Crosstalk - April 2016

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STATEMENT FROM THE COUNCIL OF GENERAL SYNOD TO THE CHURCH

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WELCOMING FRIENDS FROM THE DIOCESE OF GHANA

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OTTAWA HOSPITAL RECEIVES GIFT FROM ST. MATTHIAS

DIOCESAN YOUTH CONFERENCE IS BACK FOR ROUND TWO

SEPTEMBER 2015 A SECTION OF THE ANGLICAN JOURNAL

ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF QUEBEC • DIOCÈSE ANGLICAN DE QUÉBEC The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa

A Section of the Anglican Journal / April 2016

Christ is Risen, Alleluia

BY REV. CANON STEWART MURRAY

The glorious sounds of Easter resound in our hearts and minds throughout the 50 days of our Easter celebrations. Until the day of Pentecost the acclamation, Christ is Risen, Alleluia - He is Risen Indeed, Alleluia, begins each offering of the Eucharist in our Churches.

This acclamation helps us to focus on the truth of the Resurrection. The stirring words of the Easter Gospel and the wonderful Easter hymns bring a deep sense of joy to our Parish communities. Even with Easter being so early this year, we all can sense the awakening of creation that comes with spring.

The Easter celebrations are

an affirmation of our identity as a people claimed by God’s love on the Cross and invited to the new life of the resurrection through sharing in the sacraments. It is this Good News that we are called to live and share. Responding to this call is where the hard work of Easter begins.

The world outside the doors of our Churches is still very much in the grips of Good Friday, and is longing for the Good News of Easter morning. At times even our own lives are caught up in the sorrow of Good Friday, when evil seemed to triumph and all hope that was in Jesus seems to be lost. The hard work of living out the Easter Gospel is found in the everyday reality of our brokenness. The

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Doug Morris

Welcoming Friends from the Diocese of Ghana; Rev. Canon Eric Owusu, Rev. Canon Catherine Ascah, Bishop Daniel Torto, and Dean Shane Parker at Christ Church Cathedral, on Sunday, March 6.

See STORY, p. 3

Outaouais Regional Round Table of Quebec Religious Heritage Celebrates 10th Anniversary

St. Paul’s Shawville

BY LAURETTE GLASGOW

The Regional Roundtable for Religious Heritage in Quebec celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. As part of the celebrations, the parish of St. Paul, Shawville, along with St. Stephen’s and Jardins du Souvenir were selected by the organizing committee to be awarded a “prize” for their achievements in historical restoration.

The ceremony which also celebrated a few individuals for their contributions was held on Wednesday, February 10th at the Church of St. Francois de Sales in Gatineau.

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Rev. Laurette Glasgow, Rev. Graeme Brownlee, Ven. Mavis Brownlee, and Mr. Chris Judd, member of St. Paul’s Restoration and Building Committee; accepting an award, at the Regional Roundtable for Religious Heritage in Quebec, on behalf of St. Paul’s Shawville.

A Case for Openness

BY MARGRET BRADY NANKIVELL

On St. Valentine’s Day, Rev. Canon Pat Johnston gave her last Sunday sermon as parish priest of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in the Glebe. Echoing her first sermon nearly 10 years earlier, she spoke of the importance of living an open life – “open minds, open hearts, open hands”.

Despite bone-chilling weather, about 300 people came to honour her years of positive leadership and embrace her at a teartinged reception afterwards.

Interviewed a few days later, Canon Johnston said that she would particularly miss hearing St. Matthew’s music director Kirkland Adsett practising the organ,

which she often heard from her nearby office. “Great music can restore our focus and so can great hymns,” she had said in her moving sermon.

One of the first women ordained by the Anglican Church of Canada, Canon Johnston has served as a priest for 33 years. Originally from Deep River, Ontario, she has a degree in psychology from Kingston’s Queen’s University and a Master’s in Divinity from Trinity College, University of Toronto.

Throughout her time at St. Matthew’s, she emphasized the role of the Glebe church within its community. “I have tried to open the church to the community and to look beyond our See STORY, p. 7

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FROM THE COUNCIL OF GENERAL SYNOD

A Statement from the Council of General Synod to the Church

By General Synod Communications

ing creedal) of the Anglican Church of Canada”.

The Council of General Synod (CoGS) was mandated by General Synod 2013 to bring forward a motion for consideration at General Synod 2016 to provide for same-sex marriage in the same way that opposite-sex couples are married within our church. As a result, CoGS formed the Commission on the Marriage Canon to fulfill that mandate. That commission, which reflected diverse theological perspectives, conducted broad consultation and provided biblical and theological rationale for this proposed canonical change. We received the report, This Holy Estate, from the commission in September 2015 and spent a day with them engaging its content.

In Halifax, General Synod 2010 stated in the sexuality discernment statement “we are deeply aware of the cost to people whose lives are implicated in the consequences of an ongoing discernment process. This is not just an ‘issue’ but is about people’s daily lives and deeply held faith commitments.”

We have been in conversation for some 40 years about matters of human sexuality. At General Synod 2004 we affirmed as a church “the integrity and sanctity of committed adult same-sex relationships”. At General Synod 2007, our church resolved, “the blessing of same sex unions is not in conflict with the core doctrine (in the sense of be-

In the midst of our diversity of opinion and perspectives, the Council of General Synod has been a witness to the wider church that, no matter what the outcome, we are united in Christ. The church has engaged with contentious issues in the past such as the re-marriage of divorced persons and the ordination of women.

Agreement is not the source of our unity; our unity lies in the faithfulness of Christ.

Decisions around the marriage canon are the work of the General Synod as a whole. We believe in the Holy Spirit at work in community; the Spirit will be at work at the meeting of the General Synod in July.

In their statement, the

House of Bishops wondered if a legislative process is “the most helpful way of dealing with these matters”. The Council of General Synod is bringing forward a resolution to General Synod 2016 as it has been directed. The Council has also considered the possibility of other options. The General Synod may discern a legislative option is not the most helpful, and if so, we faithfully hope that through dialogue at General Synod an alternate way will emerge. We recommend the greatest pastoral response possible, allowing same-sex couples to be fully included in the life of our church with full and equal access to its liturgies and pastoral offices.

Our hope is that going into General Synod our whole church will have read and engaged with This Holy Estate. We have encouraged the House of Bishops to ensure that members of their diocese and delegates to General Synod do so.

In recognizing the complex theological and cultural differences in the Anglican Church, the Council has prepared a process for General Synod 2016 that will help us hear one another,

“We recommend the greatest pastoral response possible, allowing same-sex couples to be fully included in the life of our church with full and equal access to its liturgies and pastoral offices.”

— Council of General Synod, March 12, 2016

maintain open hearts and minds to the Holy Spirit, and hold each other in the love of Christ.

We continue to hold members of the church in our prayers, and ask that the whole church uphold the work of the Council and of

General Synod 2016 in their prayers.

To read the report, This Holy Estate, please visit: http://www.anglican.ca/wpcontent/uploads/Marriage_Canon_REPORT_15Sept22.pdf

NEWS

‘Wisdom of the Elders’ Receives Grant

By Anglican Journal The Coming Home Society, an alcohol and drug recovery program for young Aboriginal women supported by the diocese of New Westminster, has received a $10,000 grant from the Anglican Foundation to help fund a new program that supports at-risk Indigenous youth by connecting them to Indigenous elders.

The program, called Wisdom of the Elders, is being created in partnership with the Urban Native Youth Association and will help youth receive spiritual care, cultural teachings and ceremonies and individual one-on-one

support from a core group of Indigenous elders.

The program will operate out of the Native Youth Health and Wellness Centre on East Hastings Street in Vancouver, and will augment the health care and psychological counselling services already being offered by providing spiritual and cultural healing to Vancouver’s Indigenous inner-city youth, many of whom have been distanced from the extended family networks that would normally provide them with traditional knowledge and guidance.

“Youth sometimes don’t have the privilege of learn-

ing from their elders,” said an anonymous 14-year-old writing in support of the program. “As the elders in our community are starting to pass on very quickly, we want to make sure that we honour our ancestors by taking the knowledge that our elders carry with respect, so that us, the youth, can carry on our culture and traditions and may teach our children our ways of life.”

The grand was one of five awarded by the Anglican Foundation to support “service or outreach projects that involve interfaith collaboration.”

ELCIC Ordination in Ottawa

By Stephanie Boyd On Mach 12th the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) hosted an Ordination at Mount Calvary Lu-

theran Church in Ottawa.

Rev. JoAnne Lam was ordained and installed as the new Pastor of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Ottawa.

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Bishop Michael Pryse prayer for JoAnne Lam during her Ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.

