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Cathedral Newsletter for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 27 2020
We continue to reopen in stages and will have limited numbers for the immediate future. If you are interested in attending, pre-registration is required. Please email or call the cathedral office. Our preacher this week is Canon Hilary Murray. The service will be saved on our YouTube site at the link provided. We hope you will share this service with others in appropriate ways, abiding physical distancing. CLICK HERE to get your Order of Service for Sunday morning September 27 2020. For more infomation visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Fy89HQAZYSRGweTL2Zlaw/videos
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Junior girls reconvene to renew connections
Our junior girl choristers (save 1) had their first meeting back on the cathedral campus Thursday evening including new member Ariel! Here they are with their chaplain Canon Hilary. While there was no singing then, God willing, we will soon hear again the voices of these young choristers in our common worship. |
Last time to support Ride for Refuge 2020 - a PWRDF intergenerational farm-training initiative
CCCO's team for Ride for Refuge completes its cycling and walking for St. Jude's Project in Uganda this week. Dean Beth Bretzlaff, Sarah Graham, Maya McDonald, Jane Morris, Canon Hilary Murray, Gillian Wheeler and Gwynneth Evans have now surpassed the goal, achieving 132% to date ($2,659.00), as the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund increased its support to $30,000 for this green intergenerational farm-training program.
If you wish to go the last km with us, please donate at our team page: https://secure.e2rm.com/
Heartfelt thanks to all our donors.
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Blessing of the Animals - Sunday October 4 at 3pm
On Sunday October 4 at 3:00 pm the Cathedral will hold its annual Blessing of the Animals service - an outdoor service on the forecourt. Bring your badgers, squirrels, ferrets, foxes, parakeets, pelicans, guillemots, porcupines, penguins, dromedaries, kookaburras, wallabies, wombats, bullfrogs, chipmunks, chuckawallas, caterpillars, godwits and hedgehogs for a blessing. Oh yes, dogs, cats, bunny rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters are welcome too! |
Pre-register now for Thanksgiving Sunday
It has been a long summer and we have missed being together. We are now open "with restrictions" to make sure we offer a safe experience for everyone. If you are interested in joining us, we'd like to give you an idea of what to expect. CLICK HERE for more details. Pre-registration is required for all services and we are now pre-registering for services in October. Please contact the cathedral office either by email (info@ottawacathedral.ca) or phone (613.236.9149). If you have decided to wait to see how it goes, we will continue to offer an online option until you are comfortable joining us. For more infomation visit:
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Wednesday noon eucharist service resumes Wednesday October 14
Beginning the first Wednesday after Thanksgiving, one weekday eucharist will be celebrated each week, Wednesdays at noon in the main sanctuary. We continue to follow all public health guidelines and so pre-registration and regular physical distancing practices are required. All worshippers are asked to arrive for the service by the 414 Sparks entrance and will be required to wear a mask at all times indoors. Please call the cathedral office at 613.236.9149 or send your email request to info@ottawacathedral.ca to pre-register. The eucharist will be celebrated and communion offered by bread only. |
Multi-Church Community Book Study… all invited!
Six different leaders from across the diocese have joined together to offer an online book study and community gathering via Zoom. Starting on Wednesday October 21st and running for six weeks from 7pm-8:15pm, we will gather and look at Brian McLaren’s book “The Great Spiritual Migration.” Brian McLaren shows how we can embrace three powerful understandings that are reshaping the practice of faith: Spirituality, Theology, and Mission. McLaren invites readers to seize the moment and set out on the most significant spiritual pilgrimage of our time. For more information and to register please contact Canon Doug by calling 613.236.9149 ext 19 or email doug.richards@ottawacathedral.ca |
A Beautiful Way to Stay in Touch
Looking for a special way to send your next message? This unique set of greeting cards offers lovely images from the cathedral and carry your message to say thank you, to mark special occasions and just to let someone know you are thinking of them. Each package contains 5 separate images and are blank inside. Envelopes included. Contact the cathedral office to purchase your package of 5 cards for $10, all in support of cathedral restoration. |
Sunday School update
As so many return to school in so many different places and ways this month, we remind you that Sunday school activities are also available online. Check out the virtual classroom with Natasha by clicking here. We look forward to seeing you again soon in-person and hope that until then, you and your families remain healthy and safe. For more infomation visit: https://www.ottawacathedral.ca/grow/sunday-school/pages/virtual-classroom
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A Special Online Service of Prayer for Healing
In this challenging time we offer a prayer service for healing and comfort. For more infomation visit: https://www.ottawacathedral.ca/online-worship-services/service-of-prayer-for-healing
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Meditations with Canon Hilary now online
Two Richard Rohr meditations from The Center for Action, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are now available online. The first will look at 'The Foundation of Community' and 'Order, Disorder, Reorder: Part One - Awe, Wonder and Love'. You are invited to engage in contemplation learning more about how you view Christian community and faith. For more infomation visit: https://www.ottawacathedral.ca/grow/learning-by-study/pages/meditations-with-canon-hilary-murray
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Thank you to front line workers - and to you for staying safe at home
Readings for next week For information on anything you read here, please write to us at info@ottawacathedral.ca and we'll be glad to help. The Cathedral church and premises remain closed except for worship. For more infomation visit:
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