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There could be no more appropriate image to illustrate church architecture in the Diocese of Ottawa in the 1950s than this one.  If the house ...

Here we view a classic shot by photographer William James Topley of a significant Anglican house of worship in Canada’s capital.  Its name?  It all ...

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 ...

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 ...

  Dificulties of Definition This postcard from circa 1910 is the only known visual record of the first Saint Paul’s Church, Osgoode. Our momentary impression ...

Saint Mark’s Church at Pakenham, it could be argued, is the chameleon of churches in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. From the top of the ...

Such was the verticality of the design of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Plantagenet, shown here, that the length of this frame house of ...

What are we to make of Saint John’s Church, VanKleek Hill?  It is one of those rare houses of worship that defies all the categories ...

Saint Anthony as patron for this church stands out among Anglican patron saints.  If there is a simple explanation, there may be a more complicated ...