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NEWS

Welcoming Friends from the Diocese of Ghana

By The Rt. Rev. John Chapman The wonderful thing about the Anglican Communion is just that - we are a Communion. Since the very beginning of international travel, we have visited back and forth with sisters and brother Anglicans from all over this vast world of ours. We have fed and nurtured each other while sharing the joys and struggles unique to each of our Provinces. Our communion is without question a gift to those of us who have chosen the Anglican Church as the place and context in which to exercise our baptismal ministry and the mission of God. Of course we have our problems, our struggles and our conflict. This is why we visit one another. We need to hear and understand each other so that we might learn to live in difference while still sharing our common history, practice, witness, and mission.

I have spoken of the Dialogue with Bishops that I have shared in this last number of years. This group of African, Canadian, and often times English and American bishops gather to continue the dialogue which began at the Lambeth Conference in 2008. Summaries and statements created at these meetings can be found on the Diocese of Ottawa and Anglican Church of Canada web pages.

Bishop Daniel Torto, Bishop of the Diocese of Ghana

is a very significant contributing member of this dialogue.

He is visited with us for a few days in early March and was accompanied by his spouse Gladys, The Rev. Eric Owusu, and Mr. Reginald Frimpong Anash-Adjaye. I was particularly pleased to meet with Bishop Torto as he will be hosting the 2016 Dialogue in Accra, the sea city for the Diocese of Ghana.

We set a busy schedule for

the Bishop and his companions. They began with a dinner reception with members of our Diocesan Council on Saturday evening (March 5).

Sunday morning they joined the Cathedral parish for the Sunday Liturgy. Bishop Torto continued his whirlwind tour on Monday with visits to the Anglican Studies programme at Saint Paul University, Cornerstone, members of the Cathedral Hill Foundation and finishing with attendance at our Diocesan Council meeting in the evening. A full day had by all just before their departure Tuesday morning for the Diocese of Niagara.

I am deeply grateful for the friendship shared between us and between our dioceses. † John

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Rev. Owusu, Mr. Frimpong Anash-Adjaye speaking with Audrey Laurence during the Diocesan Council Reception.

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Rev. Brian Kauk speaking with Bishop Torto during the Diocesan Council Reception, March 5.

Clergy News and Updates Bishop Chapman is pleased to announce, God willing, that Mr. Ryan Boivin, Ms. Victoria Scott and Dr. Mary-Catherine Garden will be ordained transitional deacons and Dr. Caroline Ducros will be ordained deacon, at Christ Church Cathedral on the Feast of St. Philip and St. James transferred, Monday, May 2, 2016, at 7:00 p.m.

Please keep the ordinands in your prayers.

Rev. Michel Dubord has received the Bishop’s permission to retire from full-time ministry and as Incumbent of St. John the Baptist Church, Richmond; effective September 01, 2016.

Rev. Canon Gary Hauch has received the Bishop’s permission to retire from full-time ministry and as Incumbent of Church of the Ascension, Ottawa; effective June 30, 2016.

Rev. David Lajeunesse having been admitted to the office of priest in The Anglican Church of Canada, has abandoned the exercise of that ministry according to the terms of Canon XIX of the General Synod of The Anglican Church of Canada.

Rev. Manasse Maniragaba having been admitted to the office of priest in The Anglican Church of Canada, has abandoned the exercise of that ministry according to the terms of Canon XIX of the General Synod of The Anglican Church of Canada.

Ms. Beverly Skelton has retired after faithfully serving as part of our accounting team for 28 years. Bev has saved the Diocese, our parishes and Community Ministries with careful attention to detail, always mindful of the ministry and human hearts that were supported through her work.

Bev will be missed around the office for her gentle presence and by folks throughout the diocese who would often call her for service and guidance.

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A full-house was in attendance for the Diocesan Council Reception, March 5.

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Bishop Torto, Rev. Eric Owusu, and Reginald Frimpong Anash-Adjaye attending Diocesan Council, March 6.

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REFLECTIONS

Art as Spiritual Practice

By Jane Scanlon I am on the Steering Committee for the Centre for Creative Living (CFCL).

This is a new initiative that brings together a number of people in the community of Almonte, along with parishioners of St. Paul’s, the town’s Anglican Church, to explore art as contemplative spiritual practice. As Sue Evans, a parishioner and CFCL founder says, “The mission of CFCL is to provide the opportunity for people to become every day, discerning mystics where they can deepen their capacity to live and work in co-creative relationship with God by pursuing the various art forms as spiritual practice.” Sue notes that “The process used at the Centre is grounded in the ancient prayer practice, lectio devina, that combines contemplative and expressive elements where we trust that God is present and creatively active in and through all that is.” Lectio devina is a way of reading scripture (or poetry) where we gradually let go of our own plans and agendas and open ourselves to what God wants to say to or through us. As we listen, we begin to see more and more from our hearts, and the result is that we become transformed from within.

Both scripture and poetry can be powerful conduits for this experience as was demonstrated at a recent CFCL workshop led by Rev. Linda Posthuma. In the workshop the lectio devina process was used to reflect on Poetry, a poem by Pablo Neruda and Psalm 19, and expressed by each of the 17 participants through visual art. Linda says, “Practicing art making in the context of sacred listening can result in transformation and healing. In the process of engaging with material, new ways of seeing and understanding emerge.

It is not only what the finished product might reveal, but also the active, creative energy that flows though an individual engaged in art making.” The creative process “involves being open to whatever is emerging in the moment – the holy now. In this openness there can be a sense of co-creating and cooperating with the Divine Spirit, who is present in a

supportive, wise, freeing and guiding way.”

I have experienced this, personally, through the practice of contemplative photography and abstract art.

A couple of years ago, I felt drawn to explore and learn about multimedia abstract art and to open myself up to making what I call divine mistakes on canvas using paint, glass, photographs and other media. This is an entirely intuitive process of letting whatever reveals itself to shine through. Something wondrously mysterious happens in the creative process, and the outcome is beyond my control. With abstract images, there is complete freedom for both the art maker and the viewer to bring their own stories, meanings and interpretations to them. This image, created from a photograph of one of my abstract paintings, reflects a section of the Neruda poem which immediately resonated with me. … and suddenly I saw the heavens unfastened and open, planets, palpitating plantations, the darkness perforated, riddled with arrows, fire and flowers, the overpowering night, the universe.

And I, infinitesimal being, drunk with the great starry void, likeness, image of mystery, felt myself a pure part of the abyss, I wheeled with the stars, my heart broke loose with the wind.

I often find myself drawn towards images that don’t represent anything that we can label. Images that are lit up with light shining on or through them are compelling to me whether they are something we can recognize, such as a tree or a fish swimming around in an aquarium, or of abstract patterns that can be found in nature such as the ice crystals that had formed on my office window on an

evening early in January. I was so caught by their beauty, and by the contrast of light and dark, with the night sky showing through the window and the light in the room providing illumination, that I photographed them, and this is the image that appeared.

I love it that this image doesn’t really look like what it is. It opens up a space to be contemplative and to think about and explore the meaning of our experiences – whatever comes to mind – whether it is joyful or painful, in need of celebration or transformative healing. Often when we label something, we just move on from it without really paying attention or stopping to look and connect with it. The camera can be like an intuitive third eye that frees me up to slow down, open up and see at a deeper level. Even in the most commonplace things, there is incredible radiance, and that catches me by surprise every time. Through the camera, I see that although there is a great deal of pain in the world, there is also so much beauty.

As Christine Valters Paintner, creator of Abbey of the Arts, says “art-making can be playful, encouraging a sense of wonder and joy. It can also be a safe container for us to explore difficult feelings and experiences and serves as a vehicle for confession, forgiveness and ultimately healing.” By deepening our capacity for connectedness, art as a spiritual practice increases our level of insight, empathy and compassion.

Sue Evans, a contemplative photographer, affirms that photography as a spiritual

practice has increased her capacity to notice and attend to God’s creative movement in and through her in loving response to the particular circumstances in which she finds herself. She says that “gradually I have become more conscious of this movement and less resistant to it.

Photographers like to say it’s all about the light. I like to say that photography prods me to notice and align creatively with the light even in the midst of what the world might judge as dark.”

Sue photographed my mother, Doris Scanlon, during a visit where she asked her to respond to lines from Neruda’s poem: There I was, without a face, and it touched me.

I didn’t know what to say, my mouth had no way with names, my eyes were blind, and something started in my soul, fever or forgotten wings, and I made my own way, deciphering.

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Sue says, “As I listened to her, I was struck by how hospitably she had responded to a difficult, unusual and lonely circumstance in her life by inviting a creative response to it. When I asked if I could express photographically what I had experienced about her, she responded with similar openness. Even now, as I return to this photo, what I saw and heard in those moments with her continues to deepen in me.”

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NEWS

Help Support the Bishop’s Discretionary Fund

By Heidi Pizzuto, Chair, Friends of the Bishop Planning Committee Tuesday May 10th is coming quickly! The 34th Annual Friends of the Bishop Dinner will be held that day, once again at the Hampton Inn on Coventry Road. Always a memorable evening full of socializing and fun, the Dinner supports the Bishop’s Discretionary Fund which enables Bishop Chapman to respond quickly and compassionately to compelling and often unexpected situations locally, nationally, and internationally.

