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Colourful mural by an Indigenous artist on the exterior wall of Trinity Bank Street

Trinity Bank St. launches Student Internship Program

Like many communities following the COVID-19 lockdowns, rebuilding social networks among new university students and young adults has proven to be a challenge. Located just ...
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Cathedral Boys’ Choir cancels trip to Boston

“It was all going to be fabulous,” Andrew McAnerney, associate director of music at Christ Church Cathedral, said wistfully of a now cancelled plan to ...
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Church of the Pater Noster on the Mount of Olives

The heart of prayer

This year, Ascension Day falls late in May (a couple of days before the fifth anniversary of my consecration as your bishop). I have always ...
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Andrew Balfour conducting

Cree composer Andrew Balfour brings his innovative music to Christ Church Cathedral in June

Editor’s note: This story has been revised to include changes to events on June 14. A Saturday afternoon event marking the 10th anniversary of the ...
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The cover of Canon Gilbert's autobiography, which he published in 2018.

Remembering the Rev. Canon William Gilbert

The Rev. Canon William Gilbert, a retired priest of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa and former editor of Crosstalk, passed away on Jan. 27, 2025 ...
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Black History Month panelists and moderator sit at a long table.

One Love — Panel discusses Black contributions to peace

St. Thomas the Apostle also hosted a Black History Month panel discussion on Feb. 15. With Dr. Joy Mighty moderating, the chosen theme was Black ...
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Stacey Cam-Tamakloe and Kathy Armstrong, Ottawa experts in West African percussion, led the drumming and dance workshop.

Ghanaian music and dance come to St. Thomas the Apostle

St. Thomas the Apostle, Ottawa hosted an African drumming and dance workshop on Feb. 15. The workshop was led by Carleton music professor Kathy Armstrong ...
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Katherine Shadbolt Parker, Bishop Shane and the Rev. George Kwari and Epiphania Kwari.

St. Stephen’s celebrates Black History Month — dining, drumming and dancing

St. Stephen’s in Ottawa hosted a party on Feb. 14 that included a wonderful buffet of African and Caribbean dishes and an interactive drumming workshop ...
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Victoria Sajuyigbe models a Nigerian Ankara top made from wax-printed cotton fabric.

St. Thomas the Apostle hosted Black History Month fashion show

St. Thomas the Apostle in Ottawa created and hosted a fashion show celebrating an array of style from a variety of African countries on Feb. ...
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