Crosstalk — June 2022

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Huntley sends aid to Ukraine

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Cornerstone expands to new building

Doves set to fly at Pentecost

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THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF OTTAWA Section of the Anglican Journal June 2022

Righting a wrong, reclaiming identity

BY LEIGH ANNE WILLIAMS

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n 1922, Kathryn Fournier’s grandfather wanted to vote in an election. But as a First Nations man, he had to give up his Indian Status and treaty rights in order to vote or own property. Now, 100 years later, Fournier is helping to force the government to right that historical wrong and clear the way for descendants of Indigenous people who enfranchised to claim their status.

Fournier, who is a member of the diocesan All My Relations Circle, told Crosstalk that this effort began in 2020 when she read a news story about a case a man brought to a Quebec court over enfranchisement.

Having worked in the federal department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (now split into Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations) for 20 years, Fournier knew that many people were able to claim their status after a 1985 amendment to The Indian Act (1876) that meant that Indian status could no longer be gained or lost through marriage.

Kathryn Fournier’s family joined with two others in a legal challenge of the part of The Indian Act that forced her grandfather to give up his Indian status in order to vote.

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Diocesan group seeking changes to improve federal housing strategy

BY DAVID HUMPHREYS

The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa is recommending that the federal government make National Housing Strategy programs more effective in meeting the needs of people in greatest housing need.

Bishop Shane Parker and representatives of the Homelessness and Affordable Housing Working Group (HAHWG) met virtually with Yasir Naqvi, MP for Ottawa Centre, to present a review of programs based on the Diocese’s experience with affordable housing projects in the city.

While welcoming the government’s commitment to affordable housing through the National Housing Strategy launched in 2017, the HAHWG submission identified problems with an unrealistic definition of affordable housing and barriers to accessing the funds that have been allocated to the programs.

Naqvi said the meeting gave him good talking points to use in presenting the “well thought out and concise” submission to Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen.

Joining Bishop Shane for the presentation were HAHWG Chair Sue Garvey and Joyce Potter, former executive with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and City of Ottawa housing, a member of the working group.

The submission was prepared in close consultation with representatives of CAHDCO, the Ottawa non-profit real estate development corporation that has been a partner in the diocese’s projects.

The submission recommended that the government: Eliminate the need for non-profit applicants for NHS funding to have first received approval from other orders of government; Rebalance funding under NHS programs to increase significantly funds for subsidies by reducing the amount available for loans; Simplify the application process for SEED funding while increasing the size of grants; Adjust the definition of affordability to accurately reflect current market conditions.

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FROM OUR BISHOP

From the High Arctic to the national capital

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Area Parish of the Valley wishes the Rev. Canon Susan Clifford joy in her retirement

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he Rev. Canon Susan Clifford retired on March 31 from her ministry in the Area Parish of the Valley with her last Sunday service on March 13, 2022.

Rev. Canon Susan was ordained a deacon 18 years ago in 2004 at St Paul’s Cathedral in London England and in 2005 to the Priesthood at her parish church at St. Paul’s Winchmore Hill where she served served a four-year curacy. After returning to Canada and the Diocese of Ottawa, she came to Eganville to her charge at Ascension Kilaloe, St. John’s Tramore and St. John’s Eganville.

Canon Susan has weathered many

challenges and seen many changes throughout her priesthood including the formation of the Area Parish of the Valley. Her constant guidance, love and prayer through the growing pains of this formation are cornerstones to the successful establishment of this concept of “Parish.”

Rev. Canon Susan will be taking this next year to discern where Jesus is now leading her.

We wish her peace, time of quiet reflection, joy through renewal and love to be found in every experience.

— Wendy Cayen, Warden, St. John’s Anglican Church, Eganville

Canon Baxter Park will retire on Canada Day from Parish of Huntley

BY LEIGH ANNE WILLIAMS

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n July 1, the Rev. Canon Baxter Park is retiring (again).

The former military chaplain moved to the Diocese of Ottawa following his retirement from the Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist in Corner Brook, Nfld. where he was Dean for five and half years.

He says he and his wife Nancy did some of the extensive travel they planned, but about four years ago, he spoke with Bishop John Chapman about doing some part-time ministry.

“Between the jigs and the reels, we discerned together that Carp might be the place to go, but that it would have to be full-time.” Park agreed to return to full-time ministry there for two or three years, and then to assess it year by year.

Of course, the onset of the pandemic changed things in the small rural parish significantly as it did everywhere. “We’ve seen each other through,” says Park. “We’ve built a really supportive, good little parish. It was that when I went there, and it is that now.”

Noting that it is a rare example of a rural parish that is doing well, so it is a good opportunity for the priest who succeeds him.

“It’s going to take someone with ideas about how to bring young families back. It’s the children that we are missing, but that not unique to Carp, it’s everywhere.” He says the fact that he is inundated with requests for baptisms is a hopeful sign. “I’m grateful for that because it tells me that people still want to be involved.”

“In July, I start my 39th year of fulltime ordained ministry. It’s time. It’s time to let someone else have a shot at it,” Park told Crosstalk (noting that he began ordained ministry when he was just 21 years old.)

A lot has changed in that time, he observed. When he was ordained in Western Newfoundland, that Diocese was still not ordaining women. “My seatmate in seminary was Trudy Goss who was the first female seminarian at Queen’s College…That’s one huge change to have so many colleagues who are women. I feel more comfortable in the Church I am retiring in than the one I became a priest in

because of the greater acceptance of all people and all the sacraments to all the people all the time including [individuals from the LGBT community.] I feel really good about how hard we’ve worked on trying to reconcile with Indigenous people.”

Now that it is possible again, he and Nancy are looking forward to some travel. “There’s always sadness in [retirement] too because you build up all these relationships, and they don’t have to end but they have to change.”

While he is more than ready to say goodbye to the administrative sides of the job, Park says he could do the “priestly side of the ministry — services on Sundays, celebrating the Eucharist, visiting someone in the hospital—I could see myself doing that forever…. I’m sure you’ll see me around helping out here and there, but I’ll take a nice long break.”

Happy retirement!!

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Crosstalk will soon to be in print and online!

