ARTICLES

Men’s Breakfast in Jordan

by Mike Dudar In 2019 St. John’s Anglican Church (Jordan) celebrated ten years of the Men’s Breakfast Club. Parish Counsel had discussed forming a Men’s

The George Express Youth Music Program

The young singers of St. George’s, St. Catharines, have been maturing into truly remarkable musicians and contributors to the life of our parish under the

Tragedy To Triumph

by Antonio Ilias On a dark Saturday night in August 2019, Zenaida, one of our local farmworkers from Mexico, was involved in a fatal hit-and-run

From The Editor

By the time you read this … It will be Lent. But I’m not there yet.  That’s the one challenge with editing a monthly newspaper — early

Holy Trinity Chippawa – 200th Anniversary

The Church of the Holy Trinity, commonly known as Holy Trinity, Chippawa, is celebrating 200 years. Located south of Niagara Falls in the Village of

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The Deacon’s Bench

by The Reverend Deacon Jean Ruttan-Yates In 1 John 3:18, we read “little children let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth

Executive Archdeacon Named

Bishop Susan Bell is pleased to announce the appointment of Canon Bill Mous to serve as our diocesan executive officer, effective February 1, 2020, in

An Open Letter to the People of Niagara

Dear Friends, So we’ve all read the statistics and we’re in shock.  But are we really?  I rather feel that the “bombshell” of the National

A Year-Long Celebration

by Beryl Martin The congregation of St. David’s (Welland) embarked on a year-long celebration of our 70 years of ministry beginning on St. David’s Day

Diocesan Staff Retirements

The Venerable John Rathbone Archdeacon John Rathbone, who has diligently served as our diocesan archivist for more than a quarter of a century, will retire

Done and Left Undone

by Archdeacon Val Kerr Being in a relationship can mean we open ourselves to being hurt. We find out our friend has gossiped about us,

Elders For Climate Sanity

by Rose Jansen “My granddaughter tells me she will not be having any children because the world will be too awful by the time her

Synod Council Update

At its final meeting of 2019, Secretary of Synod Bill Mous expressed thanks to members for their leadership, and thanked outgoing members. Canon Christyn Perkons