Commentary

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, ...

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 ...

Christians who have gone before us provide inspiration and examples of living the Christian life. They can also provide us with prayers that we can ...

It’s been over one year and I’m still waiting. Waiting for life beyond colour coded stages. Waiting for a vaccine. Waiting in lineups for groceries. ...

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 ...

We see here the Church of Saint Thomas, Silver Creek in the Deanery of West Quebec, as photographed by Brian Glenn on 7 May 2009.  ...

If you’re anything like me, you can’t help but be aware of the social and political division that is unfolding in our midst. The recent ...

It’s been almost a year now since I visited with the midwives in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico. Many of these women had at one ...

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 ...