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Pow wow dancer talking with a curious child.

What is a Pow Wow and why you should attend one

All My Relations circle June 1, 2022

As we begin the month of June the All My Relations Circle is gearing up to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Tuesday, June 21. ...

Several Inuit boys fishing on an icy shore.

From the High Arctic to the national capital

Bishop Shane Parker June 1, 2022

In 1996, the Right Reverend Paul Idlout became the first Inuk bishop in the world. Paul, with his father Joseph and four other traditional Inuit hunters, were famously ...

Saint George, Thorne Centre

Glenn J Lockwood May 1, 2022

Here we see Saint George’s, Thorne Centre, as photographed by Brian Glenn on 19 October 2011. There is more than meets the eye here, making ...

A Roamin’ Catholic

Karen Luyendyk May 1, 2022

It was a fluke. I was out walking, listening to CBC radio and heard the parent of a trans kid was Rita Celli’s guest on ...

Mother’s Day: It’s complicated

The Rev. Gillian Hoyer May 1, 2022

May – the month of spring; of flowers and, hopefully, sunshine; of the “May 2-4” weekend and planting our gardens; and the month of that ...

May 31, 2020. In the midst of the uncertainties of the pandemic, we walked out of our cathedral into the late afternoon sunshine, ready to face the future together.

Telling our story, listening for new possibilities

Bishop Shane Parker May 1, 2022

When my children were little, a cherished routine was to “tell the story of the day” at bedtime. It was a lovely way to connect ...

Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Glenn J Lockwood April 1, 2022

Here, courtesy of a photographer who stepped in to document the Easter decorations at Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa 113 years ago, we see the original ...

Getting reacquainted and reaching out

Gary van der Meer April 1, 2022

As we come to a respite in the pandemic, I’m back at one of the nagging questions we have had all along. Who will come ...

Let’s put gender equity and housing at the forefront of our recovery

Sarah Davis April 1, 2022

Ottawa, March 8, 2022—This year on International Women’s Day, I can’t help but reflect on the disproportionate impact of the last two years on women. ...