Crosstalk A publication of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa www.ottawa.anglican.ca The Rt. Rev. Shane Parker, Bishop of Ottawa Publisher Leigh Anne Williams Editor Jane Waterston Production Crosstalk is published 10 times a year (September to June) and mailed as a section of the Anglican Journal. It is printed and mailed by Webnews Printing Inc., North York.

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Advertising enquiries should be directed to: crosstalk.ads@gmail.com Submit a story or letter Editorial enquiries and letters to the editor should be directed to: crosstalk@ottawa.anglican.ca Leigh Anne Williams Crosstalk 71 Bronson Ave. Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6G6 613 232-7124 Next deadline: July 25, 2022 for the September 2022 edition

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rosstalk takes a brief publication break during July and August, but the paper will be back in September with a new fresh look.

Please do keep sending your ideas for stories and news of your parish activities to me though. I hope to take a couple of weeks off, but I am still on the job and gathering stories during the summer.

We will also soon have a new and additional way to share your stories!

Staff at the Anglican Church of Canada (with special thanks to Brian Bukowski) have been working with diocesan newspapers to design and build an online platform (anglicannews.ca) that will host and connect

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The Diocese needs supportive funding, while the government needs the experience and volunteers the Diocese brings to the table In addition to requiring prior approval from provincial and municipal governments, HAWHG’s research found the CMHC application process cumbersome and slow, taking months or even years.

Potter pointed out that despite the investment of billions of dollars in NHS programs there are problems with their design and delivery. As a result, the vast majority of funding is not helping those in core housing need. Unless programs are properly targeted the affordable housing crisis will continue. Core housing need is defined as living in an unsuitable or inadequate dwelling, not able to afford alternative housing in the community and paying more than 30 per cent of pre-tax household income for shelter.

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Bishop Shane said the diocese’s project with Julian of Norwich parish and Multifaith Housing Initiative is an example of the funding crunch.

The project for about 60 units has encountered a delay because of a shortfall in funding.

In Ottawa, an “affordable” unit under one of the NHS programs works out to monthly rent of $1,200, while the maximum shelter allowance under Ontario provincial programs is $781. The design of another program allows for a monthly “affordable” rent in Ottawa of $2,900.

The federal budget on April 7 proposed changes to some NHS programs that were in line with the diocese’s recommendations. It undertook to redefine affordability in the program that allowed the $2,900 monthly rent. It promised easier access and faster approvals for another program.

The Diocese’s submission welcomed the extension in the budget for another year of the Rapid Housing Initiative, the NHS program has been most helpful in supporting the work of the Community Ministries. But it urged increased and on-going funding.

The solution to the continuing shortage of affordable housing, Potter said, requires all governments and stakeholders to work together. The

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The online Crosstalk will include most of the content from the print editions as well as some web exclusive stories. We look forward to being able to publish stories in a more timely way than is possible with only the monthly print edition. The online edition will also make it possible to share individual stories with your friends much more easily. We hope you like it and look forward to hearing your feedback and suggestions.

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Diocese needs supportive funding from government and government needs the experience, commitment, fundraising efforts and volunteers that the diocese brings to the table.

For the federal government the challenge now is to ensure the shortcomings that were recognized in the budget are implemented effectively and quickly.

Garvey cited the Diocese’s practice of reserving 10 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of every church property for an affordable housing fund as evidence of its commitment.

She pointed out that the diocese is on track to achieving its goal of creating 125 new units to celebrate the diocese 125th anniversary last year.

Naqvi said other faith groups are interested in affordable housing and can benefit from the experience of the Diocese. He believes Ottawa is in a position to provide leadership to the cause of ending homelessness and he is committed to bringing more supportive housing to the city. “I am a friend and a partner,” he said.

Bishop Shane thanked him and said, “We stand ready to assist you.”

The meeting was the first initiative of the government relations advisory panel which the bishop reconstituted in January.

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Three new deacons ordained at Christ Church Cathedral

On April 23 (St. George’s Day), Bishop Shane Parker ordained three new deacons — the Rev. Stephanie McWatt, the Rev. Claire Bramma, and the Rev. Bob Albert— at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa.

The Rev. Canon Ken Davis offered the sermon.

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The Rev. Claire Bramma has been appointed Assistant Curate in the Area Parish of the Valley, effective July 19, 2022.

The Rev. Bob Albert has been appointed Deacon-in-Charge of the Area Parish of Prescott-North Glengarry.

The Rev. Stephanie McWatt has been appointed Deacon-in-Charge of the Parish of North Dundas (St. Clare’s).

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PARISH NEWS

Murder mystery brings back the laughter

BY JIM MILLARD

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fter two long years, laughter is back. St. James Anglican Church in Morrisburg hosted more than 100 people on April 1 for a murder mystery play performed by members of the congregation and a few friends. Murder at the Banquet which began rehearsals in February, showed how even “murder” can be a zany and entertaining event. Set in the 1970s, the one act comedy introduced the audience to some memorable mystery writers and private investigators who have gathered for a “mystery solvers” inductee banquet.

The “highlight” of the performance is the poisoning of the character portrayed by the parish’s new rector the Rev. Mark Lewis and the solution of the crime. Proceeds from the production totalled about $1,500. The show was produced by the Rev. Pat Martin and directed by Wendy Gibb.

L-r: Wally Baker, Fran Aird, Margaret Johnston, Joanne Baker, Jo-Anne Minish, Mark Lewis, Elizabeth Irwin, Jack Barkley, Margaret Whisselle, Doug Jarvis.

A big boost for Ukraine relief from the small Parish of Huntley Photo PWRDF

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he Parish of Huntley in Carp, Ont. raised $12,000 to aid people fleeing the war in Ukraine through the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF).

The Rev. Canon Baxter Park told Crosstalk that when the war began, parishioners wanted to help and thought of collecting necessities to send to Europe. As a retired military chaplain, he remembered successful campaigns with NGOs such as “Boots for Bosnia,” but he advised the parishioners that such efforts require quite a lot of logistical support in order to deliver goods to those in need.

He suggested that the most effective way to help would be to raise money. ““It can get there quick, it can be spent locally, often it can buy more,” he said. So, the parish began collecting money to direct to PWRDF, which Park says he has always supported: “It is our charity, and I know they have boots on the ground in all sorts of NGOs, charitable organizations all around the world.”

