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News

Prominent Parishioner to receive The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal  3 Feb 12
Marlene Brant Castellano will receive The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal at an investiture ceremony on Monday 6 February at Queen's Park.  This award is a recognition of Marlene's contribution to peace and reconciliation among indigenous people and settlers over the last half-century.  Marlene adds this honour, given on the sixtieth anniversary of the Accession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to the throne, to her membership in the Order of Canada.  Congratulations, Marlene.  For more information on the Diamond Jubilee Medal, please visit the website of the Governor General of Canada:  http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14019.

Reflection on being a welcoming church  12 Jan 12
David Smith, Stewardship and Congregational Development coordinator for the Diocese has posted a reflection called "Good Ideas for Welcoming Ministries.  The Parish of Tyendinaga is featured in his reflection.  To read it, please visit the diocesan stewardship page here.

Visit of the Most Reverend Douglas Hambidge, retired Metropolitan of British Columbia and the Yukon  6 Jan 12
On Sunday 12 February, Archbishop Hambidge will visit the parish to speak at the Christian Education session and to preach at the 10:30 Sunday Celebration.  For those who completed the Stewardship Study in the fall, you will recognise Archbishop Hambidge as the author of the book The S Word.  We will host a luncheon after church so everyone may have a time for fellowship and conversation with our guest.  For more information on other events that Archbishop Hambidge will be speaking at that week, please visit the Diocesan website:  www.ontario.anglican.ca

Service of Thanksgiving on the 60th Anniversary of the Accession of HM The Queen  3 Jan 12
A liturgy to commemorate the diamond jubilee of the accession of The Queen will be held on Sunday 5 February at 4:00 p.m. in the Chapel Royal.  The order of service (click here to read it) will follow the authorised form as found in the current version of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer as used in HM Chapels Royal and which was promulgated by Her Majesty's Command according to this warrant reproduced in the BCP:

Appointment of a new Rector for our Sister Parish  30 Dec 11
The Bishop of Albany has appointed the Rev'd Neal Longe to the Parish of St Ann, Amsterdam.  Fr Neal was ordained to the priesthood on 30 June 2010 and served at Christ Church, Schenectady, and St Michael's Church, Colonie, before being called to St Ann's.  He is married to Lisa and they have two children, Maria, age 4, and Noah, age 2.  Fr Neal completed a Diploma in Anglican Studies at Trinity School for Ministry and read a Master of Arts degree at St Mary's Seminary and University.  We look forward to meeting the Longe family and hope that they will become good friends of this parish.

Trial Combined Worship and Study  30 Dec 11
In our ongoing efforts to prayerfully discern who and where God is calling us to be, we are embarking on a trial where both congregations will worship and study together.  The parish leadership believes that fruitful Christian communities not only pray together but learn together.  The schedule for the trial can be found on the Worship page.

Canonisation of Kateri Tekawitha, First Indigenous Saint in North America  19 Dec 11

The Vatican announced today that the Blessed Kateri would be elevated to sainthood.  Kateri is a controversial figure:  she is an exemplar of Christian virtue, all the more so because she was a Mohawk.  But to many traditional Onkwehonwe she is an example of the assimilation that the missionaries of the seventeenth century practiced.  For those who revere her, however, this is a significant event and the result of many years of advocacy by her postulancy committee.  For more information, you can read the CBC news brief here:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/19/mohawk-saint-named-kahnawake.html.

You can also read By The Way, the Parish newsletter, on the Newsletters page.

Events
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