Following the completion of the Sparks Street Steps Project last year, we are delighted to share that the final phase of the restoration has now been completed. Last week, just in time for Doors Open Ottawa, the beautiful heritage wooden doors were restored.

The project included repairing significant cracks and other signs of wear, as well as repainting the doors inside and out. This essential work makes the doors weather-tight. Anyone who has stood near the doors in inclement weather will appreciate that snow, wind and rain will no longer whistle through!

If you would like to support this project and help preserve our historic building, please consider making a donation.

The purpose of this Vestry is to approve the audited financial statements for 2025. So if you are interested in financial details, this is the meeting for you! Please meet in the Lambeth Room following the 10:30 am service.

Over the past month I have travelled by plane, bus, train, taxi, and many, many kilometres by foot, on pilgrimage. On June 9th at noon, I arrived in Santiago de Compostela having completed the Camino Frances. The journey is always more important than the destination and what a journey it has been - so much more than I ever imagined! I have many stories and learnings to share with you upon my return in September. But for now, the most important thing is to tell you how very much you have been with me. Your prayers, encouragement and love upheld and blessed me every step along the way, from the best to the worst moments and back again. And as I waited for the Pilgrim Mass to begin, gratitude for you, and the life and ministry of our Cathedral, completely overwhelmed me. We have been on quite a journey together since September 2020 and this is the perfect time to step away for a bit, reflect, refocus and refresh. Thank you for being you and for supporting this time of sabbatical. May you have a lovely summer!

A huge THANK YOU to all the volunteers and Cathedral staff who contributed to the success of Doors Open Ottawa at the Cathedral. We welcomed 254 guests over the course of the weekend, with many of them expressing positive and appreciative comments. 

Also thanks to the various Cathedral ministries and guilds who provided refreshments and baked goods, music rehearsals, live floral arrangement demonstrations and new exhibits in the Great Hall.  Seeing the Cathedral as a hub of activity highlighted the message that we are not a museum, but a living and breathing community.

The Cathedral Men are once again hosting this popular event. See you there!

The annual Festive Market and Tea will be held on the last Saturday of November. During your summer activites and travels, perhaps you will spot items that would be perfect for donating for the sale.  Start thinking/collecting now for drop off in November.

Our Cathedral
All those who are ill or suffering, and those who care for them. 
Our Diocese
The Right Reverend Kathryn Otley, Bishop; our Diocesan Partners: Kairos Ottawa and Saint Paul University; our Community Ministries; St. Thomas the Apostle, Ottawa, The Reverend Tim Kehoe, The Reverend Maria Nightingale.
Canadian Cathedrals
St. Paul's Cathedral, Kamloops, BC, The Very Reverend Kyle Norman.
Anglican Church of Canada
The Most Reverend Shane Parker, Primate; The Most Reverend Anne Germond, Metropolitan; The Most Reverend Gregory Kerr-Wilson, Metropolitan, and the clergy and people of the Ecclesiastical Province of Northern Lights.
Companion Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East
St. George's Cathedral and the Diocese of Jerusalem, The Most Reverend Hosam Naoum; peace in the Land of the Holy One.

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

Scripture Readings for Sunday, June 21st | National Indigenous Day of Prayer | Readings: Isaiah 40:25-31; Psalm 19; Philippians 4:4-9; John 1:1-18

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 3578.  It will be posted at our reception desk and listed here each week. If you enter the garage and there are no spots available, you will need to exit and find parking nearby. 

It is easy to be moved by the sacred beauty and warm welcome of Christ Church Cathedral — a place some encounter briefly, and others come to call their spiritual home. It is a place that nourishes the soul through worship and music, care and community, and it exists because of generosity: the generosity of those who have gone before us, and the generosity of those who give today.

To share hope faithfully and sustainably, our Cathedral must be well resourced. As an expression of joy and gratitude, you are invited to consider how you might respond. Click below to explore an invitation to give, to see what your giving makes possible, and to learn how it is easy to give. Thank you for responding to this place that sustains you by offering your own gifts in return.