Park said he hoped they could raise a couple of thousand dollars, noting that it is a successful and thriving rural parish, but that it is small with only about 100 families actively involved.

“We set out by just highlighting it in

Food shipment arrives in Ukraine last April, courtesy of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund. our announcements at church saying we wanted to support people in Ukraine, and this was a way to really do something about the kind of horrific images that we are seeing each

day on our television and support people immediately.”

Parishioners rallied around the effort and quickly reached their first target of $2,000. When they reached

$2,800, one parishioner decided to match what had been raised so far, bringing the total to $5,600. But Park said people wanted to help and it just kept going.

When another parishioner brought in a cheque for a substantial donation, Park recounted how she talked about watching the news of families saying goodbye as women and children fled the country and men stayed behind to fight. “This may seem very generous,” she told him, “But I just couldn’t imagine getting on that train and leaving my husband and my boys behind.

It really did something inside of me, and I really needed to make a more significant gesture.”

Aside from a couple of large donations, Park said most of the money came in smaller donations of $50 or $100. And he was quick to note that “some of those $50 donations were equally as heartfelt [as the large ones] because they came from people who had less resources to give,” he said.

“That’s one of the things I’ve learned about stewardship and raising money for the church. It’s okay to seek out big gifts, but a lot of little gifts make a big gift.”

Park added, “One of the things I really love about Huntley is how much there is a real desire to reach out beyond themselves for whatever the need happens to be.”

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Church-led housing project gains momentum in Perth

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rominent members of the Perth community have come together to support the initiative of St James parish to create affordable housing in the town.

The parish established a steering committee for the project under the name, Caring Community Housing Initiative Perth (CCHIP). The project won enthusiastic support when committee members met, first with the town’s planning advisory council and later with the full council.

“We are very encouraged,” the Rev. Canon Ken Davis says, as Mayor John Fenik and other councillors expressed support and said “we are going about it the right way.”

It helped that the committee was able to show concept drawings, funded by the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, for a three-unit building, adaptable to any type of lot the town might make available.

Perhaps more impressive, the steering committee includes some of the area’s best-known and respected citizens. The committee’s nine members include six representing the community-at-large and three from St James.

Brian Perkin, veteran broadcaster and former owner of The Lake 88.1 radio station has taken charge of communications and community liaison. He is a director of Perth and District Chamber of Commerce, supporter of the arts and popular

coach of local hockey and soccer teams.

“It’s very exciting that you have people on the ground trying to get something going,” Perkin says. “I’m happy to work with them.” Affordable housing has been talked about for years, he adds, without much action.

Steve Tennant and Donna Davidson bring their experience with Tayside Community Options, a not-for-profit dedicated to affordable housing and improving the lives of area residents.

Tennant is the 2021 recipient of The Perth Medal for his extensive volunteer work. Davidson is a former director of Lanark Community Programs. The organization has become part of ConnectWell and provides social services throughout the county.

Claire Smith, co-chair of CCHIP’s fundraising, is on the board of The Table Community Food Centre.

Formerly the Perth and District Food Bank, The Table is dedicated to providing wholesome food to those in need.

Peter McCracken, a longtime champion of affordable housing, is the owner of Sprucebridge Construction Inc. Linda Chaim chairs the social justice committee of the Perth Chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women’s Clubs.

Rounding out the CCHIP committee are David Kroetsh and Barry Curtis of the St James outreach

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David Kroetsch of St. James the Apostle Church, Perth in front of the Perth Town Hall, with the conceptual drawings of the first three-unit affordable housing building. committee and Canon Davis.

No decision on town land had been made as this is written. A gift of land would have a major impact on the scope of the project. The

current fundraising target of $750,000 provides for the purchase of land.

The next step is construction of a website to serve as the central fundraising and information tool.

Cornerstone Housing for Women expands to a new building near the Booth St. residence

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ornerstone Housing for Women has purchased a new housing residence at 44 Eccles Street, which will be a place to call home for 46 women and genderdiverse people. “We couldn’t be more thrilled, after the year we had and the rise in women needing affordable, supportive housing in Ottawa,” Sarah Davis, executive director of Cornerstone, told Crosstalk just before we went to press in May. Stay tuned for more details about the new residence.

Cornerstone faced unprecedented pressures in the past year. Aside from the pandemic, the emergency shelter had to move while Cornerstone’s O’Connor Street building was renovated, and just when the women were able to move back to O’Connor, the building was surrounded by the infamous protest in downtown Ottawa for three weeks.

Now, however, Davis said, Cornerstone has had a “reprieve and

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there is a sense of hope across the organization. This spring Cornerstone focused on providing traumainformed training for staff across our organization, offering sessions on anti-racism, anti-oppression, genderbased violence, and harm reduction.

Throughout the pandemic, staff had to navigate various crises with little time for training or reprieve. On our path of recovery and healing from these past two years, we remain committed to equipping our staff with the knowledge and tools needed to care for vulnerable women in Ottawa.”

Cornerstone is also planning to host an in-person meet and greet with Davis, who came on at the height of the pandemic and outbreaks and has not been able to meet many people in person yet. Please Save the Date July 16 and watch for more information closer to the date.

Cornerstone board chair Patricia Hassard (leff) and executive director Sarah Davis (right) eagerly waiting to welcome 46 women and genderdiverse people to the new residence.

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“Imagine what it would be like to be without a home, or if every day you had to worry about where your next meal would come from. People in our community are facing these challenges all the time. In 2022, as we move closer to an endemic world, the number of people accessing our services is rising, and the need to continue providing hope has never been more urgent.” − Kathie Donovan, T4T Supporter

Mayor Jim Watson, City Councillor Catherine McKenney, Today 4 Tomorrow (T4T) partners with the Community Ministries − seven Broadcaster/Entrepreneur Kathie Donovan, and Bruce social service agencies offering respect, dignity, a sense of belonging and Nicol, President of Tartan Homes, will be joining Bishop the assurance that somebody cares. The Community Ministries include Shane and other community leaders tofor celebrate four drop-in day Parker programs, a network of shelters and housing women, the Community Ministries and the hope they bring to programs to help refugees settle in Ottawa and surrounding areas, and lives. access topeople’s virtual professional counselling and therapy. The pandemic has shown the adaptability of these agencies to provide services and hope to Join us on October 21 and andsurrounding see how your support has vulnerable populations in Ottawa communities.

enabled the development of new programs are now Every day the Community Ministries extend a helping handthat to impoverished, in place and the challenges of maintaining them a a traumatized, and displaced people. I am asking you to help make in hope post-pandemic world. difficult challenges in their lives. reality for people facing extremely The number of people accessing our services has continued to increase. Building a community of hope together during this time of transition is more important than ever before!