A big draw at the dinner is always the Silent Auction; it often earns $10,000 for the Fund! This year we have many exciting offerings including several pieces from renowned Canadian artist Gerald Trottier, theatre tickets, preparation of a Will and Power of Attorney, even dog grooming! Of course there will also be a selection of gift

cards for an array of restaurants, entertainment, and goods and services from businesses in our community. All this just in time to shop for wedding season, graduations, and Mother’s and Father’s Days. We have something for everyone.

If you haven’t purchased your ticket yet, there’s still time! Dinner tickets are $125 each and tables will be set for 8 people. Tax receipts will be issued for all amounts that exceed the cost of the meal.

If you are unable to attend but would like to support the Bishop’s Discretionary Fund, your donation will be gratefully accepted. Thank You! For more information, to make a donation, or to reserve a table/ purchase tickets, please contact Heidi Pizzuto at 613-232-7124 x221 heidi-pizzuto@ottawa.anglican.ca or check out the event on facebook : http://on.fb.1PaLe3Z. The deadline to RSVP is April 22, 2016.

Black History Month Service a Celebration of Diversity and Unity

By Anglican Journal The Coming Home SocieOver 400 worshippers from 20 different denominations came together at St. Faith’s Anglican Church in Edmonton January 31 to kick off Black History Month with an ecumenical service.

“Out of many, we are one people,” presider the Rev. Miranda Sutherland, a native of Jamaica and interim priest-in-charge at All Saints’ Anglican Church in Drayton Valley, told the congregation.

“Together, let us reach out in peace and hope to the world…we can draw strength from others’ experiences as a diversified people who believe in Christ,” said the Rev. Mike

Grange, associate pastor of Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ, who expressed gratitude and appreciation to everyone in attendance on behalf of the Edmonton branch of the National Black Coalition of Canada.

In his homily, the Rev. Errol Campbell, pastor of Victory Family Fellowship Church in Calgary, spoke of an imperfect world, where co-operation is necessary for survival.

“The time is now, when we must approach life with our neighbours without malice or scepticism; but with a lit candle of hope and goodwill,” he said. “This, certainly, was one of the reasons why Jesus

asked the father to make us one,” he continued. “Folks, we are not atomistic. We did not come into this life all selfsufficient…at some point in our lives, somebody invested in us for us to achieve. It is now our time to return the favour.”

The service also included remarks from EdmontonCentre MLA David Shepherd, who spoke on behalf of the Alberta government to acknowledge the accomplishments of faithful and resilient black pioneers such as John Ware, who brought the first cattle to southern Alberta in 1882.

The Messenger

Huron Youth Stage Production Raises Money for Nepal

By Anglican Journal Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church’s South Huron Junior Community Choir may be small, but in spring 2015, the Exeter-based group had a very big idea of helping the victims of the Nepal earthquake through The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF).

The fundraising was spearheaded by Broc, 10, and Ewan, 12, whose father, the Rev. Andrew Wilson, was at that time the associate in the Regional Ministry of South Huron, and to raise the money the group put on a production of The Drum, a musical by Sally K. Albrecht

and Jay Althouse based on a tale of generosity set in India.

Although the work is typically performed by a larger group of players, in this case the cast consisted of Broc, Ewan, director Richard Heinzle (who is also Trivitt’s music director) and Mengmeng Zhang, who is the South Huron Community Choir’s pianist.

“This was totally [Broc’s and Ewan’s] idea from the beginning,” said Wilson.

“They wanted to do more with the play than simply learn the music…Everything was their idea, from the first thought to put on the play to raise the funds, to the char-

ity they picked, to the extra work promoting and the extra events.”

They ended up mounting two further productions of the 35-minute play at St. John’s-by-the-Lake in Grand Bend, and St. Anne’s in Port Franks.

According to Wilson, they had originally set a fundraising goal of $1,000, but ended up exceeding it by more than $200, all of which went to support PWRDF relief efforts in Nepal.

“It was fun, and important that we raised money for people who were hurting and whose houses got destroyed,” said Ewan.

Huron Church News

Postulant Receives Helping Hand

BY DON BUTLER, President,

All are invited join the Friends of the Bishop Dinner, a wonderful fundraiser in support of the Bishop’s Discretionary Fund.

BAC Ryan Boivin, a postulant with the Diocese of Ottawa and an intern at St Albans Anglican Church, was the recipient of the 2015 Brotherhood of Anglican Churchmen Ottawa Diocese scholarship. The $1500 scholarship cheque was presented to Ryan in a brief ceremony at the St Paul University chapel on February 25 2016 by BAC President Don Butler in the presence of the Reverend Kevin Flynn, Director of Anglican Studies at the university. This is the 20th such scholarship presented by the Ottawa Diocese BAC. With the support of a number of parish BACs the Diocese BAC organizes an annual

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Ryan Boivin, a postulant with the Diocese of Ottawa, receiving a scholarship from BAC President Don Butler and Director of Anglican Studies at Saint Paul University Rev. Kevin Flynn. dinner to raise the funds for the scholarship. The next Scholarship dinner will take

place May 6 at St Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church on Alta vista (see p.14).

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Growing Connections

By Nora Joyner, Intern, Anglican Diocese of Ottawa’s Youth Internship Program On Friday, February 26th, St. James Anglican Church in Manotick held their monthly youth games and pizza night.

It was attended not only by youth from the church, but also by youth from St. James in Carleton Place, St. Albans, Trinity, and All Saints Westboro; twenty in total. The youth brought free-will offerings for the pizza as well as snacks that they shared, and had a fantastic time playing games of all kinds. The favorite games of the night were Horses, Knights, and Cavaliers; Settlers of Catan; Apples to Apples; Telestrations; and Superfight.

“One of the best things about these evenings it that it give the youth a chance to connect and build relationships with other like-minded youth across the diocese and

PARISH NEWS

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Participants at the February 26 Games Night in Manotick. it gives the youth leaders the same opportunities,” said Donna Rourke, who is the director of youth ministries at St. James Manotick and the Youth Internship Program (YIP) coordinator. “More of this connecting is happening across the diocese and we can see that these efforts are paying off. We have 43 people registered for CLAY this year.

In 2014 the ADO sent 13, in 2012 we sent 7. We are anticipating a great turn out for DYC and our service day at Christie Lake.”

The next pizza and games night will be held on April 29th, and youth from all parishes are welcome!

Guided Meditation

By Sharron Hanna In observing Easter Holy Week St Martin’s Anglican Church at 2120 Prince Charles Road will be having a one hour guided meditation on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 commencing at 5:00 pm. “Speak to Us Lord” is the theme of the mediation. St. Martin’s Assistant Priest, the Reverend Joseph Varkey will be leading the session which is open to all in the community and throughout the Anglican Diocese who would like to attend.

In his priestly ministry, Joseph Varkey is uniquely qualified to lead this guided meditation. Besides being a registered Social Worker by profession, Joseph is an accredited Yoga Trainer experienced in teaching traditional yoga, mindfulness yoga and pain relief yoga. His own

yoga background is a blend of breathing exercise, physical exercise, chanting and spiritual nourishment. The aim of the March 23rd guided meditation as described

by Joseph is to impart a fuller awareness and understanding of one’s relation to others, to nature and to God in the context of Christ’s experience on Mount Tabor.

Joseph Varkey’s own journey in faith and trust in the Lord essentially brought him to Canada and the nation’s capitol in 2013 from the southern part of India where he had served as a Catholic Priest ordained in 2006.

Here in Ottawa he immersed himself in Anglican theology, liturgy and history. At the end of October 2015, he was received as a Priest in the Anglican Church of Canada in the Diocese of Ottawa by

Julian Festival in West Ottawa

By Ven. Mary Ellen Berry On Sunday, May 1st, Ottawa’s Julian of Norwich Anglican Church will inaugurate our annual Julian Festival.

Julian was a 14th century mystic and anchoress in Norwich, who became known for her deep spiritual wisdom and practical counsel. St Julian of Norwich Anglican Church, in England, celebrates both the legacy and the continued relevance of Julian by hosting a festival of activities on and around her feast day, May 8th.

We now bring the tradition to Ottawa, by launching our own week-long festival with a Julian Geo-cache activity on May 1st. You won’t want to miss The Julian Drama, a play about the life and writings of Julian of Norwich, to be presented by Sister Anne Kathleen McLaughlin

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In visualizing what lies ahead in his journey of faith, Reverend Joseph Varkey believes some form of youth ministry is part of that calling. And from his vantage, St. Martin’s Rector John Organ is certain that the blend of priestly, professional and yogic gifts Joseph brings to such a task would be of great benefit to young people wherever they are on their own journey.

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PARISH NEWS Openness...

- Continued from page 1 doors,” she said.

