December 2025 Issue

The light shines in the darkness

Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee speaking at an event

Faith network brings a national voice to work to end homelessness

Anglicans helped launch a faith network at this year’s National Conference on Ending Homelessness and laid the groundwork for a major initiative next year. Bishop ...
Clergy stand in front of the congregation at the Cathedral.

Synod 2025 begins with evening Eucharist at the Cathedral

The 145th Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa opened with a Eucharist service on the evening of Oct. 23, 2025, at Christ Church Cathedral. ...
The Rev. Michael Garner and St. Albans parishioners serve soup to students at the University of Ottawa.

St. Albans and the University of Ottawa Student Union team up to feed body and soul

St. Albans is partnering with the University of Ottawa Student Union this year to continue its efforts to address food insecurity among students and to ...
Screenshot of two men and two women on a Zoom screen

TENS webinar inspires wholistic view of stewardship

The Learning Commons is intended to be a trove of resources to help parishes thrive. One of those resources is a webinar created by the ...

Our Community Ministries

Spotlight on The Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre (The OPC) — Holiday stress

The Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre is one of the five Anglican Community Ministries. This is the fourth in a series of articles introducing readers to ...

Breakfast fundraiser supports Centre 105

There was a great show of support for Centre 105 in Cornwall, Ont. during its annual fall breakfast fundraiser on Oct. 23. “Almost 200 meals ...

The Rev. Canon Peter John Hobbs retires

The Rev. Canon Dr. Peter John Hobbs, director general of the Anglican Community Ministries, is retiring at the end of the year. Dean Beth Bretzlaff ...
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Reflection

Some Advent thoughts on time

Time is a creation of God, just like the moon or the mountains or or the birds or our own selves. Time did not exist ...

Listening for God’s voice in a time of change

It is a great honour and privilege for me to serve as the Diocesan Administrator and to journey with the people and parishes of our ...

Se préparer à la mort

C’est un peu un cliché de dire que nous vivons dans une culture qui nie la mort. Le contraire, c’est-à-dire la conscience de la mort, ...