The Rt. Rev. Shane A.D. Parker Bishop of Ottawa

You are invited to contribute to our Community Ministries and help them provide practical support and hope.

The Community Ministries are Centre 105, Centre 454, Cornerstone Housing for Women, Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre, Refugee Ministry, St. Luke’s Table and The Well.

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“Many women who access Cornerstone experience what it is like to have a home for the very first time. We are the only women-only shelter system available in Ottawa. I can say confidently that we are the Cornerstone of hope for so many women seeking shelter.” − Sarah Davis, Executive Director

“Currently, during the pandemic, we are seeing more and more people close to St Luke’s Table sleeping outside.

We are trying to do everything we can to help them through this tough time.”

—Rachel Robinson, Executive Director

The only network of shelters and housing support in Ottawa specifically for women Cornerstone Housing for Women is a network of women’s shelters, including temporary and permanent housing. Every day, Cornerstone helps over 230 women who are fleeing violence, struggling with trauma, and battling addictions.

I come to Centre 454 for help and counselling.

The counsellors are very good, and they help us out a lot. They have seen it all and know how to help the poor.”

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Essential services for those experiencing precarious housing and homelessness More people are seeking respite from the streets and turning to four drop-in day programs for crisis intervention, counselling, and the basic things all of us deserve for human dignity. Centre 105 serves hot nutritious breakfasts three days per week, provides access to laundry, and hands out hygiene supplies to people facing poverty and food insecurity in Cornwall.

Centre 454, St Luke’s Table, and The Well partner to offer nutritious meals and access to respite cots, washrooms, showers, and laundry while providing safe gathering places for men, women, and children in Ottawa.

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St. Luke’s Table makes new friends

BY LEIGH ANNE WILLIAMS

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og owners may benefit as much from walking their pets as the dogs — fresh air, exercise, often chatting with other people out walking their dogs. When Eva Zacios met Sarah Murray in this way at Ottawa’s Fisher Park, it ended up benefitting a lot of other people too.

As the two women got to know each other on early morning walks, Zacios talked about St. Luke’s Table, where she has volunteered since 2013, served on the management board and on its fundraising committee. She told Murray about the effects of the pandemic on the day program that offers meals, help navigating social services and health care, as well as shower and laundry facilities to vulnerable people. They were low on essential toiletries —like toilet paper, soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes— that they distribute to the those who come to the centre in the basement of St. Luke’s Anglican Church on Somerset Street.

Murray, an English teacher at Immaculata Hight School, listened intently. Maybe the school could help, she thought. A drive to gather donations of toiletries could be a Lenten project. The students had missed out on so many community-

building activities of this kind during the pandemic. She suggested it to the school chaplain, but she had just had COVID and wasn’t up to organizing it, so that fell to Murray herself.

She talked about the idea with her Gr. 7 homeroom class, and they liked the idea. It would be a competition to see which class could bring in the most items.

She integrated the project into their curriculum as a media unit.

Their assignment was to market the drive to get the rest of the school involved. They had to make posters.

She taught them the concept of an elevator pitch; “You have 30 seconds to convince students why they need to do this,” she told them. Two staff from St. Luke’s — Liz and India— came to talk to the students about the community at St. Luke’s.

“When we started, I asked the kids who do you think the clients are for St. Luke’s? Who are we helping?”

Murray explained. ‘Drug addicts,’ they said. “There were a lot of judgements and stereotypes about homeless people. India and Liz were able to debunk a lot of the stereotypes.

‘Yes,’ they said, ‘there are some people who struggle with addiction. Why are they struggling? What do you think their story is?’ Their interaction with the students was amazing. Liz … asked the students how many cups of

The winning classrooms were treated to a homemade pancake breakfast cooked by Murray and served by her class. coffee do you think we serve a day?

How many meals? How many loads of laundry do we do? It gave the kids a lot of insight.”

As they were preparing their pitches for the other classrooms, Murray suggested they could sum up the problem this way: “There’s a shortfall in funding for St. Luke’s Table. They need to supplement the 70% of their budget that they get from the city, so they need our help.”

“But that’s not the real problem,” one of the kids told her. “The real problem is homelessness, and are we really solving it with the drive?”

This is critical thinking, Murray said.

“These kids thought deeply about what we were doing and why we were doing it and how effective we would be with it.”

How does a toothbrush help? Liz and India told the students that these things show that people care. They provide dignity and hope for a lot of people.

The Immaculata toiletry drive was a big success and far exceeded Murray’s expectations. “I thought 1,000 items maybe, because the pandemic has hit families so hard, the cost of groceries is going up, gas, even cooking food is expensive,” she said.

But the students, especially the Grade 7 and Grade 8 classes, got caught up in the spirit of giving and competing with one another to bring in the most items.

“There’s a lot of diversity in our school population, and I think some families of our students are using

food banks, St. Luke’s Table and organizations like that to stretch the dollars in their budgets, but those kids still brought in rolls of toilet paper.

They were getting them from the shelter and then returning them, but they wanted to be part of the community of giving. That was really touching,” said Murray.

In the end, they collected about 4,000 items. It all fit, just barely, in Murray’s van, and she delivered the items to St. Luke’s just before Easter.

While she was there, she met a man who was part of the St. Luke’s community. When he learned she taught at Immaculata, he asked if she knew two students who he named. “They are living on the street, and you had better look out for them,” he advised, saying he was also looking out for them.”

“I did know that the one student was at risk,” Murray said, adding that she had wondered about the other.

“There’s a lot of caring adults in the [school] trying to help them, but that woke me up to the fact that we think we are helping other people, but we are also helping people within our own community.”

