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Le repentir : Le chemin de la vie

English translation Tout au long des Écritures, nous entendons l’appel à la conversion par la repentance. Jean le Baptiste a appelé les gens à une ...
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Cover of the Rev. Frank Uhlir's book The Call of the Cross

Temple Pastures — Deanery of West Quebec

This 1970s photograph is a reminder of a man who was not your standard Anglican, yet who for a generation operated a facility that helped ...
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Archbishop Hosam Naoum and Bishop Shane Parker in Jerusalem. Photo; Contributed

An appeal from our partners in Jerusalem

The Old City of Jerusalem has eight gateways, each one offering a distinctive portal into the place where many generations of pilgrims remember the death ...
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Deanery of East Ontario — Church of the Nativity, L’Orignal

Anglican services in L’Orignal began in the 1850s, and from 1870 were held at the Prescott and Russell courthouse. Peter H. McIntosh donated land for ...
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Nativity window from St. Bartholomew's Ottawa

Waiting for the light that shines in the darkness

Susan Wojciechowski’s book The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey is about a lonely, brooding wood carver, haunted by the loss of his wife and child. ...
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Marie et l’espoir du temps de l’Avent

English translation  Le temps de l’Avent, avec ses oracles prophétiques, ses hymnes élégiaques et ses prières, accélère notre désir de voir venir « le Jour ...
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Church of the Agony in the Kidron Valley, Israel. Photo: Dean Richard Sewell

Advent and Christmas in a time of war: the Four Last Things

The ancient city of Jerusalem is bordered by two valleys, Gehenna and Kidron. The latter is also known as the Jehosophat Valley in the Old ...
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Bishop Shane gives the blessing in Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa.

Bishop’s Charge envisions a thriving church that is ready to serve

1 In my charge to Synod last year, I spoke of how Henry Chadwick, a prolific church historian, described the church as a stained-glass window—reflecting ...
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All Saints Church, Petawawa at sunset.

Wishing you a blessed Christmas

“In the dark quiet of Advent, where the light of day comes late each morning and flees early each evening, we wait for the coming ...
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