St John the Evangelist Ottawa

The Rev. Canon Gary van der Meer drumming

Ottawa parishes host Black History celebrations

Perspective March 1, 2026

St. Thomas the Apostle: Concert, speaker and book study As part of our Black History Month celebrations, St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church in Ottawa ...

The light shines in the darkness

Perspective November 28, 2025

The Rev. Canon Gary van der Meer helps a young parishioner light an Advent candle at St. John the Evangelist, Ottawa. Photo: Contributed The Ven. ...

People looking at the poster exhibit at St. John the Evangelist.

Exhibit on atomic bomb inspires commitment to calls for peace

Leigh Anne Williams August 24, 2025

In late May, St. John the Evangelist in Ottawa hosted a powerful and moving exhibit of posters detailing the shocking destruction and harm caused in ...

St. John the Evangelist Ottawa to host an exhibit on the devastating impacts the 1945 atomic bombings

Leigh Anne Williams April 25, 2025

In August, people around the world will solemnly remember the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan 80 years ago on August 6 and 9, ...

Parishioners from St. John the Evangelist with Louella Tobias pose by a sign at Mud Lake.

Walking and learning from an Indigenous Elder

Perspective August 22, 2024

Parishioners from St. John the Evangelist in Ottawa spent National Indigenous Peoples’ Day in June on a Medicine Walk at Mud Lake led by Louella ...

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 ...