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Saint Mark, Pakenham

Saint Mark’s Church at Pakenham, it could be argued, is the chameleon of churches in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. From the top of the

Church of the Good Shepherd

Church of the Good Shepherd Plantagenet

Such was the verticality of the design of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Plantagenet, shown here, that the length of this frame house of

Saint John, VanKleek Hill

Saint John, VanKleek Hill

What are we to make of Saint John’s Church, VanKleek Hill?  It is one of those rare houses of worship that defies all the categories

Saint Anthony, Whitney

Saint Anthony, Whitney

Saint Anthony as patron for this church stands out among Anglican patron saints.  If there is a simple explanation, there may be a more complicated

St. Patrick's, Stafford

Stafford, Saint Patrick

Here we see Saint Patrick’s Church, Stafford, as photographed by the writer on a fine spring day in 1987.  Both inside and out, Saint Patrick’s

Black and white image of Saint Mark's church being built.

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

Exterior of Saint Helen's, Orléans

Orléans, Saint Helen

Planners for the national capital were concerned by the 1990s that growth in the urban core was getting increasingly lopsided.  Two generations earlier, in the

Archive photo of the interior of Trinity Anglican Church, Ottawa

Ottawa, Trinity

Trinity Church, Ottawa South, had humble beginnings in 1876, with its first worship services held in a local temperance hall.  By the end of the

Franktown, Staint James

Franktown, Saint James

We think of the late nineteenth century as an era of church building.  In what is  now the Diocese of Ottawa some 87 churches were

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