Parish Life

By Rev. Canon Stewart Murray, Incumbent at St. Barnabas, Ottawa

In the midst of a busy morning, sitting in traffic, I was behind a car with a wonderful collection of bumper stickers. They ranged from one proudly proclaiming “this car climbed Mt. Washington” to a collection of stickers on the back window showing a family of Star Wars fans with a mom, a dad, two children and even the dog depicted as stormtroopers! But one sticker, rather faded and torn read “Wise men still seek Him.”

By Rev. Canon Stewart Murray, Incumbent at St. Barnabas, Ottawa

One of the great treasures of our Anglican tradition that I have rediscovered in the last few years is the Great Litany in the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) and the Book of Alternative Services (BAS). At one time it was common to find a copy of the Litany in a separate book on a prayer desk, called a litany desk, in the sanctuary or nave of most churches.

by Rev. Canon Stewart Murray, Incumbent at St Barnabas, Ottawa

On May 9 the parish will launch a new concert series featuring OrKidstra, a musical- and social-development program for children aged 5 to 18 living in under-served areas of Ottawa.

From the OrKidstra website:

OrKidstra is a social development program for children aged 5 to 18 living in under-served areas of Ottawa, Canada.

Our mission is to empower kids and build community through the universal language of music.

by Rev. Canon Stewart Murray, Incumbent at St Barnabas, Ottawa

in May 2018 issue of ‘Crosstalk,' the newspaper of the Angican Diocese of Ottawa

The season after Pentecost or Trinity is called by some the long season of the green. They are referring, of course, to the colour of the church year that we will use until Advent. During the Easter season, we have had almost a riot of colours – white, gold, and red – but for the next six months, it will be the Wearing of the Green!

By Rev. Canon Stewart Murray, Incumbent at St. Barnabas, Ottawa

(published in the April issue of ‘Crosstalk’, the newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa)

The celebration of the Easter season concludes with the Ascension of Christ and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Many parish communities celebrate Pentecost with great fanfare and energy: birthday cakes, balloons and variations on the theme of ‘tongues of fire’.

Here is a schedule of services for Holy Week 2018:

Palm Sunday: 25 March

• 8 am Morning Prayer
• 8:30 am Low Mass
• 10:30 am Solemn High Mass

Monday 26 March

• 9:30 am Morning Prayer
• 10 am Mass

Tuesday 27 March

• 9:30 am Morning Prayer
• 10 am Mass
• 8 pm Tenebrae

Wednesday 28 March

• 4:45 pm Evening Prayer
• 5:15 pm Mass

Maundy Thursday: 29 March

• 7:30 pm Solemn Liturgy of Maundy Thursday

By L.K. O’Connor (published in the March 2018 issue of ‘Crosstalk’)

One Saturday in the fall of 2017 and one Saturday in January 2018, the doors of St. Barnabas, Ottawa opened to welcome artists to an art day called In the Image.

By Rev. Canon Stewart Murray

published in the March 2018 issue of ‘Crosstalk’

by Rev. Canon Stewart Murray, Incumbent at St. Barnabas, Ottawa

published in the February 2018 issue of ‘Crosstalk’