Under her guidance, many of the church’s programs and events supported that goal. For example, its “Open Doors” program, which runs weekdays from 11:30am to 1:30 pm, welcomes visitors to come into the church sanctuary for times of quiet reflection. “It’s a small signal that the church is accessible to all,” she said.

Last year’s production of Benjamin Britten’s Noye’s Fludde (Noah’s Flood) drew musicians and children from outside the church to perform in the engaging children’s opera. The wellattended performances were staged on a freewill offering basis.

Canon Johnston is delighted that St. Matthew’s is part of a Syrian refugee program called FACES (First Avenue Churches and Community Embracing Sponsorship).

The group has raised in

excess of $100,000 for refugee sponsorships and also includes Glebe-St. James United Church, St Giles Presbyterian Church and a community-based volunteer group. In February, FACES welcomed the first sponsored family, a young Syrian couple with a baby boy.

They recently moved into a furnished apartment.

In October, St. Matthew’s Auction will raise money for the refugee program and the new church roof. “I am happy to leave the building water-proof,” said Canon Johnston.

Since her arrival at St. Matthew’s, attendance at the church has remained stable, despite significant declines in Anglican congregations nationally. And the number of young families attending St. Matthew’s is increasing as the church is a welcoming environment and offers children’s programs -- including

the children’s choirs. “It’s a real melting pot of diverse ages, backgrounds and interests,” Canon Johnston said.

Canon Johnston said her biggest challenge when she came to St. Matthew’s – which faces any new incumbent -- was establishing rapport with her parishioners. “My greatest satisfaction is that over the years I’ve entered into the lives of people and the rhythm of our church life,” she said.

“We’ve done so many things together.”

Canon Johnston said she is impressed by the number of parishioners who volunteer to run projects, join committees, propose new ideas and dedicate hours to church restoration and choir rehearsals. “These people have jobs, families and other community commitments, yet their contributions mean that we are able to offer worship that is very fine,” she

said.

In time, she plans to do short-term work as a priest, but in the interim, she plans to spend more time engaged in volunteer activities and simply watching her bird feeder -- her rambunctious dog Farley, a golden Labrador mix, at her side. “It is time for a change and a rest,” she said.

At the reception, her husband Jamie Tomlinson spoke wittily and warmly of his involvement in the church. He was an auctioneer at the last two fundraising auctions and performed speaking roles in some of the church concerts, including his inimitable “Voice of God” in Noye’s Fludde.

The selection process for a new rector is underway.

Meanwhile, the Rev. Rhonda Waters has been appointed interim priest-in-charge, effective March 13.

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A Cross Story

By Rev. Canon Peter Lackey It quickly became a rule that there were always to be two servers to put the processional cross up on its hook, because it was too heavy for just one person. The year was 1966 and the fabulously modern church had just been dedicated by Bishop Ernie Reed, my confirmation class had forty plus members, and the newly poured (smooth!) concrete basement floor was perfect for floor hockey (and drill) at the weekly Boy’s Brigade night. The ‘baby boom’ and ‘echo boom’ of the 1940’s and 50’s assured everyone that there would be youth aplenty for a long time and that the population in Ottawa West would simply keep expanding.

When my family first arrived in the parish, before the church building was constructed, I thought it was ‘really cool’ that we would have to set up “church” every week in the school gym across the street; that mid-week services were held in the ‘chapel’ in the basement of our house, the rectory; and that my own godfather, The Rev. Jim Plant, was the first cler-

gyperson to serve the congregation. The new rector, my dad, was doing rather radical things like initiating joint bible studies with the neighbouring Anglican churches, and dreaming of other overlapping and common ministries between them. Some were quite enthusiastic to greet those outside their own congregational families, others not so much.

I look back now, and I rejoice that as St. Michael and All Angels’ found its own wings, so too did I as a young person accepted fully as a member of the congregation.

To be able to greet any other member as an equal (both in God’s eyes and each other’s), is a gift I still try to give every day. Yet times change, the journey is not in a straight line, hopes and dreams get adjusted. It was with decidedly mixed emotions that I attended the “Service of Thanksgiving for Ministry, Deconsecration, and LeaveTaking” in December of 2015 (almost 49 years to the day after the “Service of Dedication” I attended years before).

Whatever now happens

to the building at 2112 Bel Air Drive, the faith that was grown in me through my time there will last more than my lifetime. My discovery and friendship with Jesus and his gang of cohorts continually reminds me that my job is to be a catalyst, a translator, a shoulder, a teammate… whatever He requires, whatever the circumstances. The world and the society in which I now live is different from my youth. We need Jesus more than ever. I can use the tools, symbols, history and sacraments with grace and power if I let them speak for themselves and do not try to force them into an inflexible mold, and God is always molding and making us anew.

That ‘two-server’ processional cross now has a new home. The folks at the newly-configured St. Julian’s have graciously allowed the folks at the newly-expanded St. Helen’s to use both the processional cross and the pavement cross upon which it hung to grace their new front entrance. As a sign of God’s amazing love, it is difficult to find anything better than the cross.

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COMMUNITY MINISTRIES

Friendship, Service, and Learning

By Nora Joyner, Intern, Anglican Diocese of Ottawa’s Youth Internship Program On the bright, cold morning of Ash Wednesday, the Church of St. James the Apostle in Manotick was filled with twelve to eighteen-year-olds, all eating pancakes. They weren’t just there for breakfast, though; this was the very beginning of the church’s Ash Wednesday activity day, attended by youth from across the diocese. It was an amazing day of friendship, service, and learning.

“So when you give something to a needy person, do not make a big show of it, as the hypocrites do in the houses of worship and on the streets. They do it so that people will praise them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. But when you help a needy person, do it in such a way that even your closest friend will not know about it.

Then it will be a private matter.

And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.” - Matthew 6:2-4 The beginning of the

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Jerra Puchala and Grace Joyner volunteering at St. Luke’s Table. morning was devoted to getting to know each other and connecting as a group, but before lunch the youth spent time reflecting on scripture, including the passage above. They talked about what those pieces of scripture meant, and how they could reflect that back

into the way they lived their lives. The twenty-four youth learned that the Bible asks us to serve others, pray, and not concern ourselves with things like wealth or worry –– but also that in doing this, we need to be careful to not do it out of desire to be noticed or praised by others, but just to

OUTREACH

Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, Receives Gifts from St. Matthias

By Sheila Granger, Volunteer Coordinator for Anglican Ministries at TOH St. Matthias Anglican church has closed its doors and the parishioners have joined forces with All Saints, Westboro. In moving, it was found that various items needed a new home. Lucille Bynoe, a member of St. Matthias and the Altar Guild volunteer at the Civic, decided that some items would be of benefit to the Prayer Room.

Consequently, a pair of brass candlesticks, a box of candles, and some linen used for Communion Services were donated by the parish of St. Matthias for use during the Sunday Anglican services in the Prayer Room of the Civic Campus. This gift

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Lucille Bynoe standing behind the Prayer Room altar, showing the two candlesticks and linens. of candlesticks, candles, and linen are very appreciated by the Spiritual Care Depart-

ment and all those who will use them.

bring God’s love to the world around us.

This wasn’t just discussed, though. It was also brought to action. At lunchtime, all the youth who were fourteen or older went and volunteered at St. Luke’s Table, an organization downtown run by the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa that provides services to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. They spent time helping with the meal program and talking to the people that were there participating. The younger kids stayed at the church, did research together on the cost of living in Ottawa, and then compared it to the incomes of refugee families and people on Ontario Disability Support Program or other forms of social security. All of the youth ended up learning why food banks and organizations like St. Luke’s Table are so vital for many people.

Following the afternoon activities, the day wrapped up with an Imposition of Ashes service back at St. James.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR A heartfelt thank you to Anna & Christena Brown for their article in the November 2015 Gift Gazette “SchoolBOX Mission Trip Opens Eyes and Hearts”. As SchoolBOX Ambassadors, we are so happy that they shared their experience so that others may know more about the work SchoolBOX does to Make Education Possible for kids in Nicaragua!

SchoolBOX is an Almonte based charity that started with a simple story. While working in Nicaragua, our founder, Tom Affleck, gave 2 little girls a notebook and pencil each in 2006. When the girls’ father happily exclaimed that “now they could go to school”, Tom realised that for want of 50 cents worth of school supplies, kids were being denied access to a basic education.

Today, SchoolBOX is helping over 17,000 kids in 89 communities in Nicaragua. We have built 75 classrooms and handed out over 400,000 notebooks. We are also proud to say that in addition to St. John’s, South March, several other Ottawa

Diocese churches have participated in Volunteer Build trips including St. Paul’s, Almonte; St. George’s, Clayton; Parish of Huntley, Carp and St. Thomas, Stittsville.

If you are interested in participating in a SchoolBOX Volunteer build trip, we have a combined group from St. Paul’s, Kanata and St. Thomas, Stittsville heading to Nicaragua this July 21 – 30, 2016 and there are still a few spots available. As Anna & Christena shared, a 10-day build trip has volunteers working in the community alongside the kids, parents and SchoolBOX team helping to build a muchneeded classroom. And that “work” absolutely includes “play time” with the kids! If you would like to know more, discuss other date options or are interested in a presentation, please email michelle@ schoolbox.ca for more details. Our website is www. schoolbox.ca.

