Parish News

Heat pump on the exterior of St. Mary the Virgin Church

St. Mary the Virgin finds green solutions

Leigh Anne Williams October 19, 2023

Shortly before the pandemic, St. Mary the Virgin needed a new furnace. Replacing it was a challenge because the church is located in an area ...

Parishioners from St. Mary and St. Helen's gathered together at a table.

St. Helen’s and St. Mary the Virgin form a dynamic duo

Leigh Anne Williams October 1, 2023

Built in 1879, St. Mary the Virgin in Blackburn Hamlet has a long history in the diocese. It was always a small church, filled to ...

Saying goodbye to St. Martin’s

Leigh Anne Williams September 1, 2023

On May 28, St. Martin’s Anglican Church offered its last service of Pentecost before officially disestablishing on June 1. Dwindling attendance was one of the ...

St. Paul’s Shawville helps rural residents access regional food bank

David Humphreys September 1, 2023

Bouffe Pontiac food bank is located in Campbell’s Bay, a town of 800, with a mandate to serve a vast area with a population of ...

St. Aidan’s and St. Thomas team up to give

Lois Wynn February 1, 2023

In the St. Aidan’s neighbourhood, the Dempsey Community Centre was transformed just over a year ago into a city-run shelter for about 60 homeless women. ...

Breakfast is served at St. James Carleton Place

Holly Carol Parkinson February 1, 2023

It is 9:15 a.m. Scrambled eggs are cooking in the frying pan. Clad in her new apron, Lynn keeps her watchful eye on the eggs, ...

St. Margaret’s Inuit congregation offers unique opportunity for sharing and reconciliation

Leigh Anne Williams February 1, 2023

When St. Margaret’s was built in 1887 as a church for the village of Janeville outside Ottawa, it was surrounded by fields and forest. But ...

St. Stephen’s provides Inuit drums for the children of Iqaluit

Frances Macdonnell January 1, 2023

A long relationship has existed between St. Stephen’s Anglican Church in Ottawa and the people of Iqaluit, Nunavut. Many of the congregation, from teenagers to grandparents, ...

Making a difference one bag at a time

Grace Jones January 1, 2023

“So this is what is going on at the church in Greely on Tuesday nights,” was one of many comments heard at All Saints Greely’s ...