In our Parish Cycle of Prayer we pray for Bill and Jette Thomas, Milcah Wangechi, Gabriella Watts, John and Anne-Louise Watts, Taylor Webb, Elizabeth Wensley, Oliver Wesley-James, and Christopher White.

In our Community and Partners Prayer Cycle we pray for the Charred Restaurant, James Street N. Hamilton

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for the Episcopal Anglican Province of Alexandria.

In the Anglican, Lutheran, and Moravian Full Communion Cycle of Prayer we pray for Archbishop David Edwards, and the people and clergy of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada; We pray for the dean, council, and congregations of the Lutheran Atlantic and Montreal Areas of the Eastern Synod; And we pray for the people and ministries of Millwoods Moravian Church in Edmonton.

In our Diocese of Niagara we pray for our Bishop Susan Bell; Christ Church, Niagara Falls, the Reverend Paul Whitehouse, Interim Priest-in-Charge, the Reverend Canon Jim Powell, Honorary Assistant, and the people of that parish.

As a Community we pray for refugees and those displaced by war, violence and politics, and for those who help, support, counsel and care for them.

Those who have asked to be remembered in our prayers: With ongoing needs: Larry Andrews; Susan Worrall; Cathy Johnston; Helen; Rachel and James; the Reverend Charles Meeks; Geoff and Charlotte Read; Judi Mansfield-Jones; Brandon; Michael; Millie; Dave; Ezra Noble; John Ellis; Brenda Catterson; Sarah, Jeremy and family; Allen Calvin; Wayne and Michelle; and Bonnie Lawlor.

With current needs: Susan Andrews; ; Ann Turner; Bishop Ralph; Martha Rose; Barry Jefferies; Donelle de Vlaming; Jonathan James; Joan Gilvear; Sean; Hazel Naylor and family; Charlotte; James Warner; Shaun; Sarah Chandler; Adam Durnford; Harold Percy; Eldra Gittens; Belinda Whitehall; Madelyn Bradshaw; Anne-Louise; Reid Robinson; Kelley and Barb; and Dave Dale.

We pray for those who have been recently baptized: Brenda Catterson; and Ezra Noble.

Those who have recently died: Leonor Sorger; the Reverend Canon Dr. Eric Beresford; Patrick French, younger brother of Sandra Cross; and Gary Johnston, brother of Michael Johnston.

Flower Dedications: given to the Glory of God and in memory of the Howell, Simpson, Spears and Maclennan families, by the family.

The emergency on call clergy contact number is 365-324-4503

Sunday January 26
8:30am - Holy Eucharist in person
10:30am - in person and on the Cathedral's YouTube channel
Click here for the Order of Service

Tuesday January 28
8:30am - Morning Prayer in Person 

Wednesday January 29
8:30am - Morning Prayer on Zoom
followed by coffee and conversation 
11:30am - Holy Eucharist in person 

Thursday  January 30
8:30am - Morning prayer in person

Sunday February 2
8:30am - Holy Eucharist in person
10:30am - in person and on YouTube

TODAY, January 26, 2025, during The Third Sunday after Epiphany, Choral Eucharist 10:30am Service the new Christ’s Church Cathedral Nave Flooring will  be dedicated to the Honour of God and in Thanksgiving for the life and ministry of Lay Canon Dr. Fred Hall.
The Right Reverend Dr. Susan, of Niagara, to preside. The Reverend Canon Dr. Sharyn Hall to preach.
High Tea to be served straight after this service.

The Corporation of Christ's Church Cathedral will be hosting a Pre-Vestry meeting on Sunday, February 9, 2025 following the 10:30 service to give parishioners an opportunity to ask about the 2025 budget and discuss matters on our Mission Action Plan.  We look forward to your insights and questions.

The 2025 Annual Vestry Meeting will take place on Sunday, February 23 immediately following the 10:30am service.  At annual vestry meetings, financial statements for the previous year are received, church wardens, lay representatives, and parish council members are elected and/or appointed, a budget for the coming year is often passed, and any other business connected with the temporalities of the parish is transacted.

