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A letter to the clergy and people of our diocese

Bishop Shane Parker August 24, 2025

June 27, 2025 Dear Clergy and People of our Diocese, Our journeys in faith often bring us to a place where we are faced ...

The Reverend Al Budzin, Katherine Shadbolt Parker and Bishop at a recent parish visit in St Paul’s Osgoode.

An abiding sense of thanksgiving

Bishop Shane Parker May 24, 2025

In the early weeks following my consecration as your bishop on the Feast of Pentecost in 2020, we were in lockdown, and I was limited ...

Church of the Pater Noster on the Mount of Olives

The heart of prayer

Bishop Shane Parker April 25, 2025

This year, Ascension Day falls late in May (a couple of days before the fifth anniversary of my consecration as your bishop). I have always ...

Fog rolling in on the Maumturks, Co Galway, Ireland

When God showed us the way home

Bishop Shane Parker March 20, 2025

I have often travelled to my parents’ homeland of Ireland over the years and have spent many long days in the beautiful mountain region of ...

Tall evergreen tree reaching above the rest of the forest in Gatineau Park

When the prayers of our hearts cannot be put into words

Bishop Shane Parker February 20, 2025

There are 800 hectares of forest in the Gatineau Hills that are very familiar to me. I lived on the edge of this forest for ...

Seasons and cycles

Bishop Shane Parker January 20, 2025

As each calendar year progresses, we mark time with hours, days, weeks and months. In our diocese we are blessed to experience all four seasons ...

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 ...