Back at the school, the winning classrooms were treated to a homemade pancake breakfast. “They came together as a community to give to St. Luke’s Table, and they came together as a community to eat and celebrate together. It was super important, very joyful. It was an extremely positive experience for me and for the students.”

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THIS SEPTEMBER!

Diocesan Massed Choir Evensong is in the works

BY JAMES CALKIN

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nglican Parish Choirs of any size and shape are warmly invited to join together at Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday afternoon September 25 to sing a service of Choral Evensong.

Background: Throughout her tenure as Director of Music, my predecessor Frances Macdonnell provided countless opportunities for choirs within the diocese and from coast to coast to visit our Cathedral, to collaborate, to celebrate and to encourage one another. These initiatives were ideally suited to the convening role our Cathedral (Canada’s de facto National Cathedral) plays and served to enhance the capacity for ministry of countless musicians in our Diocese and beyond. As Assistant Organist at CCC Montreal, I myself was fortunate enough to have been a part of the 1994 and 1995 Three Cathedral Festivals; indeed, these were my first encounters with this place and its musical tradition.

As the Shape of Parish Ministry consultations unfold and together we look at new ways of marshalling our common resources for ministry, the moment is ripe to reconvene musicians from across the diocese in another of those initiatives from earlier times: The Diocesan Massed Choir Evensong.

Together with members of the Cathedral Choirs, we will make a joyful noise, enjoy the company of

James Calkin

Director of Music and Organist Christ Church Cathedral

friends and colleagues, and uphold each other in the ministry of music in this diocese. No matter the skill level, confidence, or size WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF THIS! You will be warmly welcomed, supported, encouraged and refreshed by the experience.

Choir Directors: Please signal your interest as soon as possible so that we can provide you and your singers with copies of the music at the earliest moment (ideally before the summer break). I am very keen that as many parishes in the diocese are represented as possible including children as well as adults.

Please be assured all current COVID protocols will be observed.

The Cathedral Girls’ Choir is growing

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o you know a young person who, because of pandemic restrictions, has missed the company of friends and the enrichment of team sports and group activities?

Do you know a girl aged 8-18 who loves to SING? Coming out of two years of pandemic disruptions to our operations we are excited to be actively recruiting for the next generation of girl choristers to take the Cathedral Girls’ Choir into its third decade!

Founded in 2001, Christ Church Cathedral Girls’ Choir is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary and remains the only all-girl cathedral choir in Canada.

We are a welcoming community where friendships and camaraderie flourish. We train complete musicians and develop confident leaders. While our home base is the beautiful, inspiring and historic Christ Church Cathedral, we have a rich history of outreach and concert work alongside participation in high-profile civic and state events. We have also toured extensively including to the UK, Germany, France, Hong Kong and Japan.

Who can join?

We are looking for girls aged 8-18 who love to sing and who want to be part of a dynamic, friendly and welcoming community.

When do you meet?

Our season runs from SeptemberJune with weekly rehearsals on Thursday evenings. Our schedule of performances and other events is published twice a year (at the end of August and in late December).

Do I have to be Anglican to join?

No. We accept choristers from any and no religious background.

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VOCES Cathedrae reboot

e are very excited to announce the relaunch of the Cathedral’s amateur mixed-voice SATB Choir! After a two-year pandemic hiatus, VOCES Cathedrae will gather again starting this September bringing together women and men from across the National Capital Region who love to sing and to be a part of a warm and welcoming community.

Rehearsals will be held the first Saturday of every month (September – June) and will sing approximately 5-6 services a term. Expressions of interest and energy from former and future members are warmly invited! Please be assured all current COVID protocols will be observed.

Connect with James Calkin, Cathedral Director of Music, james.calkin@ ottawacathedral.ca.

Do I have to read music or have sung in a choir before?

No. We provide professional-level training alongside mentorships with some of the city’s best professional musicians.

What type of music is sung?

We sing music of all kinds (not just church music). Together with loads of beautiful classical repertoire you can expect to encounter jazz, Broadway showtunes and Disney songs along the way.

How much does it cost?

Nothing. In fact, choristers receive a small stipend from us to recognize their service and commitment.

A seasonal procession in Christ Church Cathedral.

What protocols are in place to manage COVID-19?

As of Spring 2022 we are rehearsing and performing in-person and masked with a mandatory vaccination policy. Throughout the pandemic we have closely followed and will always adhere to the latest guidance from the province, Diocese and the professional performing arts industry.

Interested?

An informal conversation with James Calkin (Cathedral Director of Music) is the ideal first step! He can be reached anytime at james.calkin@ ottawacathedral.ca

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Family story mingles with Anglican history

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y grandfather, Maurice Sanderson, was born at the Fairford Indian Reserve, in Manitoba. The name is now the Pinaymootang First Nation, but when he was born there in 1877, it was an Anglican mission, and the Anglican priest had named it Fairford after his home in England. My grandmother, Mary Ann Hall, was born in 1881 at the St. Peter’s Reserve, which was also an Anglican reserve near the town of Selkirk, Manitoba.

Both went to an Anglican-run residential school. In my family, we always called it the Rupert’s Land Indian Industrial School, ….but the other name of it was Middlechurch. …They were industrial schools so the idea was that you would learn a trade or learn do something. He studied printing. The girls, as I understand it, learned how to be maids, what they called domestic service.

They spent many years there, met each other there, and by the time they got out of there, they were maybe 18 or 19 and they married.

He certainly wasn’t able to get a job as a printer. That was part of the issue, they were supposed to be learning trades, but nobody would ever hire an Indian back in those days.

My grandfather stayed in touch with someone from the school, a teacher or someone that he knew from the Anglican church. After

some discussion with this fellow, my grandfather decided he wanted to go into the ministry. And so he went to the theological college, [St. John’s College] in Winnipeg and was ordained as an Anglican priest.

By then, he was married to my grandmother, and the first place he went was up to Northwestern Ontario, so they were based out of Sioux Lookout and Lac Seul area, and he spent his whole ministry, career or life ministering to Indigenous communities. He was ordained in about 1903,…Up there, people were living still quite traditionally, so he travelled out to summer camps and winter camps and traplines as an Anglican priest, conducting services and such.

And that’s where most of their children were born.

A couple of times, he went back to Fairford and ministered there because it was an Anglican mission, and in the early 1900s, the St. Peter’s Reserve … and to Peguis.