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PARISH NEWS

A Golden Pancake Supper

By Kate Greer-Close February 9, 2016 Shrove Tuesday was a Golden Anniversary for St Mark’s Pancake Supper!

Pancake suppers have been organized by a few church groups over the past 50 years. The first supper, held February 22, 1966 in the church basement, was a fundraiser for the new upper church hall which was built later that year. It was run by the ladies of Circle 5 with Jean Cobb and June Dale.

Then in 1969 their husbands, Murray Cobb and Ted Dale, took it on with help from the Marksmen, and eventually Lorne and Connie Bowerman took the lead, and now Steve and I are organizing with a whole church behind us.

We had a party in 2016!

The supper began with a special pancake pass moving from one generation of

Participants at the Shrove Tuesday, Golden Anniversary at St. Mark’s. organizers to another. Many thanks to Jackie Sorfleet and Dorothy Ellacott, representing the Circles, and Connie, representing the Marksmen and the Bowermans, for passing the ... pancake … to Jeremy and the Close family.

They didn’t drop it! We even managed to convince someone to eat it at the end ... my son Jeremy!

It was so busy it was hard to keep count. There were children everywhere, but we think we had close to 40 kids and at least 165 attendees.

We offered regular, whole wheat and now gluten-free pancakes and sausages. We also had fresh apples this year, as they had at the first supper in 1966.

Special Thank You in Pakenham

By Sharon Whyte At the Carol service on Sunday, December 27th, 2015, held at St. John’s, Antrim, the Parish of Pakenham surprised Mr. Art Levi with a gift of gratitude for 26 years of service as their Parish Treasurer. The gift, a beautiful painting by Anne Robinson, daughter of Marion Barr, a long time member of St. Mark’s, depicts the three churches of the Parish: St. George’s, Waba; St. John’s, Antrim; and St. Mark’s, Pakenham.

Here is a poem which captures some of Art’s talents and character, but can not express the extent of our gratitude for his hard work.

Art continues to do good deeds, but he not longer has to keep the books!

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t’s time to celebrate the man of the hour.

Pakenham Parish has benefited from his accounting powers.

Quiet, but purposeful he walks into the church, Always helpful and giving, no job does he shirk.

He has managed our finances for 26 years.

With wisdom and dedication he has made his mark, that’s clear.

Paying bills, annual reports, steering through Diocesan rules, They’ve been dealing with Art and found out he’s no fool.

Firm in his faith with questions galore, He’s not afraid to ask, “What the heck is the score!”

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Nicholas Sparks arrived 200 years ago this summer in the Ottawa area. At the cathedral, June 10, 11 and 12, join descendants of his extended family and others to celebrate this Ottawa pioneer and honour the founders of Bytown.

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We all feel so fortunate to call him our friend, And are grateful he’s been able to round another bend.

So thank you Art, truly from the bottom of our hearts, For managing so diligently, St. John’s, St. George’s and St. Mark’s.

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Prayer Matters

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ing, not us. Those praying for healing are channels of God’s healing power and love. The “Gift of Healing” is given to those for whom we pray, not to those who do the praying.

Christian healing involves the well-being of the whole person: body; mind; and spirit.

In praying for healing we are praying for wholeness.

When we use the words: “healing”; “healing prayer”; or being “healed”, I think that many of us confuse being “healed” with being “cured”. We can think of a cure as the experience of a person who is lame throwing away their crutches and walking, whereas to be healed is the experience of perhaps needing the crutches but not giving a hoot! In seeking a cure where something is completely eradicated many of us are showing a desire to be perfect, with no sickness or imperfection. We want to be in “perfect” health. We want to be perfect. I don’t think perfection is possible for humans. We are all imperfect in heart, mind, body or spirit in some way. In seeking perfection we are seeking the impossible. We are all uniquely

Prayers for healing need not be restricted to personal prayer or restricted to oneliners during Prayers for the People in a worship service.

An absence of the visible and regular public practice of healing prayer in our churches, until the very recent past, is unfortunate. Public healing prayer and healing services are legitimate Christian activities, and have been part of the church since the time of Jesus. Somehow in the 18th century it got shuffled aside.

Let God Work In Mark 6 we read of Jesus sending out the 12 and “they drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.” We read in the book of James: “If you are having trouble, you should pray.

And if you are feeling good, you should sing praises. If you are sick, ask the church leaders to come and pray for you. Ask them to put olive oil on you in the name of the Lord. If you have faith when you pray for sick people, they will get well. The Lord will heal them and if they have sinned, they will be forgiven.”

(James 5:13-15)

Praying for Healing

By Paul Dumbrille, Anglican Fellowship of Prayer Representative Does it Matter That We Pray for Healing?

It is natural and appropriates that we should want a person healed of whatever malady that afflicts them, and so we pray that they be cured.

But what about the situation in which the medical prognosis is that of an incurable disease or affliction? Should we still pray for healing? Yes, I believe we should.

What is Healing Prayer?

I need to establish what I mean by “Healing”. When most of us hear the word “healing” in the context of prayer, or otherwise, we immediately think of remedying a physical affliction or malady of some kind. This is natural enough I suppose, but I think this is an incomplete way of thinking about healing. First, it is not just our bodies that need healing.

There is ample scriptural, scientific and experiential evidence to suggest that heart, mind, body and spirit are all involved in our dis-eases

and that healing involves all these elements. In addition to physical ailments, we are also concerned with the healing of relationships, memories, anxieties, fears--anything that is not whole. Often spiritual and emotional healing is needed before physical healing can take place. Jesus often dealt with the spiritual and non-physical side of those he healed before he dealt with the physical problems. For example in Luke 5 he says “your sins are forgiven” before he says, “Pick up your mat and walk”.

Healing prayer can perhaps best summarized in the phrase: “Christian healing is Jesus Christ meeting a person at his/her point of greatest need.” Jesus does the heal-

imperfect.

Healing is a Process Healing is not a single event it is a process. Physical healing involves a process of diagnosis, preparation, surgery, recovery and aftercare.

Similarly, spiritual healing is a process of recognition confession, absolution, thanksgiving and change.

I think it is important for us to realize that God’s healing power comes to us in many ways and at various rates.

Occasionally, in response to prayer, God intervenes-acts quickly--and what we often refer to as “Miracles” happen. However, miracles do not happen often. More often, healing takes an extended period of time, as people work in cooperation with God. This includes medical staff, spiritual support, and the natural physical and mental processes of the person involved. Sometimes God’s healing is not at all evident to us, and we are given the strength to endure what we don’t understand. We should not try to judge what God should or should not do.

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STEWARDSHIP

Stewardship Cafe Features Parish Conversations

By Derwyn Sangster, Chair, Diocesan Stewardship Subcommittee How can parishes approach legacy giving? How can parishes improve their newcomer hospitality? What electronic tools can make giving easier? How can narrative budgets help a parish to tell its ministry story?

These are some of the stewardship questions that were discussed by participants at a Stewardship Café, ‘Talk with your Neighbour’, held on February 20, 2016, at the Church of the Epiphany.

The Café, organized by the Diocesan Stewardship Subcommittee, attracted 40 participants from seventeen parishes – a strong turnout on a rainy day. A previous café, held in November 2015, at St. James, Carleton Place, attracted 21 participants from 10 parishes.

As its title suggests, the agenda for these events was structured around conversations.

In the morning, participants selected from four available topics and simply gathered around the table where each topic’s discussion leader sat.

These leaders kicked off the conversations on their topic, after which discussions flowed freely, exploring many dimensions of that subject.

Experiences were shared, frustrations aired, suggestions made, and contact information exchanged for further follow up.

Much was shared, and much learned. At both events, the moderator found it so difficult to draw some conversations to a close that several continued right through coffee break and into the next time slot! Engagement prevailed.

Conversations on the four topics were repeated, giving those present a chance to be part of two separate discussions. Relatively formal presentations were made on stewardship best practices and stewardship tips from the secular world. One parish’s stewardship campaign experience was presented as a case study for roundtable discussion and reflection.

The last afternoon session rounded out the informal agenda. Table groups assembled to discuss questions that participants themselves had posted on flip charts earlier in the day. These included topics such as ‘How does a parish say thank you and provide recognition?’, ‘What

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will happen after GIFT?’ or ‘How does a parish initiate a pledge campaign?’

The informal Café approach reflected a belief that participants can learn a great deal from one another through conversation, questions, and answers that draw on their own experience and practical knowledge. Maximizing the opportunity for two-way communication was the guiding principle, with formal ‘talking heads with Power Point’ kept to a minimum.

The flexibility of the agenda culminated in the final session which gave all participants an opportunity, if they wished to take it, to initiate a conversation on a topic of their choice with others interested in the same question.

