June 2022 Issue

Archbishop Welby stands with a group of Indigenous leaders in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Celebrating Indigenous Culture and Heritage

Diocesan Communications

Cathedral Hosts Platinum Jubilee Service

This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth. To commemorate this extraordinary occasion, there ...

Diocesan Communications

Mobilizing People for Mission

All around us, we find transition and renewal permeating every aspect of our lives. This is often true at the ...

Bill Mous

Fiercely Loved, In-Person!

Our third annual diocesan Pride celebration, Fiercely Loved: Born This Way, takes place on Sunday, June 12 at 4:00 p.m. ...

Penny Anderson

Building a Curriculum of Justice and Peace

The Anti-Racism Working Group (ARWG) is underway mapping the groundwork for an anti-racism training course to be launched early in ...

Sarah Bird

The Parish MAP Process: God is Doing a New Thing

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs ...

Emily Hill

Settler and Indigenous person celebrate the two row wampum and the dish with one spoon

New Land and Territorial Acknowledgement Tool for the Diocese

In the midst of National Indigenous History Month last June, I bungled the land acknowledgement. It was the start of ...

Deirdre Pike

Bishop Receives Honorary Degree

Trinity College has conferred a Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) upon the Bishop Susan Bell, in recognition of her distinguished ...

Diocesan Communications

Love in the Time of a Pandemic

Editor’s Note: The June 2022 issue highlights the three ecumenical chaplaincies supported by the Diocese of Niagara at Brock University, ...

Andy Crowell

Ecumenism at Brock University

Editor’s Note: The June 2022 issue highlights the three ecumenical chaplaincies supported by the Diocese of Niagara at Brock University, ...

Krista Hilton

Graduating in a Pandemic

Editor’s Note: The June 2022 issue highlights the three ecumenical chaplaincies supported by the Diocese of Niagara at Brock University, ...

Andrew Hyde

Youth Synod Dives Deep into the Housing Crisis

Youth and volunteers from parishes across the diocese gathered virtually on Zoom last March to dive deep into the social ...

Sarah Bird

The Challenge of Unconditional Love

I married a Canadian and moved to Toronto in 1987. I spoke to my parents in London by phone every ...

Michael Coren

Basic Income Now for the Ontario Election

This is an important time to advocate for a basic income, as the Ontario provincial election is fast approaching and ...

Kerry Lubrick

Nimbly Walking the Way of Love

Greetings from the Episcopal Dioceses of Western New York and Northwest Pennsylvania! First, I want to express that it has ...

Diana Leiker

Seeing and Seeing Again

“God does not wait until we die to begin this process of opening to the full vista of God’s Glory ...

Max Woolaver

New Baptismal Resource for the Lending Library

Today Is a Baptism Day by Anna V. Ostenso can now be found in the diocesan lending library. This children’s ...

Sarah Bird

Spiritual Formation and Learning the Cello

I don’t often read books more than once, though I feel I should. C. S. Lewis said it’s the mark ...

John Bowen

Caring for Our Beautiful Churches

Outside… To celebrate the Season of Creation in September, Climate Justice Niagara would like to showcase some of the amazing ...

Sue Carson