From our Bishop

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Archbishop Hosam Naoum and Bishop Shane Parker in Jerusalem. Photo; Contributed

An appeal from our partners in Jerusalem

Bishop Shane Parker December 26, 2024

The Old City of Jerusalem has eight gateways, each one offering a distinctive portal into the place where many generations of pilgrims remember the death ...

Bishop Shane gives the blessing in Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa.

Bishop’s Charge envisions a thriving church that is ready to serve

Bishop Shane Parker November 20, 2024

1 In my charge to Synod last year, I spoke of how Henry Chadwick, a prolific church historian, described the church as a stained-glass window—reflecting ...

Looking west from Binn Mhairg in Connemara

We are part of creation

Bishop Shane Parker October 21, 2024

County Galway nestles into the midpoint of the west coast of Ireland. The beautiful region of Connemara reaches out into the Atlantic Ocean, with the ...

Marking the Season of Creation

September 23, 2024

In the appointment agreement I provide to the Incumbents and Associate Incumbents of our parishes, expectations concerning worship are clearly laid out in these words: ...

Encountering the rock of our faith

Bishop Shane Parker August 22, 2024

In a gently rounded bay on the northwest shore of the Lake of Galilee is a place called Tabgah. There, nestled close to the water, ...

Deborah Tagornak translates for Bishop Shane Parker at St Margaret’s. Photo: Philippe Owen

The path of reconciliation continues to beckon us

Bishop Shane Parker May 20, 2024

Our church has consciously chosen to walk the path of reconciliation, enabling Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to form relationships based on mutual respect. Reconciliation is ...

The path forward as we change, learn and thrive

Bishop Shane Parker April 22, 2024

I have written before of how the people and clergy of our diocesan church joined me in a three-year long journey of honestly assessing where ...

The Edicule, covering the site of Christ’s tomb

There is always more than we can see

Bishop Shane Parker March 25, 2024

The Risen Christ first appeared to women—as attested by the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. This striking placement of women in the very ...

Friends gathered in Jerusalem making palm crosses

“We are the living stones….Do not forget us”

Bishop Shane Parker February 22, 2024

This year I celebrate the twentieth anniversary of my relationship with our companion Diocese of Jerusalem. My first pilgrimage the land of the Holy One ...