The format worked extremely well; the most-used assessment was ‘excellent’.

All who completed evaluations reported that their expectations had been met, and the great majority felt they learned things that would be useful in their parish. Several asked if more events of this type were planned.

The Stewardship Subcommittee will indeed look at how, when and where other Cafés and Stewardship Gatherings might be organized across the Diocese. Our thanks to those who led the conversations, and to the energetic and engaged participants who attended!

NEWS

Mass Composed for B.C. Church’s 125th Anniversary

By Anglican Journal This year, the music played at St. Barnabas Church in Victoria on the fourth and fifth Sundays of Lent will be the work of one of their own parishioners: composer Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins.

The composition, a new setting for the Mass, was written in honour of the parish’s 125th anniversary, and after two months of preparation, it will premiere March 6 and 13.

The project began in May 2015, when Martins had a Sanctus/Benedictus movement she had composed performed at a contemporary music concert in Victoria.

“I had a number of friends and performers afterwards asking me when I was going to write a whole Mass,” she recalls. “Although I felt really excited about the project, I didn’t know for sure when it was going to happen. A few weeks later, when the Rev. Travis O’Brian asked me if I would like to write a Mass for St. Barnabas Church, I accepted the project immediately and with much joy.”

While Martin and O’Brian, St. Barnabas’s rector, had originally planned on premiering the mass to coincide with the church’s 125th anniversary celebrations in October 2015, as the music developed Martin felt that its “introspective character” would better suit the Lenten season.

“Technically, my idea for this particular Mass was to relate the physical vibrations inherent to each sound and every piece of music we hear, and to the emotional content of the texts from the ordinary Mass,” she explained.

O’Brien shared Martins’ excitement for the project.

“It is a real joy working with Maria,” he said. “Her enthusiasm is infectious. She speaks about the music taking shape in her head and on paper with a mixture of excitement and reverence that is inspiring. I know the music will be challenging, introspective and finally uplifting: a perfect mood as we begin to anticipate the drama of Holy Week.”

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Safe Harbour Closes Amid Financial Difficulties

By Anglican Journal Ten months after opening to great fanfare, Safe Harbour closed on January 29 due to financial difficulties.

“It’s a pretty sad thing that this is happening,” said Bishop David Edwards, who sat on the Safe Harbour board until a year ago. “We really need it to stay open. It’s necessary. It’s demonstrably necessary.”

In the 10 months, 55 young people sought refuge at the shelter, which sits on land once occupied by St. James Anglican Church on Broad Street in Saint John.

Social workers found alternate housing for all 10 residents before the shelter closed. Fourteen employees were laid off.

The bishop had hoped that funding would be found, perhaps via the province, before the January deadline,

but it was not to be.

The financial problems stem from a $540,000 lien on the building. Not all the construction bills have been paid, due in part to construction cost overruns, a harsh winter last year and the fact that not everyone who made earlier financial commitments to the shelter has kept them.

Safe Harbour board member the Rev. Jasmine Chandra suggests that contacting politicians might help.

“People can donate, contact their MLA, the premier, the Department of Social Development and say this is important,” she said. “We want to see Safe Harbour open.”

The diocese of Fredericton accepts donations to Safe Harbour—online at anglican.nb.ca/giving/index. html, via telephone or in person.

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REFLECTIONS Christ is Risen...

- Continued from page 1 Book of Common Prayer, in the Burial Office, has a beautiful prayer that captures this tension between the harsh reality of Good Friday and the hope of Easter. The prayer at the grave begins: “ In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee O Lord,…”( p. 601, BCP) Our faith never sugar coats reality! Not only is this prayer referring to physical death, but to the constant experience of change and loss that is part of living.

We all have in our minds an idea of what our future will be, but as life unfolds we often find that our life does not reflect this. We face instead the loss of our health or of a job; our family situation changes and a myriad of other things happen that we did not imagine or expect. We can at times feel lost in the face of what life brings. In our spiritual life as well we are on the journey of dying to self, to our old ideas of who we are and what we want and need; on the jour-

ney of seeking to follow after Christ. As we pray “thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” we are asking to die, to let go of our self directed lives, and are asking to have God’s will be the directing force. To die to self, to move from Good Friday to Easter morning, is to place our hope and trust in Christ and to acknowledge that true freedom comes in placing our lives in His hands. This is a constant daily offering of our selves as each day we make a conscious decision to seek His will and to choose to live by the hope of Easter. This

moving from death to resurrection entails coming to see loss and struggle as opportunities to find anew God’s strength, to discover His presence in the midst of the darkness that seems to touch our hearts. Keeping our eyes and hearts fixed on Jesus, as the Letter to the Hebrews challenges us “ fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Heb. 12:2), helps us to see our life in the larger context of the story of salvation. This can give us a sense that our trials and difficulties matter, and indeed that Jesus shares in our struggles and difficulties.

Let us rejoice that as we face the losses and challenges of living, we have the promise of resurrection. We were not destined to be a Good Friday people, but the people of Easter, of hope, life and eternity.

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LIFELONG FORMATION

Anglican Diocese of Ottawa Youth Internship Program

By Donna Rourke, Coordinator, Anglican Diocese of Ottawa Youth Internship Program The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa’s Youth Internship Program (YIP) began as a St. James Manotick Initiative and has morphed into an endeavour supported by not only St. James Manotick but St. Albans, Trinity, the Parish of Huntley and staff from the synod office; with funding for this project provided the Diocese, with extensive by the GiFT Program. This and diverse leadership expeprogram is a great example rience. This session we welof what can happen when come PJ Hobbs and Wendy people connect and are in Muckle as our guest speakers. dialogue with each other!

The success of this project YIP is a diocesan-wide depends on parish leaderprogram for youth in grade ship helping us connect with 11 - 1st Year University. This youth. We welcome converis an 18 month pilot project sations with clergy and youth with two sessions. The first ministry leaders to explore session; January- June and the parish needs that an inthe second begins in Septemtern could support. We also ber 2016 and runs to June welcome new ideas for in2017. This program, through ternship positions. funding by GiFT, provides a We are very excited about new and meaningful way for this project and feel it’s a youth to be attached to the wonderful opportunity for work or a parish, the Ottawa our youth, our churches, our Diocese, or our communidiocesan staff and our comty partners. YIP embodies munity partners to connect many of the priorities and and forge some lasting relapractices noted in Embracing tionships and encourage our God’s Future. youth to take an active role The Youth Internship Proin learning to advocate for gram has three components: themselves, for others, gain 1. Paid Internship - to gain life skills and equally imporwork skills within a parish, tantly learn valuable leaderdiocesan activity, or commuship skills that will benefit us nity partners. all!

2. Faith Formation - workDonna Rourke has been acshops with urban, suburban, tively involved in the delivery of and rural clergy. We are so youth ministries since 2008. She fortunate to have the Revis currently the director of youth erend’s Ross from St James ministries at St. James Manotick.

Manotick, Monique from She continues to play an active Huntley and Arran from role in the Diocesan involvement Trinity Bank St leading these in Canadian Lutheran and Anglisessions. can Youth (CLAY) and Diocesan 3. Leadership skill develYouth Conference (DYC) and is opment will include presenthe Coordinator of the this new tations from community and Youth Internship Program (YIP) business leaders from across We are accepting applications for the next session until April 20, 2016.

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By Nora Joyner, Intern, Anglican Diocese of Ottawa’s Youth Internship Program I’m Nora Joyner, I’m in my senior year at Bell High School, and I go to St. James Anglican Church in Carp. My placement with the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa’s Youth Internship Program is with Crosstalk, as the youth communications intern. In just a month, I’ve already learned a lot; I’ve gotten some valuable work experience as well as attending some amazing events in the Diocese, which you’ll see me write about in the coming months. I’m also part of a group going to the Canadian Lutheran and Anglican Youth conference in Charlottetown this August, where I will be a youth correspondent. I’m really hoping to figure out whether or not I want to study journalism next year by getting a taste of what that career is like.

I’m just one of the six interns who are participating in the first year of this program.

I’d like to introduce you to the others.

Trinity Anglican Church, located on Bank Street in the heart of downtown Ottawa, has three interns participating.

Robert Pascoe is studying child and youth work at Algonquin College, and is spending the semester working with Centre 454, a social services organization downtown. He has done peer support and run some activities, and hopes to make more connections during his internship.

Isabel Macfarlane is in grade 12 at Hillcrest High School, and her placement is with Kairos, an activist NGO. She’s been connecting with churches across Canada, getting feedback on the organization’s Education for Reconciliation Petition Campaign, and hopes to better understand the inner workings of NGOs like Kairos.

Anne Brazeau is also in her last year at Hillcrest, and she’s been working with Habitat for Humanity, an NGO that builds affordable hous-

ing options for individuals that are experiencing financial struggles. Anne has been doing research for a build taking place next year, which is part of the veteran’s build initiative and will provide a home for a member of the military and their family.