By the time my mother was born, she’s the youngest, they had moved to Kenora… I think maybe that’s why he wanted to vote; it was probably the first time he had been somewhere where you could vote in a federal election …(or possibly to buy a house, or maybe they lived in the manse], but in order to vote, he needed to enfranchise.

My grandfather was fairly well-

known because there weren’t that many Indigenous Anglican priests in those days and because of the nature of his ministry.

My mother grew up in Kenora … went to nursing school, became a nurse, moved to Toronto, met my dad.

They got married in 1950.

My grandmother had contracted tuberculosis at the residential school, and she died when my mother was a teenager, so I never knew her. My grandfather died when I was about eight, so then we just grew up knowing that this was our story.

We grew up in the suburbs of Toronto. Our friends knew that my Mum was an Indian, as we would have said back in the day, and she was proud of that and we were proud of that, but due to those effects of enfranchisement, which really cuts you off, we never imagined that there might be another ending to the story than what we knew back then, but now we have this other ending.…

They say a wrong remains a wrong until it is righted, and so I hope, and

Enfranchisement issue,

his status number because that’s the way The Indian Act worked, so when an Indian wanted to become enfranchised, and by that, they meant a man, automatically his wife was enfranchised, and their children were enfranchised. … My aunts and uncles all had status numbers too, so they all lost their status too. My mother wasn’t born yet, so she never had status as a child of enfranchised Indians.

But when she married my dad, who was Francophone, she would have lost her status anyway [in 1950]. But if she had lost her that way, she could have got it back and passed it down to her grandchildren in a way that she can’t as the daughter of enfranchised Indians.”

Fournier’s family history illustrates the complicated twists of the rules.

“Because of the changes that they made [in 1985] to the Indian Act for marrying out, if my grandmother who was a Status Indian in her own right would have married a nonIndigenous man, if I can put it this way, a white guy, and lost her status, technically that would have made my mother less … Indian because her dad would have been white… but [she would have been] able to pass her status on to her grandchildren.

But as the daughter of two Status Indians, she could pass her status only to her children, which is me and my siblings but not to our children,

and that was because of the way the status was lost, ie. enfranchisement.

So that’s our court case.”

Beaton was already working with a B.C. family whose greatgrandfather had enfranchised so that he could protect his children from being forced to attend residential school. With funding from the Canadian Court Challenges Program, which supports individuals and groups bringing cases of national significance related to constitutional and human rights before the courts, he put together the case for three families, including Fournier’s.

He contacted the department of Indigenous Services, offering to negotiate a resolution rather than going to court. Department officials responded that they would consider the issue and get back to him. Delays were attributed to the pandemic, but after waiting about a year, Beaton finally filed the constitutional challenge with the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

In March, Minister of Indigenous Services Canada Patty Hajdu promised to work with the plaintiffs and to introduce legislation by this summer that would enable families who lost

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Previously, The Indian Act dictated that an Indigenous woman marrying a non-status man would lose her status (as would her descendants) while a woman marrying an Indigenous man could gain Indian status even if she was entirely nonIndigenous, which was gender-based discrimination.

First Nations people finally got the right to vote in federal elections without losing their Indian status and treaty rights in 1960. Enfranchisement was also included in the 1985 amendment to align the Indian Act with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but descendants of women who lost their status because they were married to men who lost their status because they enfranchised were still not eligible to reclaim status.

Fournier contacted the Montreal lawyer mentioned in the news article.

He said her case was different from the one she read about but referred her to Vancouver lawyer Ryan Beaton of Juristes Power, who was working on a case similar to her family’s history.

“My grandparents were both Status Indians in their own right,” Fournier explains. “My grandmother, on marrying my grandfather, went off her status number and went on

Maurice Sanderson, Fournier’s grandfather, was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1903.

Photo contributed

I would like to think, that my grandparents would be proud that 100 years later we’re saying, “You know what Grandpa, what they made you do was wrong.”

Excerpted from Crosstalk interview with Kathryn Fournier

Kathryn Fournier’s grandmother contracted tuberculosis at the residential school and died young. status through enfranchisement to restore it.

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ALL MY RELATIONS CIRCLE

What is a Pow Wow and why you should attend one

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s we begin the month of June the All My Relations Circle is gearing up to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Tuesday, June 21. This is an official day of celebration to recognize and honour the heritage, cultures and valuable contributions to society

by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Many Anglican parishes recognize this special day on either Sunday preceding or following Tuesday, June 21. Do consult the All My Relations webpage - https:// www.ottawa.anglican.ca/amr - for ideas on what activities, speakers, videos, etc. you might use in organizing your service.

One activity that would further our knowledge and understanding of Indigenous cultures and traditions is the Pow Wow. Anglican parishioners and churches might wish to consider attending one in the Ottawa-Gatineau area this summer.

Pow Wows welcome non-Indigenous

(settlers), Métis and Inuit peoples alike.

A Pow Wow is a time of celebration, healing and spiritual growth. It is a gathering where people come together to dance, sing, seek healing, meet old friends and make new ones. The Pow Wow is a time to reaffirm the joy of life and reconnect with Mother Earth.

There are two kinds of Pow Wows: Competition and Traditional.

A competition Pow Wow is set up to attract the best drummers and dancers from all over by offering money through singing and dancing contests.

There is much to experience and enjoy at a Pow Wow – dances, songs, drumming and visiting the many vendors selling jewelry, crafts, art, clothing, beadwork, dreamcatchers, etc. Another major attraction is the variety of First Nations foods offered at these events.

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NEARBY OPPORTUNITIES

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ere in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec the All My Relations Circle was able to confirm the following Pow Wows on Algonquin First Nations territory taking place in 2022. Given the uncertainties with Covid, do check before you go:

KITIGAN ZIBI

June 4-5, 2022 Grand Entry at 12 noon on Saturday and Sunday Located just south of Maniwaki off Hwy 105.

Sylvia Morin - Cultural Centre 819-441-1655 sylvia.morin@kza.qc.ca

OTTAWA SUMMER SOLSTICE INDIGENOUS FESTIVAL June 21-26. 2022 At Vincent Massey Park, Ottawa 1-833-864-7839

PIKWAKANAGAN First Nation - Golden Lake

At the time of Crosstalk publication it was not known if the annual Pow Wow would be held this year. If it is held, the dates for this event are August 20-21, 2022.

