Holding on to holy simplicity at Christmas
Bishop Shane Parker
December 1, 2021
For a number of years, just before and after the turn of the millennium, I wrote for the Ottawa Citizen in a weekly feature called
For a number of years, just before and after the turn of the millennium, I wrote for the Ottawa Citizen in a weekly feature called
As the child of Irish immigrants, I grew up with the expression “back home.” We moved frequently as a military family and, without a permanent
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada called upon the federal government, in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples, “to establish, as a statutory holiday,
Last summer I took myself up to a large lake in Algonquin Park for an annual three-day silent, solo, retreat. Like all of you, I
It is very hard to believe that one year ago, on May 31, 2020, the day of Pentecost, I was consecrated to be your bishop.
Following the parish’s decision to disestablish, Bishop Shane shared these thoughts with parishioners when he announced that he was appointing the Rev. Tim Kehoe as Incumbent and
When I was consecrated and seated as the Bishop of Ottawa on May 31 last year—the Day of Pentecost—I was presented with a pectoral cross,
I have written before of pilgrimages to the land of the Holy One, and how I look forward to leading them again in the future. My
In mid-March last year, everything changed overnight. Words that had been abstract and distant suddenly became real and present: novel coronavirus; severe acute respiratory syndrome
Anglican News Canada is a ministry of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada
© 2024 Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. All Rights Reserved.