St. Alban’s Anglican Church’s Krista Hum is a grade 11 student in the literary arts program at Canterbury High School, and her internship placement is also with Habitat for Humanity. Her biggest motivation in her internship is to make somebody’s life better, even just a little. Krista hopes to help with outreach to get more young volunteers for the organization, as well as participating in a build in the spring.

Thank you to the Youth Internship Program Steering Committee, the GIFT committee, and the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa for providing us with this amazing opportunity!

Diocesan Youth Conference is Back for Round Two

By Jordan Sandrock, Intern, Anglican Diocese of Ottawa’s Youth Internship Program The second annual Diocesan Youth Conference (DYC) is approaching fast. DYC runs for two nights and three days over the May long weekend (May 20 - 22) at Christie Lake Camp near Perth, ON. DYC was designed to create a space specifically geared towards youth between the ages of 13 and 18. At DYC, youth will encounter scripture in new and meaningful ways, experience ancient and modern forms of worship, learn together in focused workshops, and enjoy fantastic social events. DYC allows youth from all over Ottawa and beyond to come together in the unity of Christ and build community with others from across the Diocese.

The theme verse for this

year’s conference is “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am with them” (Matthew 18:20).

Throughout the course of the weekend, youth will have the opportunity to explore this verse through prayer, conversation, and celebration together.

Throughout DYC, there will be camp-wide gatherings. These gatherings will be kept upbeat thanks to a band led by fan-favourite Zack

Ingles. Zack has previously been part of the music team at the Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth gathering, a national youth conference held in a different city every two years.

Youth will have also access to many of the activities that Christie Lake Camp has to offer including sports equipment and a climbing wall.

Other things that they can look forward to include an interfaith workshop with guest speaker Brian Carawana and “Bishop’s Bear Pit” a question and answer session with the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa’s very own Bishop John Chapman.

For more information, check out DYC’s Facebook Page: facebook.com/dycottawa Registration is available through the Sign-Up tab.

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ANGLICAN CHURCH WOMEN

Bales for the Arctic

By Evelyn Presley, Canadian & Overseas Mission, Anglican Church Women, Anglican Diocese of Ottawa The Bales for the North packing dates are now set.

Please join us at the time and place most convenient to you.

Bale Packing East: Monday, April 25, 2016 St John’s Church, 67 Fowler St. in Richmond, Ontario Bale Packing West: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 St Columba’s Church 24 Sandridge Road, Ottawa, Last year we were blessed to team up with two different groups, which enabled us to send some of our bales more cheaply. Here is a note excerpted from the annual

report of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, one of our new partners.

“Anglican Support from Eastern Canada Bales for the North is a program started by Anglican Church Women of the Diocese of Ottawa. They supply quilts, household items, clothing, baby clothing, knitted articles, etc. Our contact, Evelyn Presley, worked with us to ship over 30 shipping boxes to Aklavik, Inuvik, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk and Ulukhaktok. Piggy backing on our SSVP program allowed for a dramatic reduction in their transportation costs which will help to assure that Bales for the North continues in the future.”

I am looking forward to meeting up with so many of you again this spring,

Anglican Church Women Annual Meeting

2015 Calendars Report

By Cynthia Greer, Diocesan Calendar Secretary We at St Mark’s Mothers’ Union took over the whole process of ordering and distributing calendars this past year and have found it to be an interesting learning experience with a steep learning curve. As I took over from Cathy Hannah, I discovered how hectic it can be at times.

Again a huge thank you Cathy for your many years as ‘Calendar girl’.

We ordered 3,440 calendars, and sold all except 2.

A sincere thank you to everyone who was involved in any way with the success of the project. By the end of Synod all our calendars had been picked up, so thanks to the priests and lay members of Synod for helping deliver very slippery calendars!

Because we order in bulk to one address we do not pay freight. We will continue to

do that as it makes a big difference to your costs.

I attended the A.C.W. Annual in Pakenham along with some of our Mothers’ Union members, to get to know as many of you as possible. Although I don’t yet know the calendar people by sight, I do know your names, and am beginning to learn the ins and outs of the multipoint parishes, and which St Mary’s or St John’s is which.

The whole process went very smoothly, and Margaret Lodge prepared a deanery/ parish spread sheet which has made everything easier and clearer. Margaret is the computer user, I still do a lot of it on paper, but between us it has worked very well.

The ACW mailing which goes to each church has details for ordering, and there is a cut off order form to send back or give to me at the Annual.

You will be able to pick up your calendars at the Altar Guild Annual Diocesan Meeting, Synod, my home, or the calendar ‘depot’ at Jackie Sorfleet’s, also a parishioner at St Mark’s. Thank you too Jackie.

I will put a reminder in the June edition of Crosstalk, as calendars must be ordered before the end of June. It’s never too soon to start preparing. In fact I already have the order from Petawawa.

Hoping to hear from you all in the spring.

Saturday, May 14 9:30am - 3pm St. Helen’s Church, Orleans (1234 Prestone Drive) Please join us for a time of fellowship and a thought-provoking guest speaker

Respect and Reconciliation, Steps Along the Way Registration is at 9:30am $12 Holy Eucharist 10am Annual Business, Lunch, Guest Speaker If you are a working woman, who would be unable to attend a Wednesday meeting, this day is for you.

If you are a ‘mature’ woman, invite a younger friend along, to share some stories.

For our faithful membership, please talk this up among your group, choose a driver and come along.

Please register yourself or your group before May 6. sgseguin@rogers.com or (613) 749-9101

photo:

This CartoonChurch.com cartoon by Dave Walker originally appeared in the Church Times.

Show your school spirit!

Know a student who’s going to college?

Send them with a loving prayer and a Hope Bear dressed in a scarf of their college colours.

Perfect for graduation too!

Contact AFC to order.

www.anglicanfoundation.org

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DIOCESAN ARCHIVES

Ottawa East Deanery Colourizing and NOT Seeing Red.

By Glenn J Lockwood The beginnings of Saint Mary’s Church Russell date back to 23 April 1856 when James and Janet Turnbull donated a half acre of lot 11, concession three to the Diocese of Toronto. A frame church is shown in Duncanville on Henry F. Walling’s 1862 wall map of the eastern counties. Duncanville had not always been Duncanville. A post office named Russell was established at the hamlet of Castor on 6 July 1848, named for the township. Postmaster, John Duncan, managed to get the place name changed, to take his name, hence Duncanville, but the post office name remained Russell.

In 1862, Russell was part of the Mission of Osgoode, Russell & Cumberland, renamed Osgood & Russell the following year.

By 1865, Russell belonged to the Parish of Cumberland along with outstations at Navan and Sparrow’s (until 1868). Canaan was added to this mission in 1869, and Anglican GIFT GRANTS Bearbrook in 1876.

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the parish was renamed Osgoode with Metcalfe.

The brick Saint Mary’s Church we see here was built between 1885 and 1887 on a new site and Bishop John Travers Lewis consecrated it as Saint Mary’s Church, Duncanville on 18 March 1888. The old house of worship was sold in 1894 to local Baptists and moved away. The name of the parish changed in 1887 to Osgoode & Russell, adding outstations at Greely in 1890 and Vernon in 1895. In 1900 the parish of Russell was formed, with an outstation at Edwards. parsonage was1 2 7/25/14 A1:37 PM Page

obtained by 1902. A congregation at Crysler joined this parish in 1933.

What we see here is a colourized postcard of Saint Mary’s dating from circa the 1910s.

What colourizing entailed in an era before the advent of colour photography was that templates were created so that colour could be printed by machinery on black and white photographs taken on the spot. Here, for example, blue was added to the sky, green to the trees and roofs, and a bricky red on the walls of the buildings. Such colourizing was done at a distance, either in large cities, or

OUR IM IS TO SUPPORT VIBRANT MINISTRIES

GIFT Grants Committee is now accepting applications.

as often as not, in European countries such as Germany.

Those doing the colourizing had no idea as to the actual colours, and made what they thought were likely guesses.

In 1934, the Saint Mary’s vestry learned that Mary (Stevenson) Hayes willed most of her estate to the parish, including a $5,000 mortgage on the family farm (then owned by her brother). Had her will been carried out, it would have left him seeing red. In the midst of the Depression he either would have to pay off the mortgage, or sell the farm and chattels, leaving his family penniless and without a home. The parish simply cancelled the mortgage.

Some 56 years later two daughters made a sizeable donation to St Mary’s, noting, “no one can ever know what great relief and peace of mind...this lifting of the mortgage debt brought to all the members of our family, especially to...parents who were struggling to raise...children. For us, the children, it had a far-reaching and longlasting impact on our lives for it meant we could continue on to school or college and

thus attain our goals -- thus much of our success, without a doubt, is attributed to the benevolence of your church.”

Who says that parish history is not uplifting? Even colourful?

