January 2024

Archbishop Linda Nicholls preaching in Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa.

Hold on to faith and trust in 2024, says Archbishop

Leigh Anne Williams January 4, 2024

Keeping up a long-standing tradition, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church in Canada, delivered her New Year’s Day homily at Christ Church Cathedral ...

Saint John the Evangelist, Ottawa

Glenn J Lockwood December 27, 2023

Here we are in downtown Ottawa in the mid to late 1870s in the upper storey of a building on Rideau Street, looking north along ...

Christ Church, Huntley, celebrates its 185th birthday

Leigh Anne Williams December 27, 2023

Parishioners at Christ Church, Huntley celebrated the 185th birthday of the church on Nov. 9. In her remarks, the Rev. Mary-Cate Garden said that in ...

Archivist Glenn Lockwood in the Archives at Christ Church Cathedral

Preservation and order at the Diocesan Archives

Glenn J Lockwood December 27, 2023

At most archives new holdings accumulate quickly. At the Diocesan Archives we have a 25-year backlog on top of our daily work of assisting the ...

Statue of Jesus sleeping on a bench in front of Christ Church Cathedral

The state of the streets

The Reverend Canon Dr. Peter John Hobbs December 27, 2023

As director general of the Anglican Community Ministries, Canon Hobbs spoke to Synod in October and offered this view of the dire situation many vulnerable ...

Members of the Diocesan Altar Guild gather.

Bishop thanks Diocesan Altar Guild members for their service

Debbie Tweedle December 27, 2023

Diocesan Altar Guild members met at Christ Church Bells Corners (CCBC) on Oct. 14 for their annual meeting and lunch. Sheila Dunlop and CCBC’s Altar ...

Cathedral choirs sing Fauré’s Requiem for All Souls in Pembroke

Leigh Anne Williams December 27, 2023

When Christ Church Cathedral music director James Calkin reached out to clergy in the diocese to see if a parish would like to host the ...

St. Barnabas in Centretown opens its doors to Anglican Community Ministries during their times of trouble

Leigh Anne Williams December 27, 2023

First there was the plague of the pandemic, then the fire at St. Luke’s Anglican Church in Ottawa that displaced St. Luke’s Table, then there ...

Planting trees — here, there and everywhere

Leigh Anne Williams December 27, 2023

This spring, the diocesan Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) Working Group hopes to help people across the diocese plant 500 trees. And as ...