Dear Friend of the Cathedral Did you know that this week begins the ecumenical, worldwide Season of Creation, four weeks culminating on October 4 with the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. You can read about the Anglican Church of Canada’s commitment to this proposed liturgical season and related material...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral Perhaps, like me, you have always loved this time of year when our minds and bodies have relaxed in the summer heat and we feel new energy pouring back into us as we undertake new projects. There will be some suggestions this week for things...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral, Let us pause for a few minutes to acknowledge joy – the joy of friendship and the support of the church community, the joy of the chance to relax in the warm summer weather, the joy of lifting our spirits into the presence of God....
Dear Friend of the Cathedral We are delighted to announce that last week our director of Music, Patrick Wedd, was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, joining some very distinguished musicians, including a previous Cathedral organist, Alfred Whitehead, and Derek Holman, composer of the setting...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral There are some urgent calls out for volunteers most immediately to support the Cathedral’s participation in the St Catherine’s street fair on Friday July 15, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17. People are needed to stand or sit by the cathedral’s table where there will be...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral, Summer – an excellent time to relax with a good book or, if you’re in town, attend a beautiful concert at the cathedral. We have suggestions for both activities. Episkopé has put together an excellent reading list with a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books....
Dear Friend of the Cathedral You are warmly invited to a number of events happening in and around the cathedral during the next few days. Several of these events reflect our desire to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to action. Ø The Diocesan Synod meets on Saturday beginning with...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral If you were at the reception and presentation offered to the cathedral last Tuesday by the organisers of the capital campaign I’m sure you would agree that it was a special occasion. Bob King chaired the evening, Bishop Mary Irwin blessed it, Paul Kennington spoke...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral Have you received your invitation to the Preview Launch of the Cathedral’s Major Fundraising Campaign? Our campaign leaders, from both within the congregation and the wider community have been hard at work earning the support of community leaders and major donors, and are eager to...
Did you hear Jean-Jacques Goulet and Josée Lemoine being interviewed on Radio Canada by Catherine Perrin on Wednesday morning? Josée, a former parishioner, and Jean-Jacques, a member of the cathedral’s ministry team, were ordained priests on May 15. If you follow the link below to the Radio Canada archives you...