Twelve years ago on February 12th, 2011, I stood at the lectern of St. George’s Cathedral to address the assembled delegates of the Electoral Synod of the Diocese of Ontario who had just elected me to serve as the twelfth bishop of our diocese. I remember looking at my wife Jeanie and wishing her an early “Happy Valentine’s Day”. I remember speaking about my sense of deep appreciation to the delegates for their trust that the Spirit had called me
One of the greatest joys I experience as an Anglican is being part of a church that exists from a local to global expression. The Anglican church we most often experience, lives in villages, towns and cities across our diocese. This is where we primarily put our faith in action, living out both the Great Commandment and the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. Faithful Anglican congregations respond to a multitude of local needs within those communities from thrift stores, drop-in
The road to reconciliation can be long, fraught and filled with uncertain moments along the way. The challenge we have in making the commitment to embark on that journey in the first place is that the precipitating events necessitating the journey have pain, injury, heartbreak, anger and helplessness as just part of the mix created through people’s actions or inactions toward one another. Our Scriptures witness to the reality that human relationships are often subject to intractable division brought about
Bishop Michael Oulton is pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Douglas Michael as Dean of Ontario, Rector of Kingston, and Incumbent of the Cathedral Church of St George effective August 15, 2022. Doug was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He received his Bachelor of Theology (Honours) from Rhodes University (Grahamstown) and his Master of Applied Ethics (University of the Witwatersrand). Douglas was ordained as deacon in 1999 in St Mary’s Cathedral, Johannesburg and was ordained to the
This is a difficult article to compose. I am writing against the backdrop of lockdown and anti-vaccine mandate protests stretching into weeks in Ottawa, with the city under an intractable siege within the downtown core and the Parliamentary precinct. These protests have spread across the country, laying bare a seething rage that was just below the surface of our society. We will soon be moving into the third year of the global pandemic with patience waning, nerves frayed and rifts
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