Forty Days of Music V
In 2013 I had an intense musical experience in a church basement in Ottawa. The JACK String Quartet performed the third string quartet by...
Forty Days of Music IV
We’re about halfway through Lent, an event marked in some churches with Laetare Sunday, the name taken from the entrance chant for...
40 Days of Music, Part III
The Christian liturgical year is superimposed on the calendar year, with some interesting and poetic consequences: we celebrate the birth...
40 Days of Music, Part II
Grief, pain, sorrow, loss… all emotions we associate with death. By reading the story of Jesus’ life in the gospel we learn,...
Forty Days of Lent (And Music)
It is difficult to imagine Christmas time without Christmas carols. But do you feel the same way about Lent? We often think about Lent as a...
Christmas Cards for Seniors
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the Messy Church participants for their hard work in creating these beautiful cards for our...
Clothing Drive Thank You!
A huge thank you goes out to the Parish family, friends and neighbours who contributed to our Clothing Drive on Tuesday, December 1, for...
Being With Ourselves
Our first relationship is with ourselves. Human beings are created in the image of God (in other words, we were made to reflect his...
Why I Love St. Matt’s
There are lots of reasons I love St. Matt’s, but the first thing I can think of is the people. Everyone accepts you, no matter what. It...