Parish Life
Summer -- a time for relaxation and spiritual exploration
by Rev. Canon Stewart Murray, Incumbent at St Barnabas, Ottawa
A sneak peek at the upcoming OrKidstra concert on May 9
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.
The Wearing of the Green
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!
The Holy Trinity
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’.
Service schedule for Holy Week
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
In The Image
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.
Called to Holiness
By Rev. Canon Stewart Murray
published in the March 2018 issue of ‘Crosstalk’
Dust Thou Art and to Dust...
by Rev. Canon Stewart Murray, Incumbent at St. Barnabas, Ottawa
published in the February 2018 issue of ‘Crosstalk’
Lady Day
by Rev. Canon Stewart Murray, Incumbent at St. Barnabas, Ottawa
published in ‘Crosstalk’, January, 2018
Hear the Advent Carol Service again
Here is a complete recording of From Darkness to Light: An Advent Procession with Carols, held Sunday 10 December 2017