Woo hoo! God is good! These exclamations echoed round the cathedral office when Paul and the wardens received the latest pledging update from our treasurer, Jane. There are more pledges to come, but so far 37 people have pledged a total of $91,472, an impressive average of $2,472 per annual...
Forget “Merry Christmas” – a more appropriate holiday greeting is “Be not afraid” (perhaps the response could be “Thank you. Nor you”) Not only would this better capture the tone of the Christmas story, echoing the angel’s greetings to Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds, it would better address the emotional...
December 10 was International Human Rights Day and the world’s biggest grassroots event for human rights, Write for Rights organised by Amnesty International. The Cathedral’s Amnesty Action Amnistie will meet in the Chapter House after the 10 am service on Sunday when you are invited to join in writing letters or signing...
It’s a wonderful time of year! Last weekend was full of joyful celebrations culminating in a beautiful service of lessons and carols for Advent. Do make a note in your diary of the Christmas service of music, readings and dance taking place on Sunday Dec 20 at 4 pm. You can...
by Kat Speeckaert As my church life starts gearing up for Advent I find myself, once again, filled with a heavy dread. I hate this season. The past few years have been marked by the same feeling of wanting this to not be happening. I want Advent to be over....
This week our hearts are full of sadness as we hear about acts of violent terrorism around the world. Our prayers are with the victims and their families. Perhaps we remember with Madeleine L’Engle that It was a time like this, War and tumult of war, a horror in the...
At the Cathedral, Advent and Christmas are marked with special music and prayers as well as additional opportunities for study, prayer, and fellowship. See below for all the Advent and Christmas events on offer. Click here to download the Cathedral’s seasonal brochure, which includes all the events as well as...
This article was originally published in the column “Ask a Chaplain” on the McGill Christians Blog. The McGill Christians Blog is a student-led initiative, overseen by an ecumencial editorial board and publishing student writing on their experiences of being Christian on campus. This is my attempt to answer the question:...
What’s happening at the cathedral in the next few weeks? We are asking you to help in many ways but also offering you many opportunities for spiritual, physical and cultural refreshment. The demands are not great, the offerings are very rich, the personal rewards are great. We hope there is...
There is a great to deal at the Cathedral for us to remember with gratitude. First, and most important, this is the time to think about all the benefits we have received from the cathedral and the ways in which have participated and would like to participate this coming year....
The theme of Connecting comes up again this week. There will be multiple opportunities for connecting during November, the period of the annual stewardship campaign. Cathedral parishioners are a very generous community, giving their money, energy, time and talents to many causes. A stewardship campaign is an opportunity to say...
There are three very important community events to highlight this week: A gathering on October 31 of cathedral members interested in discovering volunteer ministries. A special concert on November 6 will raise money for the music programme. A celebratory supper on November 28 with a silent auction which will raise...