Contact: Kevin Lamarr, Cultural Coordinator 613-625-2800.

Coordinator.culture.aa@pikwakanagan.ca

POW WOW ETIQUETTE Visitors are welcome at Pow Wows but there are some things to consider when you attend one.

Respect the Opening Prayer The Grand Entry and the Opening Prayer signal the beginning of the Pow Wow. The Opening Prayer is always performed by an Elder, and the drum takes centre stage as the most important part.

Ask before taking photos There are some times during the Pow Wow that shouldn’t be photographed, such as ceremonies and prayers. Ask permission before snapping.

Pay attention to announcers The Master of Ceremonies will be talking throughout the event, so make sure to listen for when to sit, when to stand, and when to join in the dance!

Source: https://canadianpowwows.ca/ dos-and-donts/

Do not bring drugs or alcohol A Pow Wow is a cultural event, not a party. Alcohol, drugs and firearms are never allowed on the premises.

Drugs and alcohol are not part of the culture.

Know the differences between Pow Wows Some Pow Wows are traditional ceremonies, while others are performed as a competition.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions A Pow Wow is a spiritual experience for those performing, but you may not fully understand what’s going on if you’re new to these events. If you have any questions, just ask!

Don’t forget your tobacco Offering traditional tobacco in a tobacco tie, if possible, to an Elder or dancer before a question is a sign of tremendous respect.

Do browse the local vendors When you’re buying from the artisans, you’re supporting Indigenous families and their communities.

It’s regalia, not a costume A dancer’s regalia is how they dress their spirit. It’s a special piece of handmade clothing that holds spiritual significance to the dancer, and is adorned with beading that has taken many hours (or even years) to assemble. Be respectful and always ask before taking photos.

Recognize different traditions Traditions change from nation to nation. Sometimes a local nation holds a cultural expo of their specific traditions – such as a sacred fire- or different dances that are specific to that region, like a smoke dance, switch dance or clown dance. Enjoy the diversity!

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Enfranchisement issue, from p. 11

Flock of doves to soar in the Cathedral in June

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hat a joy to see the mountain of doves made by volunteers throughout the diocese getting ready to take flight! Although the project exceeded its objectives in terms of the number of doves and fundraising — with about $15,000 donated to support the diocese’s refugee ministry — the milestone we’ve all been waiting for is having the chance to see them inside the Cathedral! It’s a year later than planned due to the pandemic, but the doves will finally bring their symbolic presence to Pentecost and beyond. Very grateful to all the talented dove-makers and the donors!

— Karen McBride, project co-ordinator

Fournier is watching for the legislation to be introduced and passed, but when it is, she is pleased that her children will be able to claim their status and that this change to The Indian Act may help many other people. As the story was reported in the media, she says many people contacted her to say their families had also been affected by the enfranchisement rules.

“It remains a living issue and part of the reason it remains a living issue is because it has affected people as it has cascaded down,” she said.

“As they changed those laws in 1985, they thought maybe there would be a few women who would come forward, wanting to get their status back. Well, they were just bombarded with thousands of women, and every time they made a change to the Indian Act that allows more people to claim status, they vastly under-estimate the number of people who want to do that. I think we’ll find the same thing with enfranchisement.

“To me, certainly, in part, it is a gesture of sovereignty, of identity, of affirmation, and even of resistance.”

Fournier adds that this change will help to right a historic wrong.

“They have vastly misunderstood the depth of Indigenous identity and the true meaning of cultural cohesion and connection. And so, more and

Her mother, Edith Margaret Sanderson Fournier more people are going to be making that affirmation.

Despite what people think, getting Indian status doesn’t give you a whole lot of benefits, and there are very few that would accrue to my children, but it’s that sense of identity, and that 100 years after they tried to make my grandparents stop being Indians, their grandchildren and great-grandchildren … are saying, in actual fact, this is an identity of which we are proud.”

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DIOCESAN ARCHIVES

By Glenn J Lockwood

Swimming in Jell-O

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t is curious how visitors see things when they visit a church that regular worshippers miss. Equally curious is how people who once were regular members but have moved away, come back for a visit and point out all the changes that have taken place—changes that the local congregation has long since gotten used to and have forgotten were changes at all.

That said, how do you prepare someone for entering the Church of the Good Shepherd, Wakefield for the first time. If, like a dog, they could only see in black and white, their initial impression is of a proper Anglican house of worship. The chancel is in front, with choir on either side, and the sanctuary defined up a step from the chancel. The altar is front and centre, with the dark walnut reredos providing a contrast to the brass altar cross. The font has been moved from its original position inside the main entrance when this church was built at the turn of the twentieth century to where the congregation can better see a baptism being performed. There is nothing surprising about the arrangement of the furnishings.

But for people entering Good Shepherd for the first time, they find themselves in a sensory environment most unusual in an Anglican church. It can only be likened to as if one were viewing the world while swimming in a bowl of liquid

Church of the Good Shepherd, Wakefield, West Quebec Deanery

outstation named Pâche and another at Masham. By 1878, the mission had two churches and two outstations where services were held.

We do not know when Church of the Good Shepherd was built. By 1893, the mission had two churches and one outstation, and by 1913 the Mission of North Wakefield consisted of Holy Trinity Church, Masham; Good Shepherd, Wakefield and a schoolhouse at South Branch by which time this house of worship had long since been built. At the end of the First World War the name of the mission was changed from North Wakefield to Wakefield.

In February 2000 the Holy Trinity, Lascelles and Good Shepherd congregations amalgamated to become one congregation with one vestry and one corporation. This new relationship (not so new, in a sense, as they had been sister congregations since 1863) formalized a reality that had long existed between the two.

Good Shepherd, Wakefield operated as the mother church with regular Sunday morning worship, while Diocesan Archives Brian Glenn fonds CL04 I100 Holy Trinity Chapel at Lascelles was reserved for special services.

Jell-O. As originally designed, the and add an almost exotic Québecois By 2001, extensive restoration and ceiling was dark panelled wood, the vibe in reminding us of Roman renovations had been made, and the wainscoting was dark paneled wood, Catholic churches dating to the early parish name changed that year to with the pews, reredos and other eighteenth century.

