Patrick, Patrick, Patrick & Patrick – playing Messiaen Saturday 4:30 pm, directing the Carol Service Sunday 4 pm, six Bach recitals 2018, AND a special invitation for Epiphany – Bible Study and Fair Trade Kiosque this Sunday (Dec 17), link to Rising Up blog and item about Fair Trade –...
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...
As we get ready for Candlemas and pancakes, we pack away our Alleluias until Easter and, our Christmas decorations until next year. Maybe your collection of ornaments, like mine, includes some that have been broken and mended more than once. They still have sentimental value. But sometimes the thing is really beyond...
I completely understand the innkeeper who answered the knock on his door to find two strangers, complete with donkey and a child about to be born. I understand his frustration, his exhaustion, his feeling of having nothing more to give. His not wanting to linger at the threshold explaining. He’s...
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...
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...
Here is a poem by Mary Karr, suggested by Rhonda for contemplation this week. It’s the perfect antidote to those toomany sweets!
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...
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...
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...