Numerous repairs and renovations were undertaken at Saint Mary’s during the first half of the twentieth century. Construction of a new parish hall at Russell began in October 1958, and Bishop Ernest S. Reed dedicated the hall on 18 April 1961. The old rectory was sold in 1962 and another house purchased to serve in that capacity. ___________ If you would like to help the Archives preserve the records of the Diocese, why not become a Friend of the Archives? Your $20 membership brings you three issues of the Newsletter, and you will receive a tax receipt for further donations above that amount.

Diocesan Archives 51 R10 1 A colourized postcard of Saint Mary’s Church, Russel, Ontario, as photographed circa 1920

IT’S EASY BEING

GREEN

It is vital that we work together to grow stronger. The Diocese of Ottawa aims to strengthen our parishes, with their partners, as they start up new projects or enhance existing ones consistent with a GIFT Case for Support. All parishes in the Diocese of Ottawa are eligible to apply for GIFT funding.

Visit the GIFT website at growinginfaithtogether.ca for more information about the granting process and for the following documents: • • • •

Grant Application Grant Committee Policies Grant Application Evaluation Sheet FAQs

FIND OUT WHAT ARCHBISHOP FRED HILTZ MEANS AT FREDSAYS.CA

Deadlines for submissions for 2015 are: • January 31 • May 31 • October 31 For more information, please reach Andy Moody, Chair, GIFT Grants Committee at gift@growinginfaithtogether.ca

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CALENDAR logian, philosopher, and scholar of multidisciplinary studies.

Registration: (613) 432-8852 george@hermanson.ca Info: www.thomasjayoord.com

March 25

Requiem: At 7:30pm at Wakefield Community Centre (Wakefield, Quebec).

The Choir of St. John the Evangelist and The Strings of St. John’s will present Bob Chilcott’s Requiem and many more shorter pieces of beautiful music for Holy Week. Feat. Gordon Johnston (conductor), Janet Roy (concertmaster).

Tickets: $20 Info: (613) 232-4500 www.stringsofstjohns.ca St. Luke’s Passion: At 3pm at Christ Church Cathedral (414 Sparks St).

James MacMillan’s “St. Luke’s Passion”, sung by the Cathedral Choirs with Orchestra.

Tickets and Info: (613) 236-9149 x12 (613) 567-1787

March 28

Prayer and a Pint: At 7:15pm at Good Shepherd Barrhaven (3500 Fallowfield Rd, unit 5). Join us for this men’s prayer group. We meet monthly for Evening Prayer, followed by a cold beverage at the Royal Canadian Legion next door. All men are welcome.

Info: (613) 823-8118 goodshepherdbarrhaven.ca

March 31

Public Lecture, The Uncontrolling Love of God: At 7:30pm at Kitchissippi United Church (630 Island Park Dr). Theologian Thomas Jay Oord will address the issue of evil (theodicy) and the love of God. Registration: (613) 432-8852 george@hermanson.ca Info: www.thomasjayoord.com

April 01 - 02

Issues of Providence in Light of Good and Evil:

At Madawaska Institute for Religion and Culture. An interactive gathering feat.

Thomas Jay Oord; a theo-

April 03

Jazz Vespers: At 4:30pm at All Saints, Westboro (347 Richmond Rd). Jazz Vespers is a very present form of a very ancient tradition.

Come and be moved, comforted, uplifted, outraged, or whatever else you may need.

And come and hear how these musicians interpret the centuries.

Info: (613) 240-0404 ekbrown@bell.net St. Luke’s Recital Series: At 7:30pm at St. Luke’s (760 Somerset St West). Cycling Around Britain: Feat. Norman E. Brown (baritone) with Frédéric Lacroix (piano) performing song cycles and piano solos by British composers including Ralph Vaughan William’s Songs of Travel and Gerald Finzi’s Let Us Garlands Bring. Admission by donation.

Info: (613) 235-3416 stlukesottawa.ca/connect/recitalseries

music@stlukesottawa.ca

Lessons and Motets: At 4:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral (414 Sparks St).

Lessons and Motets for Eastertide.

April 09

Annual Art Exhibit and Sale: From 10:30-3pm At St. Mark’s (1606 Fisher Ave).

Original works by more than 40 local artists.

Admission: $2 for adults, free for children under 12.

Info: (613) 224-7431 stmarks@stmarksottawa.ca PWRDF Annual Workshop: From 9-2:30pm at All Saints Westboro (347 Richmond Rd). Zaire Bastos, PWRDF Development Director, will speak about the DFATD funded Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Program in 4 African countries. Diocesan Refugee Coordinator, Don Smith, will also be on hand during a focus on the Syrian Refugee Crisis; what PWRDF and Anglicans are doing both overseas and in Canada.

Info: (613) 233-4118 ottawa.anglican.ca/PWRDF.html

April 09

Spring Garage Sale: From 8:30 to noon at Church

CALENDAR of the Resurrection (3191 Riverside Dr). Offering items from Good to Better to Best.

Book Nook in the portable.

Info: (613) 733-3583 churchresurrection@rogers.com

church-resurrection.on.ca

April 10

Cathedral Evensong: At 4:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral (414 Sparks St).

150 Year Celebration: At 10:30am at St Thomas, Stittsville (1619 Stittsville Main St). St. Thomas continues to celebrate 150 years of worship. Join us as we enjoy the choir of the Men and Boys from Christ Church Cathedral.

Info: stthomasstittsville.ca

April 15

PaintNite Fundraiser: At 7pm at the Anglican Parish of Huntley (3774 Carp Rd). Please joint his exciting PaintNite held right in the Carp community! Money raised will help support the 10 youth who are attending the CLAY gathering with 600 young Christians from across Canada.

Tickets: bit.ly/1RbtfgA

April 16 - 17

190th Year of Ministry: At St. James Church of Maitland.

Info: grenvilleanglicans.com

British-themed refreshments, cash bar, and silent auction.

Proceed will support the Girls’ Choir tour to England and Germany in July.

Tickets: $20

April 23

Dinner and Concert: At 6pm at St. Mark’s (1606 Fisher Ave). In celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday (April 21) our musical theme is “a Musical Review of the Queen’s 90 Year”. A Roast Beef dinner and singing by Garth Hampson.

Tickets: $30 Info: (613) 224-7431 stmarks@stmarksottawa.ca

April 24

Cathedral Evensong: At 4:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral (414 Sparks St).

April 27

Brotherhood of Anglican Churchmen Lunch: At 12 noon at the Army Officers Mess (149 Somerset St).

BAC and friends monthly lunch, is open to all Anglican men in the Diocese and their spouses and friends. Jacket and tie are required.

Info: (613) 746-8037 butlerd@hotmail.com

April 17

Cathedral Evensong: At 4:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral (414 Sparks St).

St. Luke’s Recital Series: At 7:30pm at St. Luke’s (760 Somerset St West).

The Carpenters of Song: A concert celebrating the musicians and poets of Wales; feat. Mary Muckle (harp), Julie Leduc (harp), Marilyn Jenkins (soprano), the Welsh chorus Cantorion Cerdd Dant and the Ottawa Youth Harp Ensemble. Admission by donation.

Info: (613) 235-3416

May 01

St. Luke’s Recital Series: At 7:30pm at St. Luke’s (760

Somerset St West). Thomas Brawn (flute) and Jonathan Bayley (flute) with Robert Jones (organ). We celebrate May Day with music by composers whose names begin with M; including Mozart, Marcello, and Massenet. Admission by donation.

Info: (613) 235-3416 stlukesottawa.ca/connect/recitalseries

music@stlukesottawa.ca

May 01-08

Julian Festival: At Julian of Norwich (8 Withrow Ave).

Info: saintrichards.ca julianofnorwichottawa@gmail.com

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May 02

Ordination: At 7pm at Christ Church Cathedral (414 Sparks St). God willing, Mr. Ryan Boivin, Ms. Victoria Scott and Dr. MaryCatherine Garden will be ordained transitional deacons and Dr. Caroline Ducros will be ordained deacon. Clergy are invited to robe and the liturgical colour is red.

May 06

Brotherhood of Anglican Churchmen & Friends Scholarship Dinner: At St. Thomas (2345 Alta Vista Dr). The evening begins with evening prayer at 6pm, followed by a roast turkey dinner at 6:30pm, and ending with a lively hymn sing after the dinner. The dinner is the 22nd Annual fund-raiser for a scholarship to a postulant in the Anglican Studies Program at Saint Paul University in Ottawa.

Tickets: $35 with a $15 tax receipt.

Connect with the Diocese are several ways that you can connect with There the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa www.facebook.com/OttawaAnglican @OttawaAnglican

stlukesottawa.ca/connect/recitalseries

music@stlukesottawa.ca

April 22

British Invasion: At 7pm at Christ Church Cathedral (414 Sparks St). A celebration of music and culture, from light classics, to folk, to the popular songs that climbed to the top of the charts, with the Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa Girls’ Choir and friends.

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www.ottawa.anglican.ca