The Longest Night

As the world stands witness to so many awful situations, in the face of famines, enormous fires, refugee crises, and small and larger injustices far and, yes, near… this season of waiting acquires new depth. The Cathedral is preparing for celebratory offerings of music (Messaien’s l’Enfance du Christ at 4:30 pm on...

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The Cathedral Creche

      This Cathedral is proud to support Action Réfugiés Montréal, and is actively preparing to sponsor a refugee family here in Montreal.  This Creche is an outward symbol of our commitment.  The creche figures were made in the early 1940s by mothers and children whose fathers were leaving...

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The Dean’s Christmas Letter

Cathedrals are growing – and Christ Church Cathedral is growing too.    “Cathedrals offer place of peace and prayer in busy lives”  And many people do love Christ Church Cathedral – for many and diverse reasons. Some have family connections here going back over generations. Some love the simple spirituality...

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Watching and Waiting

by Rhonda Waters, Associate Priest Advent is my favourite season of the church year. I love the themes of hope and light, the way the promise of Christ and the promise of the Kingdom intertwine, the way that past becomes present becomes future. Perhaps most of all, I love the...

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