December 2024 Issue

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Advent, the Season for Being Missionally Minded

150th Synod Inspires a Hope-Filled Look at ‘Faith in the Future’ 

November 2, 2024, marked a historic moment in the Diocese of Niagara — the 150th Synod! The theme for this ...

The Gospel According to the Grinch

Stories are mysterious things. Some of them crop up in every culture across the centuries.  Sometimes they turn up in ...

We’re Dreaming of a Greener Christmas

The Climate Justice Niagara committee would like to wish everyone a very Green Christmas.  Below are some ideas to ensure ...

The Bishop’s Charge to Synod

Dear members of Synod, dear people of God:  how can we have faith in the future?  We live bravely in ...

Forgiveness Without an Apology

Of all the things I thought might happen in my life, my name being spoken by a film star on ...

Anniversary Fund Will Invest in Priestly Formation

At Synod, Bishop Susan Bell launched a special endowment fund to mark the diocese’s sesquicentennial. This 150th Anniversary Curacy Fund ...

Holiday Hope Program – Helping families and seniors thrive this season 

The Holiday Hope program at St. Matthew’s House supports families with children under 17 and seniors over 55 who live ...

Cathedral Overflows with Faith

On Sunday, October 27, 49 candidates came to Christ’s Church Cathedral to be confirmed, received, or to reaffirm their faith. ...

Feedback is the Breakfast of Champions

If I had known how bad the email was going to be, I would have opened it more carefully. It ...

Poverty Trends 2024: Finding our Place in Systemic Change: Canada’s poverty measures are moving in the wrong direction 

In the latest Poverty Trends report by the Citizens for Public Justice, and the last before Canada’s next federal election, ...
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