In a week’s time, a group of pilgrims from the Cathedral would have been on their way for a pilgrimage to Iona, a tiny island in the inner Hebrides, off the coast of Mull on the West of Scotland. Seen from here in Montreal, or even from London England, Iona...
This will be our third NUIT BLANCHE and with three different choirs, live jazz, candlelit compline, more fair trade FREE HOT CHOCOLATE than ever before and throwback displays highlighting the 60s (imagine… read about special prayers for Expo ’67 and a funky ballet mass…) plus a vintage NFB film featuring Leonard Cohen,...
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...
Photo: On a beach in Morocco, people take up the posture of little Aylan Kurdi, whose whose death sounded a wake-up call to the world, How are you responding personally to the refugee crisis? By endorsing the recommendations of Canadian organizations that work with refugees, about how to ramp up our...
Robert has attended Open Door meetings every Tuesday evening since meetings started in September 2001 (except for a couple of health-related absences) – much as many of you, and I, have been at church every Sunday morning for many years. The principal likeness is that for many who attend, Open...
Last week we invited you to reflect on the creative power of God, making each of us from dust. This Saturday (Feb 28 2015) Nuit Blanche at the Cathedral showcases creativity working through us individually and in community: music, liturgy, art works, poems, film, and more. The art display will be...
The holiday season bombards us with sounds both sacred and secular, with scriptures so familiar that hearing them fresh is a challenge, and with old and perhaps unconscious scripts of what family and gifts mean to us. Perhaps you saw or spoke to friends and family members, people you don’t...