Wakefield-Chelsea-Lascelles. furnishings all made of dark wood.

In 1863, John Seaman, a catechist, The Archives collects parish registers, By painting white the ceiling and travelled in Aylwin, Masham and vestry reports, service registers, minutes walls, the entire church interior has Wakefield townships gathering people of groups & committees, financial taken its colours from the chancel together for worship. By 1864, the documents, property records (including window featuring an image of Christ Mission of Wakefield & Aylwin was cemeteries), insurance policies, letters, the Good Shepherd and the colour started, in 1866 the Mission of North pew bulletins, photographs and accents of the side windows. The Wakefield emerged, and by 1872 paintings, scrapbooks, parish newsletters, brass chandeliers are most unusual in North Wakefield consisted of Church unusual documents. an Anglican Gothic Revival church of the Good Shepherd, Wakefield, an

Youth Internship Program winding up and looking ahead

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nother YIP year is quickly coming to an end. It has been another different year as we have alternated between being in person and being online for our Faith Formation and leadership sessions.

We offered our interns the option of joining us in person or joining virtually for our sessions trying to be as inclusive to as many of the interns as possible. Our primary goal always is to build community and create a feeling of belonging.

Our interns have been enjoying learning and working in a variety of different placements that have included: Ottawa Art Therapy Group, Enriched Support Program at Carleton University, YIP’s faith formation and leadership team, Centre 454, Starwood, L’Arche, Glebe Wellness Centre, the Synod Office and the Nations Planning team of CLAY. We welcomed facilitators to discuss unconscious bias, anti- racism, mental health, developing critical thinking skills, 2SLGBTQ+ & gender diversi-

ty, and basic financial literacy for our leadership skills development and still have navigating difficult conversation, understanding empathy and networkDonna Rourke is ing left to Animator of Youth learn about.

Ministries and the We will be Youth Internship offering Program (YIP).

SafeTALK (SafeTALK is learning how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, engaging someone, and connecting those to an intervention resource for further support.

Funding for this comes to us courtesy of the Johanniter Humanitarian Group.

We have met monthly to discuss

our faith and our own faith expressions and journeys with our faith formation team. Together our participants learn to be a part of a community, journeying together in faith; learning how they each respond to God in a way and context that is truly their own. They explore concepts and engaged in transformative conversations that are amazingly wonderfully to be a part of.

We are planning a weekend retreat in June for the interns and mentors at Gracefield Camp for more opportunities for connecting, relationship building and engaging about faith. It is our hope that Bishop Shane may be able to join us for a few hours to engage with the interns and respond to their ‘burning questions.’

Look for more about our 20212022 interns and some reflections from them on their experiences in the September issue of Crosstalk.

Applications are open for the new YIP year; September 2022-June 2023. The form is available at the

diocesan website: https://www.ottawa.anglican.ca/images/yip/YIP-application.pdf To watch the new YIP video, please go to: https://youtu.be/sFeHGFco4Mw We are always looking for people to participate in YIP, young people to be interns, people to be a part of our prayer team and people to mentor our young people. If you think you might be interested in being a part of YIP or you think that your parish could offer an opportunity for an intern to do a work placement, I would love to talk to you; we could Zoom, chat on the phone or email. http://www.ottawa.anglican.ca/index.php/yip

Donna Rourke may be reached at donna-rourke@ottawa.anglican.ca 613-612-3674 or 232-7124 Ext. 220

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June 5 Pentecost Launch of the 1,000 Doves Exhibit at Christ Church Cathedral in support of the Diocesan Refugee Ministry (see article p.

Sept. 10 The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa Altar Guild Annual General Meeting 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 2 George St S. (Corner of Main St W and George St) Smiths Falls, Ont. K7A1X4

Celebration of Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 7 p.m. St. Barnabas, Apostle and Martyr, 70 James Street (at Kent Street), Ottawa

*9:30 AM Registration and Coffee *10:15 AM Holy Eucharist, followed by meeting and lunch.

The Choir of St. Barnabas will be joined by the Choir of St. Matthew’s Ottawa. Our guest preacher is the Rt. Rev. Peter Coffin, retired Bishop of Ottawa and former Bishop Ordinary of the Canadian Armed Forces.

Special presentation by Paul Byington “ In The Cross of Christ” Cost is $12 payable at the door and includes lunch.

RSVP at (613) 283-1261 or stjohns_smithsfalls@bellnet.ca Sept. 16 and 17 The Marriage Preparation Course is designed to help participants to learn and grow through online presentations given by professional speakers, online small group discussions with trained facilitators, and couple conversations.

All couples are welcome, and participation is not limited by gender, age, or previous marital status.

Information and registration forms: https://www.ottawa.anglican.ca/ marriage-preparation Next workshop will be in September.

Due to ongoing pandemic restrictions, please preregister at parishoffice@ primus.ca (613-232-6992) June 20 World Refugee Day June 21 National Indigenous People’s Day

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An invitation to reflect, share and reconnect Many readers will know Canon Monica Patten having worked with her over the years in her varied and valuable service to the Diocese. She is currently chair of the Community Ministries Committee. She also finds time to be the chair of the community organization Compassionate Ottawa, which has created Together Ottawa Ensemble. Crosstalk is sharing her invitation to be part of it this month.

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t is an understatement to say that the last few years have been hard given the pandemic. As we figure out how to live with COVID, our desire to reconnect with our families, friends, coworkers and neighbours remains.

This June Together Ottawa Ensemble is encouraging Ottawa residents to acknowledge where they are at. To hold space for how we are feeling, from needing to mourn, to wanting to feel joy, to hoping to reconnect with people. And, all of the above some days.

People across Ottawa are invited to plan events, small and large, for our community.

Your parish or ministry might like to plan an event that feels right for you. From a community picnic, to breakdancing, a drag show on a patio, an online art-making workshop, a panel about communities disproportionately impacted, to an interfaith vigil honouring those we’ve lost.

We’re providing planning tips to help you organize an event, and the website to announce it.

Plan your event to take place between Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 26, 2022. Add it to the www.togetherottawaensemble.ca website to invite our city or just your community. That’s two months away and together we can do this!

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