This Sunday there will be a quiet, said Holy Eucharist (BCP) at 8:30 am, a Festal Eucharist (BAS) at 10.30 am, and The Very Reverend Beth Bretzlaff will preach.

Readings: Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18; Psalm 149; Ephesians 1:11-23; Luke 6:20-31

The 10.30 am service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Please be aware that technological issues sometimes occur.

If someone you loved has died in this past year or in years past and you would appreciate a beautiful, reflective service to remember them, come to this Solemn Requiem Eucharist for the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed. The Girls Choir, Boys Choir, Lay Clerks, and orchestra will share the Faure Requieum which is moving and poignant. Come, be still, let the music touch your soul, and be held in arms of God.

This service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Please be aware that technological issues sometimes occur.

Our clocks go back this Saturday, November 1st! Enjoy that extra hour of sleep.

The office will be closed on Tuesday, November 11th.

An Act of Remembrance and a moment of silence will be observed at the 10.30 am service. The Reverend Katherine Walker, a current serving member of the Anglican Military Ordinariate, will preach at both 8.30 and 10.30 am.

In July, our Girls Choir travelled to Ireland and sang in cathedrals, churches, historic sites, and other places of beauty. Come and meet the girls, see photos, adnd hear the stories. They are extremely grateful for all your support and want to thank you in this way!

A masterpiece of choral repertoire, Brahms’ German Requiem offers calm, solace and inspiration. The Cantata Singers of Ottawa are joined by soprano Susan Elizabeth Brown, baritone Ryan Hofman and piano for 4 hands with Jennifer Loveless and Roland Graham, under the direction of our Associate Music Director Andrew McAnerney.

Tickets will be available for sale at coffee hour this Sunday, November 2nd!

Cathedral Women invite you to participate in making pies to be sold at our Festive Market on Saturday, November 29th. Sessions will be held: Tuesday and Wednesday, November 4th and 5th; Tuesday and Wednesday, November 18th and 19th in the Great Hall kitchen. Please contact Jean Hudson (music1jean@icloud.com) to sign up and for details. Also, if you have rhubarb, our freezer is ready for it and we will turn it into pies!

Please consider donating items to sell at our Festive Market and Tea on Saturday, November 29th! The following may be brought to Reception after November 1st: jewellery, puzzles, board games, treasures for the gift and travel tables.

Please note: Donations will be subject to review by the office team when dropped off at the Cathedral and books will not be accepted. Thank you!

Beautiful, locally grown 18" diameter wreaths are on sale for $30 each. Email CathedralChoirsOttawa@gmail.com to order. The wreaths will be available for pickup at the Cathedral on Sunday, November 30th. Please support this Cathedral choirs fundraiser!

Thanks to all who made the 145th Synod of our diocese a success! The highlights summary provides an overview of this year’s proceedings. Congratulations to the new Regional Deans (The Reverend Dr. Thomas Brauer and The Reverend Dr. Caz Ducros), the new Cathedral Canons (The Reverend Canon Dr. Christopher Brittain and The Reverend Canon Dr. Jon Martin), and the new Honorary Diocesan Canon (The Reverend Canon Dr. Sarah Johnson).

November
Sunday 2nd | 4 pm | All Souls Solemn Requiem Eucharist (Faure)
Sunday 9th | Coffee Hour | Girls Choir Ireland Trip Presentation
Sunday 9th | 4 pm | Concert of the Brahms German Requiem | CLICK HERE to buy tickets
Sunday 23rd | 4 pm | Girls Choir Sings Evensong at St. Paul's in Arnprior
Saturday 29th | 11.30 am to 3 pm | Festive Tea and Market
Sunday 30th | 4 pm | Advent Lessons and Carols

December
Saturday 6th | 2.30 pm | A German Christmas Celebration | CLICK HERE to buy tickets
Sunday 7th | 4 pm | O Antiphons
Sunday 21st | 4 pm | Nine Lessons and Carols
Wednesday 24th | 7 pm | Christmas Eve Reading of the Christmas Gospel, Carols, and Choral Eucharist
Wednesday 24th | 10 pm | Christmas Eve Festal Eucharist
Thursday 25th | 8.30 am | Christmas Morning Quiet Eucharist
Thursday 25th | 10.30 am | Christmas Morning Choral Eucharist with Children's Story

January
Thursday 1st | Noon | New Year's Day Eucharist and Festive Reception with our Primate

Come celebrate the magic of Christmas with some of the most beautiful traditional German songs, choral masterpieces by J. S. Bach, Jacobus Handl and Michael Praetorius, and such holiday classics as Silent Night and O Christmas Tree.

Timeless melodies, shimmering polyphonies, and well-known carols are combined in a joyful experience in which the audience is invited to sing along with the choir, joining voices to rekindle the warm and festive atmosphere of Christmases past.

Featuring the combined choirs of Christ Church Cathedral and the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal.

Our Cathedral
All those who are ill or suffering, and those who care for them.
Our Diocese
For the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we prepare to elect a new bishop, for those discerning a call to let their name stand for election, for the nominees, for Members of Synod, and for our diocesan Administrator, Bishop Michael Bird; Diocesan partner, International Women’s Network in Canada (IAWN); Parish of Maberly-Lanark, The Reverend Allan Galt.
Canadian Cathedrals
St. Paul's Cathedral, Regina, SK, The Very Reverend Mike Sinclair.
Anglican Church of Canada (ACC)
The Most Reverend Shane Parker, Primate; The Most Reverend Anne Germond, Metropolitan of Ontario; The Most Reverend Chris Harper, National Indigenous Archbishop; The Right Reverend Leslie Wheeler-Dame, clergy, and people of the Diocese of Yukon.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)
The Right Reverend Dr. Larry Kochendorfer; The Right Reverend Carla Blakley; President, faculty, students, and staff of Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon.
Other
The people and ministries of the Alaska Province of the Moravian Church.
Companion Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East
The Diocese of Jerusalem, The Most Reverend Hosam Naoum; peace in Israel and Palestine.

Our Clergy and the Cathedral Prayer Team will pray for all requests sent to info@ottawacathedral.ca during the week.

Make sure to purchase a calendar this year as Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa is featured on the November page! Thanks to Nicola Whitehouse for the awesome photo. Calendars are available from reception for $10. They will be a hot commodity so get yours now!

Scripture Readings for Sunday, November 9th | Remembrance Sunday | Wisdom 3:1-9; Psalm 116:1-8; 1 Peter 1:3-9; Jonn 6:37-40

Children's Worship Activities | Weekly worship bulletins, books and other activities are on the shelves at the entrance to the Cathedral. 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.

Hearing Assist Sets | Are available at every service from our sidespeople.

Newsletter Deadline | Wednesdays at noon.

General Info | Please visit our office, call 613.236.9149, or email info@ottawacathedral.ca. Office hours are Monday to Thursday 9 am to 3 pm, and Friday from 9 am to noon, except on statutary holidays and during holiday seasons.

Parking | Street parking is free around the Cathedral on Sundays. Cathedral parking at the Vista on Sparks is off Queen Street, immediately east of the Cathedral, on the P1 Level. You MUST have the code to enter the parking garage and to re-enter and access the elevator (glass door across from the Cathedral's new east steps). The code is 4120. It will be posted at our reception desk and listed here each week. When it changes, there will be ample notification. If you enter the garage and there are no spots available, you will need to exit and find parking nearby.