Come to an Emerald Evening with the Cathedral Girls Choir!  This evening of trad, pop and poetry is a fundraiser to support their 2025 Ireland tour, so there will also be a cash bar and silent auction available. Tickets: $20 adults | $10 youth - and they will be on sale at coffee hour following the 10.30 am service this Sunday. For more information contact: 613.236.9149 or cathedralchoirsottawa@gmail.com

This Special Vestry will be held for one purpose only: to approve the audited financial statements for 2023. If you would like to view the audited statements before the meeting, please pick up a copy from the table in the foyer of the Cathedral or email the cathedral office (info@ottawacathedral.ca) for a pdf copy.

Do you know a boy aged 7-12 who might be interested in joining the cathedral choir? Thursday, June 20th, interested boys are invited to an open rehearsal from 5-6:30 pm. Current members of the choir will be available to share their experiences and everyone will have a chance to share music and pizza. Interested? Contact Andrew McAnerney andrew.mcanerney@ottawacathedral.ca to get more information.

Come and celebrate the end of term with a parish BBQ hosted by the Cathedral Men! It is a great time to gather with friends and neighbours, new and old. We look forward to seeing you there! Due to construction on the forecourt, we will be in the Great Hall.

Helen and Greg Clark will be selling their Land’s End maple syrup at the Cathedral and all proceeds will be given to the Cathedral Restoration Fund. Thank you Helen and Greg - who also supply maple syrup to our Pancake Supper and sent the North American Cathedral Deans away happy with small maple leaf bottles of syrup!

Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa is a partner of the Community of the Cross of Nails (CCN). You can see our Cross of Nails on the pillar in the Chapel of Reconciliation. CCN is a worldwide network of some 260 churches, charities, chaplaincies, peace-building and retreat centres, schools and other educational and training organisations, all inspired by the Coventry story of destruction, rebuilding and renewal, and active in reconciliation in our own ways. The three guiding principles are healing the wounds of history, learning to live with difference and celebrate diversity, and building a culture of justice and peace. To learn more, please read the CCN newsletter!

Also, this newsletter has information about Together for Hope, the sister-organisation to CCN, which is open to partners of other faiths, or no faith. The Pledge of Transformation is their commitment, and we are joining in this pledge during the liturgy at the 10.30 am service on Sundays this season.

An Action Plan for Contextual Mission and New Worshipping Communities was agreed at Synod in October 2023 to help us be a Spirit-led Church and create new worshipping communities in parishes across our diocese. Monthly resources have been developed to pray, listen, consider and be inspired. These resources invite us to reflect and pray about how being fed by the Spirit can and should guide our actions in the world. You will find prayers of the people (PRAY), a Bible study guide for a selected Scripture passage (LISTEN), information on religiosity in Canada (CONSIDER) and a short video interview with Kitty Galt, whose actions at All Saints’ Sandy Hill were the origins of Cornerstone Housing for Women (INSPIRE).

Christ Church Cathedral
For all those on the pastoral care team.
Those on our Hearts
All those whom we hold near, who are ill or suffering and for those who care for them.
Diocese of Ottawa
The Right Reverend Dr. Shane Parker; St. Thomas the Apostle, Stittsville, The Reverend Lee Lambert.
Canadian Cathedrals
St. Paul's Cathedral, Regina, SK, The Very Reverend Mike Sinclair.
Anglican Church of Canada (ACC)
The Most Reverend Gregory Kerr-Wilson, clergy, and people of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert’s Land; Global partners and companions.
Companion Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East
The Diocese of Jerusalem, Archbishop Hosam Naoum, and for peace in Israel and Palestine.

Time of Prayer
God of opportunity, you want to be in relationship with us, your creatures. You desire justice and peace. You never force yourself upon us, but invite us to join with you in co-creating a more just and peaceful world. Help us to hear your invitations, be they whispered or loud, and encourage us to respond to them with enthusiasm, joy and energy. We pray all this in the name of your Son, our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Prayer for Peace
O God of all justice and peace, we cry out to you in the midst of the pain and trauma of violence and fear which prevails in the Holy Land. Be with those who need you in these days of suffering; we pray for people of all faiths - Jews, Muslims, Christians, and for all people of the land. While we pray to you, O Lord, for an end to the violence and the establishment of peace, we also call for you to bring justice and equity to the peoples. Guide us into your kingdom where all people are treated with dignity and honour as your children for, to all of us, you are our Heavenly Father. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Requests for prayer may be sent to the office at info@ottawacathedral.ca and will be prayed for during the week by our Clergy and Prayer Team.

Please note that access to Queen Street between Bay and Bronson is now restricted as part of city works installing new storm and sanitary sewers, sidewalks, curbs, catch basins, and completing paving, traffic calming, and landscaping over the next several months.

We do not have details as to the extent nor timing of the closures so please plan accordingly when travelling to and from the Cathedral. We thank you in advance for your patience as this work is undertaken.

Just 300 metres away from the Cathedral, both sides of Library and Archives Canada at 395 Wellington may offer free parking on Sundays.

Looking for more parking near our Cathedral? Click here to find a map and list of possible "Free on Sundays" parking spots, most of them within easy walking distance, appreciating availability changes without notice due to special events and/or construction. Please note that currently there is no parking across from the Cathedral on Queen Street due to road reconstruction. 

Please direct questions or comments to info@ottawacathedral.ca.

Children are welcome to fully participate in worship and the life of the Cathedral! Activity sheets and supplies are available in the bookshelves at the entrance to the Cathedral. Please help yourself to these resources or ask a sidesperson to locate them. There is also a table in the Great Hall to use and the labyrinth to walk. If your child is interested in being a junior server, member of a choir, or a reader, please speak with our clergy.

Readings for Next Sunday

National Indigenous Day of Prayer | June 16th, 2024
Readings | Isaiah 40:25-31; Psalm 19; Philippians 4:4-9; John 1:1-18 (First Nations Version)

Questions?
For more information on anything in this newsletter or if you are in need of pastoral care or other assistance,
please contact us by calling (613) 236.9149 or emailing info@ottawacathedral.ca.