Commentary

Saint Bede’s, Nolan’s Corners — Lanark Deanery

Love Me, Love Me There’s More Here Than You Think There Is!  Artist Mary Pratt was renowned for her paintings whose subject matter focused on ...
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Sunset reflecting golden light on a calm lake with a tree branch in the foreground.

On activity and rest

French translation I have been leading a group in the practice of Christian meditation for years. Like its sister practice of centering prayer, Christian meditation ...
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Sunset reflecting golden light on a calm lake with a tree branch in the foreground.

De l’activité et du repos

English translation Depuis des années, j’anime un groupe de méditation chrétienne. Tout comme la prière centrée, qui lui est apparentée, la méditation chrétienne nous invite ...
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Remembering Leslie Worden: 1949 – 2026

Family, friends and colleagues throughout the diocese are mourning the loss of Leslie Worden, who passed away peacefully at home on April 25, 2026, at ...
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A note of thanks

I begin my time of service with you as your bishop with an immense feeling of gratitude. Thank you for the many prayers, messages of ...
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St. James Manotick under construction

Saint James the Apostle, Manotick — West Ottawa Deanery

A Conundrum Over the course of its 150-year history, Saint James’s Church at Manotick faced the problems of growth, in particular the conundrum of responding ...
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Cathedral’s west window reflects diocesan history

Two Anniversaries One hundred and thirty years ago, on the 7th of April 1896, the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa emerged from the eastern section of ...
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Approaching holiness

The celebration of Easter fills our churches with joyous music and with the ringing words, “He is risen indeed, alleluia!” At Easter, we celebrate Jesus’ ...
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Anne Marie Hopkins

Celebrating mothers means confronting what’s failing them

Mother’s Day is often packaged as a celebration of love with flowers, brunch reservations and gratitude. But that version of Mother’s Day is incomplete. Within ...
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