Learning to be curious
Recently, Jo, one of my neighbours stopped me in the parking lot. “Do you hear the hammering every evening around 6 p.m. from Rick’s apartment?” ...
Written by
Lisa Alexander
Writing letters for social justice
On Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, during the season of Advent, about 40 people gathered at Christ Church Cathedral to act for social justice. Those gathered learned about human ...
Written by
Susan MacRae
St. John’s parishioners tour local restaurants to share food and fellowship
It has been said that eating together is a blessing that fosters connection and gratitude. It can also just be fun! That is why a ...
Written by
Maureen Polard
The church and the culture of addiction
Facebook knows me (almost) better than God knows me In capitalism’s latest phase, we are the products being bought and sold. If we think we ...
Written by
John J. Thatamanil
Alongside Hope resource offers education for reconciliation
Welcome to the Alongside Hope corner. I’m Lynn Schumacher, this diocese’s Alongside Hope representative. Alongside Hope (formerly the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, or ...
Written by
Lynn Schumacher
Bishop's Column
The proper order of things
February 5, 2026
On Sunday, Jan. 4, at an evening prayer service at the cathedral, Jenny Replogle was collated as executive archdeacon. “Collating” is a very funny word ...
Walking home by another road
January 6, 2026
Dr. Gordon Smith was one of the speakers at our incredible 2025 We Together conference. He shared a story of how when he retired from ...
Responding to the rising tide of homelessness in our communities
December 1, 2025
In Montreal in October, I had the privilege of participating in and being on a panel at the national conference of the Canadian Alliance to ...
Reflections
Remembering Herbert O’Driscoll
September 2, 2024
October 17, 1928 – July 25, 2024 With immeasurable sadness, we announce that the Rev. Canon Dr. Thomas Herbert O’Driscoll (known to many as Herb) ...
My Journey
‘I would have entertained anything but priesthood’
Anna Rossi
February 5, 2026
My life began in Canton, Ohio, where my parents bought an unremarkable house in the barely middle class environs of an expanding hospital. My parents had been ...
Diocesan Theologian
The church and the culture of addiction
January 6, 2026
Facebook knows me (almost) better than God knows me In capitalism’s latest phase, we are the products being bought and sold. If we think we ...





