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Centre 105 gets by with a little help from its neighbourhood friends

Leigh Anne Williams September 1, 2021

Centre 105 in Cornwall is celebrating the success of a summer cereal drive and giving special thanks to its friends and supporters from the Village ...

Kayakers raising their paddles in celebration

Spirit of the Zibi Flotilla boosts fund for affordable housing projects

Sue Garvey September 1, 2021

The 10 km flotilla down the Ottawa River from Portage du Fort to Sand Bay is a summer favourite for a little group who make ...

Beds in a gymnasium with fabric dividers

Cornerstone adapts to provide temporary shelter

David Humphreys September 1, 2021

There is no good time to have to move 125 vulnerable women from a secure shelter to a new improvised location. But Cornerstone Shelter for ...

Diocese will continue to focus on housing for the future

David Humphreys September 1, 2021

Homelessness and affordable housing can be the key to helping parishes engage with their communities. Bishop Shane Parker participated as the Homelessness and Affordable Housing ...

Christ Church Bell’s Corners’ housing project under construction

Affordable housing projects on track for 125th anniversary

David Humphreys September 1, 2021

Seven parishes are considering, actively planning or constructing new affordable housing. Their ministry will ensure the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa will more than meet its ...

Fighting racism with head, heart and hands

Leigh Anne Williams September 1, 2021

Laraine Kaminsky is president and CEO of Ottawa-based Global LK, which she founded it in 2003. She and her team will lead Diocesan senior staff, ...

COVID-19 and the Common Cup

Perspective September 1, 2021

As the Diocese moved into a yellow stage of pandemic safety protocols in early August, parishes had the choice to resume using the Common Cup ...

Advice for the fall: Stay nimble, think local

Perspective September 1, 2021

Sept. 12 is a Back to Church Sunday like no other. And after the long hard trudge through the pandemic and so much time confined ...

Our diocese’s road to reconciliation is becoming rockier

David Humphreys September 1, 2021

Anglicans have shared in the distress that has followed multiple gravesite discoveries at former residential school locations during the summer of 2021. In his statement ...