Great news! — Approved zoning applications for TWO new developments for Housing First in our community. Many years and many partners in the making, these 7 units are another important step toward our goal of building 40 units of housing to foster safety and inclusion for people who have endured chronic homelessness in our community. […]
Other News
2019 Out of the Cold
19 December UPDATE – The new shelter is open at 332 Brunswick Street with 20-30 beds and they still need many items to function this winter. Donations to Wilmot United Church, Monday to Saturday 10 am-1 pm. An up to date list of needs is posted at the back of the Cathedral. Former and new […]
2019 Christmas angels are here!
UPDATE – all angels have flown! Thanks to all for your adoptions. Sixty paper angels from Greener Village (the food bank) wait to be chosen from small trees in the cathedral and in the hall. Each requests a specific Christmas gift or stocking stuffers for a needy child in our city. **NEW THIS YEAR** Please […]
Mothers’ Union – 120 Years of Faith in Action – HOPE
Be Proactive, Take initiative and Act with Integrity – PTAI. This was the message from the Rev. Michael Elliott at the Church of the Holy Spirit in the Portmore Deanery in Cumberland, Jamaica. Alice Kennedy, Lilian Ketch, and I were recently invited to attend the 120th Anniversary of the Mothers’ Union in the Diocese of […]
In Memoriam – David Drinkell
The church family at Christ Church Cathedral continues to mourn the death of organist and director music David Drinkell. Notes of sympathy and condolences, literally from all over the world, continue to flow in. David was very well known and regarded in the music community. Among the communications are those from Brunswick Street Baptist Church, […]
Cutler Notes – 14 September 2019
September 2019 Dear Friends, Nathan and I wanted to be able to say a few words to you as we all settle into Fall and many new beginnings for us all Thank you to Geoff for accepting this for the web page. First of all WE MISS YOU! We spent thirty wonderful years in Fredericton […]
The problem with plastic
The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada in 2019 will consider a motion to encourage Anglicans across the country to both curtail purchase of and, reduce reliance on, single use plastics. The proposed motion includes developing resources to assist local efforts to those ends. Plastic products are produced from oil, a non-renewable resource. […]
What is the Anglican Foundation of Canada?
The Anglican Foundation of Canada may be one of the Canadian Anglican church’s best kept secrets. The Foundation supports Canadian Anglican ministry across Canada by way of the generosity of Anglicans both past and present. “‘Us’ and ‘them’ language is difficult to apply to the Anglican Foundation,” says the Diocese of Fredericton‘s representative Clyde Spinney. […]
Kathleen Snow commissioned to MU Board
Mothers’ Union: One of Anglican Communion’s greatest gifts to worldwide Church – Abp Welby The Archbishop of Canterbury, has praised the “unique and extraordinary” work of the Mothers’ Union, as he commissioned the international Anglican mission agency’s new Worldwide President, Sheran Harper, during a service in London’s Southwark Cathedral last night (Tuesday).
Paper Bag Singers
“Individually, we can’t carry a tune in a paper bag. Together, we sound GREAT!” Been told you can’t sing, think you can’t sing? Nonsense! Anyone can sing. Choirs and singing groups for people who don’t have “a golden voice” have been springing up all across the UK and Canada. And now here in Fredericton, we […]
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