Good day everyone, Raising Money for God’s Mission in Madagascar:  With the Archbishop’s approval, the Anglican Missions Service Committee is initiating a diocesan-wide fundraiser to collect money for the inner city school and for the orphanage in Madagascar that Mary Sherwood founded many years ago.  Mary had been our primary fundraiser – travelling across Canada…

Happy holiday Monday! A Reminder: I haven’t mentioned this for some time but, yes, we are having the usual Annual Lay Readers’ Conference beginning the evening of Friday, September 30 and continuing through the day on Saturday, October 1st.  The Friday evening service will be a diocesan-wide acknowledgement of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. …

For those of you in the Sault Ste Marie, please consider helping out and please pass along this information to others who may be interested as well: Sara McCleary is looking for volunteers to spend some time in their Thrift Store. The Thrift Store hours are Monday through Friday, 11am to 3pm. Sara can be…

Good day, This cool weather certainly is a switch from last week!   Congratulations to St. James, Goulais River, who yesterday celebrated their 125th year (+2) since their consecration. The rest of us will be observing James’ Holy Day today.  I am very glad that the rain held off until after your outdoor worship service!  Below is…

Well….actually….this is a delayed celebration of 125 years. Marking this important number had to wait two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic closures and such. This coming Sunday, July 24th, 2022 at 10am the worship service begins. Archbishop Anne Germond will be preaching and presiding. Following the service you can enjoy a delicious barbecue accompanied…

Greetings on this gorgeous, soon to be very hot, day! I don’t have any upcoming events to tell you about but, if you know of any, please fill us in.  On that note… A Fact about Fridays:  Our western society and the church (especially the early church) have an extremely different view of Fridays. Our…

Good day, It’s a slow week so here is a brief FYI about what the presbyter wears on a Sunday: When Celebrating the Eucharist: the presbyter (priest) may wear a long white garment called an alb. This is actually the traditional garment of all the baptized which is why servers and Lay Readers also wear…

Good day, I haven’t given a COVID-19 update in a while so I thought I’d do that today. The Algoma health unit area has 43 active cases. Given the fact that many people are testing at home or not testing at all, this is not considered an accurate reflection of actual cases. There are six people…

Good day, We are headed towards a long weekend! Yay! On Friday we celebrate our country. We mark 155 years since our official confederation but Canada has been around since Paleo-Indians first arrived thousands of years before . The name “Canada” is believed to have originated from the Huron-Iroquois word “kanata”, meaning “village.”  Europeans apparently first…

Good day, This Friday, June 24th is not only the Holy Day of the Birth of St. John the Baptist, it is also the day when our diocesan COVID-19 protocols change once more – hopefully for the final time because that would mean we are not experiencing any more “waves.”  As our restrictions ease, please…