan senior staff, ...
Who are we?
I am not a racist. At least, that’s what I thought, until I read the book, Waking Up White by Debby Irving. The author writes as ...
Affordable housing projects on track for 125th anniversary
Seven parishes are considering, actively planning or constructing new affordable housing. Their ministry will ensure the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa will more than meet its ...
Diocese will continue to focus on housing for the future
Homelessness and affordable housing can be the key to helping parishes engage with their communities. Bishop Shane Parker participated as the Homelessness and Affordable Housing ...
Cornerstone adapts to provide temporary shelter
There is no good time to have to move 125 vulnerable women from a secure shelter to a new improvised location. But Cornerstone Shelter for ...
Spirit of the Zibi Flotilla boosts fund for affordable housing projects
The 10 km flotilla down the Ottawa River from Portage du Fort to Sand Bay is a summer favourite for a little group who make ...
Centre 105 gets by with a little help from its neighbourhood friends
Centre 105 in Cornwall is celebrating the success of a summer cereal drive and giving special thanks to its friends and supporters from the Village ...
St Mary Magdalene Church blazes a new trail
On July 18, the Rev. Cathy Davis, Interim-Priest-in-Charge, and the members of St Mary Magdalene (SMM) Church in Chelsea, Quebec, welcomed Bishop Shane Parker and ...
Virtual Walk for the Centretown Emergency Food Centre
Our Virtual Walk for the Centre is back on Oct. 3, 2021 from 1 to 4 pm. We are walking together in spirit and solidarity ...
A banner day at St. Michael and All Angels
Due to COVID-19, I felt that something had to be done for our church. Our future church should know that we experienced this pandemic as ...
Good Shepherd Barrhaven gives thanks
The people of Good Shepherd Barrhaven church distributed more than 200 Tim Hortons cards to to our neighbours in the mall (at retail shops, a ...
Youth reflect on their Internship Program experiences
Another year has come to a close in the Youth Internship Program. Some of our amazing 13 interns graciously gave me permission to share their ...
Building a communications plan for your parish
In our increasingly digital world, filled with so many diverse messages, a communications strategy for your parish is essential to ensure that your messaging reaches ...
Share the Light • PWRDF Ottawa’s Ride for Refuge 2021
As Canadians, many of us take for granted that adequate light is available when women are in labour and their babies are being born. However, ...
Ottawa, Saint Mark
On a summer evening just before dusk in 1955, in a part of the City of Ottawa that had not yet quite fully adjusted to ...
Paddling out of the storm