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Cathedral Newsletter for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost - October 4 2020
We are having one Eucharist service on Sundays at 10.30 am, and pre-registration is required so that we can maintain safe distancing for all. Please email or call the cathedral office in order to register. Our preacher this week is Canon Doug Richards. 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 October 4 2020. For more infomation visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Fy89HQAZYSRGweTL2Zlaw/videos
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ADOn the Move is back for Season 2
A reminder that Season 2 of ADOn the Move is back tomorrow morning! Bishop Shane is on the move across our diocese, connecting with people, and connecting people with one another. We are so excited to see where this season's episodes take place! We hope you join us in the morning for Episode 1. New episodes will be available every Saturday at the link below, on Apple Podcast, and Spotify.
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Blessing of the Animals - this 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. Please note that masks are required by all humans attending this event and that physical distancing must be respected. 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
Next week at Harvest Thanksgiving, we will celebrate our brother, our bishop, arriving home to his cathedral – perhaps not when we expected but rather when we can appreciate it most. Bishop Shane and Katherine will be with us at the 10.30 am service on October 11th: he will celebrate the eucharist; we shall give thanks for him being called into a new ministry; and together we will begin a new relationship. Pre-registration is required for all services so that we can maintain safe distancing, and we are now taking requests for services in October and November. 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. Grace and peace to you as you share in the worship of the Church. 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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