I write this column in early Advent, as the “New Year” of the church has just begun. When you read this column, the new calendar year
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
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