Newsletter, April 19, 2018

Congratulations and good wishes – Palliative Care Workshop – Invitation to discuss the Indian Act – Pain partage et prière, Hungry Minds, Reading Group, Lunch n’ chat, Social Service Society meeting – Come share your ideas for Journées de la culture over a glass of wine and a meal! Dear...

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Newsletter April 12, 2018

Cheerfulness breaks through – Cathedral Dancers at St Matthias – Piano recital Saturday – Tea featured at Fair Trade Kiosk Sunday – Sunday evensong and installation of Jesse Zink as Principal and new Board of Directors for Diocesan College – Cathedral Forum – Hungry Minds – New doorbell – Marriage...

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Newsletter April 5, 2018

Easter thank-yous – “the winter is past” – Gentle assisted death for George and Shirley – Links to Federal and Provincial statutes and a new Anglican Study Guide re medically assisted suicide – Patrick Wedd’s Bach recital – Events this Sunday – Study about faith formation in the over 60s...

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Newsletter 2018.03.22

Dear Friend of the Cathedral In three more days we will be at the beginning of the holiest week in the Christian year. From Palm Sunday when we celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and hear the Passion story presented as a drama under the direction of Rosemary Cass-Beggs, to...

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Newsletter 2018.03.09

Laetare Sunday (Lent 4) and 4 reasons to rejoice: Induction Sunday, Nuit blanche success, James Roberts’ retirement, safe arrival of Kat’s daughter … Notice re AGVM … Fair Trade Boutique … La Cathédrale le soir … Pain, partage et prière … Hungry Minds … Cathedral book group reads Map of...

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Week of March 1, 2018

Dear Friend of the Cathedral As the weather warms and Lent progresses we dare to think that Spring and Easter are close at hand. The Lent study course, looking at different ways to pray, continues next Monday in Cathedral Place with a session on the Psalms led by Gideon Strauss....

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Week of February 22, 2018

Nuit blanche: concerts, displays and short movies by Indigenous filmmakers – Rising up blog video about Cathedral spire – Syrian family we are sponsoring, update – Forum budget deficit, some requests for help: coffee hour, Sunday School, Last Sunday Lunch, making a pledge – Lunch n’ Chat – “Teach us...

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Week of February 8, 2018

Dear Friend of the Cathedral In church this Sunday we will be singing Alleluia for the last time before Easter – but what joyous alleluias they will be as we welcome Bertrand Olivier to the Cathedral. There will be a combined service at 10 am for the 10 o’clock and...

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Week of February 1, 2018

Beginnings – Candlemas – Bertrand soon with us – Mardi Gras and Lent – Bible study in Lent – Patrick plays Bach – PPP– SJAG and aboriginal issues – LGBTQ+ skating party – The Essex Serpent – Forum – Notice of General Vestry Meeting – Nuit blanche programme – Compline...

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Week of January 18, 2018

Prayer for Christian Unity (theme chosen by Caribbean churches; our clergy) – SJAG meeting with lawyer Catherine Fagan as speaker on Aboriginal issues Feb 4 – Welcoming Bertrand Olivier as Dean – Pancake Supper – Ash Wednesday – Collecting socks – Helping in Sunday School – Making a pledge –...

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