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Maritsa Odabashian greets her aunt, uncle and cousin Janpier at the Ottawa International Airpor

Syrian family reunited

St. John’s Richmond has welcomed a third Syrian family who came to Canada as sponsored refugees. Fady Milan, his wife Amina Awed, sons Joseph and ...
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Kairos Blanket Exercise in West Quebec

Our parish experience with the Kairos Blanket Exercise was formative, emotional and bridge building. While we as a parish had previously celebrated National Indigenous History ...
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“Proud of Who I am….”

The purpose of the Healing and Reconciliation Fund, established in 2016, is to encourage and support projects in our diocese that educate about the legacy ...
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Fundraising for Community Ministries hits a new high

The 2021 Today for Tomorrow (T4T) fundraising campaign provided another inspiring example of the adage that people are most generous when times are tough. As ...
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The Rev. Dr. Sam Wells to deliver final 125th Anniversary lecture on “Re-Imagining Church”

The Rev. Sam Wells is one of today’s most influential public theologians. He writes, speaks, preaches and broadcasts on a range of pastoral, political and ...
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The Rev. Dr. Jason McKinney delivers his lecture online from his home in Toronto.

125th Anniversary Lecture—Church property: to have or to hold?

The church needs to rethink its relationship to land and draw on early Christian teachings to serve the interests of the whole community. This was ...
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Barbara Gagné, a member of the SPMC team, presented statistics and graphs that showed an increase in revenue despite a 20 percent decline in Sunday attendance between 2010 and 2019.

Second stage of the Shape of Parish Ministry Consultation launched

As representatives from parishes across the diocese came together for the online launch of the second phase of the Shape of Parish Ministry Consultation (SPMC) ...
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Centre 105 staff members Catherine Stapley, Lorraine Kouwenberg, and Taylor Seguin, pictured at the pick-up window in 2020, appreciate the morale boost from the Cornwall community.

Centre 105 voted the top non-profit in Cornwall

Community Votes, an online platform in Cornwall, Ont., that recognizes local businesses, non-profits and service providers, has named Centre 105 the platinum winner for non-profits ...
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Chelsea trail officially named

On February 1, 2022, Mayor Pierre Guénard and the Municipal Council of Chelsea, Quebec voted unanimously to approve the name Nakweyamàdiwin Mikàns, as the official ...
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