June 2024

From Afghani Nightmare to Canadian Dream

Barbara Ruttan

Reconciliation in Action: Deepening Cultural Competence

St. Matthew’s House staff, board, and volunteers, as well as community partners from the Afro-Canadian Caribbean Association (ACCA) recently benefitted ...

Renee Wetselaar

Anniversary Celebration Planned for Synod

In November, Anglicans from Arthur to Fort Erie and all points in between will gather at the Burlington Convention Centre ...

Diocesan Communications

Cathedral Café to Keep its Doors Open

The City of Hamilton has asked that the Cathedral Café, a collaborative partnership between St. Matthew’s House and Christ’s Church ...

Diocesan Communications

Carolinian Forest Tract Lasting Legacy of Chief Johnson

The Grand River Territory of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy is the largest intact mainland Carolinian ecosystem in Canada. I recall the ...

John Bacher

Rhythms of Renewal

As the children, youth and family coordinator for St. David’s, Welland, I was excited to take part in my first ...

Alison Steele

Ordained to the Ministry of Deacon

On May 26, Bishop Susan Bell ordained 5 new deacons to serve God’s Church. The Reverend Tom Vaughan, co-rector of ...

Diocesan Communications

Fiercely Loved Service Returns

Just in time for Pride month, Fiercely Loved is here! The service at Christ’s Church Cathedral on June 9 at ...

Penny Anderson

Reaching Out and Reaching In: Music Ministry as Community Engagement

Just before I came on-board as director of music at St. John’s Elora, the parish ratified a new vision statement ...

Diocesan Communications

The Creed Means Freedom

Denise had been involved in church for many years before she finally gave up. One of the many things that ...

John Bowen

An Unlikely Pair: Meditation and Beer

After living in my neighbourhood, forming relationships, and trying to listen for what the unchurched people I came across needed, ...

Susie Kim

Did The Anglican Communion Change in 1963?

Historians from Canada and elsewhere recently met in Toronto to try to determine whether the Anglican Communion was changed forever ...

Alan Hayes

Coaching Helps Clergy Run the Race Well

This summer many of us will be glued to our TVs or social media sites to watch the Olympics in ...

Colin Johnson