Please note that the Certified List of Vestry Members is displayed in a white folder at the back of Christ's Church Cathedral from January 19, 2025 until February 23, 2025.  If a person's name does not appear on the roll, that person may appeal to the Certification Committee by email no later than 72 hours before the time of the opening of the Vestry meeting to have their name added to the Certified List of Vestry Members.

The Ministry Team would like to have some photos from 2024 that celebrate the fun events, dedicated ministries, and community occasions from the past year. These photos will be shown on a loop during the Vestry meeting, so make sure that you get permissions before sending them through, please.
Send your photos in a jpeg file to the Cathedral Office by February 9, so that the team can get them uploaded. Please end them to the Cathedral Office
Thank you!

We continue to be excited about the possibility of Monica staying with us half time as priest-associate after her curacy is complete in February.
Thank you to the 1/3 of households who have made their 2025 giving intentions known already. The numbers are very encouraging. However, we would like so much to hear from the remaining 2/3 of households who have not submitted an intention from. Please do this as soon as you are able so that we can plan with a realistic idea of overall parishioner giving for 2025 and beyond. 
2025 Intention forms can be easily found by following this link: https://cathedralhamilton.ca/pages/pre-authorized-giving
These Intention Forms are also available on the literature rack in the narthex.  If you would like to declare your intention to increase your givings in 2025, please complete the form online, or on paper form and drop it in the offering plate.
Alternatively you can deliver it to the Parish Office for the attention of "Paula Esteves".
We are so  thankful for the generosity in our wonderful Cathedral family!

We are pleased to advise that our numbered donation envelopes for 2025 are now ready for pick-up in the greeting area on Sundays.   You can also pick up your envelopes  from the Cathedral office during office hours from Monday to Friday.  Envelope boxes are organized in alphabetical order with a label on the top left corner.  
Please Note:  Unused envelopes from 2024 or prior years cannot be used in 2025 or later years as envelope numbers can change from year to year.  Unused envelopes for prior years must be shredded. 
Thank you!
We have a surplus of unassigned envelopes for 2025.  If you are not using numbered envelopes and would like to know more about how numbered envelopes work, please do not hesitate to email  Paula Esteves.  

Tax receipts for donations received in 2024 were sent by Canada Post on January 20, 2025.  We are sincerely grateful to our parishioners and friends who continue to support the work of the Cathedral.  Your donations enable us to continue our many programs in support of our community.  

Should you have any questions or concerns about your receipt, please contact our Donations Administrator.

All are invited to attend this Cathedral Chat, focused on Community Engagement through the gift of Art. We have a dynamic panel including a photographer, a poet, and a singer/song writer. Come hear and see how their art was developed and how they have used their art to engage others.

Jessie Golem is an entrepreneur, professional writer, photographer, pianist, and activist. In 2018 Jessie used her skills in photography to produce a photo series called Humans of Basic Income that amplifies the stories of the recipients of the prematurely cancelled Basic Income Pilot Project in Ontario. Her photos have been exhibited across Canada and the world.  Jessie is also an accomplished classical pianist.  More info is available on Jesse's website.

Since the emergence of his first collection in 1982, John Terpstra has gained recognition as a poet and author of great precision, compassion, and attentiveness. With a fascination for geology, family, heritage, community and faith, he has trained his eye variously on his Hamilton neighbourhood, his Dutch background, the joys and peculiarities of marriage and parenting, as well as on issues of environmental degradation, local economy, security, society and questions of hope.  More info is available on John Terpstra's website.

Tom Wilson tehohåhake (two roads) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, famed storyteller and visual artist. His recent published memoir, Beautiful Scars, has become a national bestseller.  In his memoir, Wilson reveals the impact of discovering his indigenous heritage. Musically, Wilson is a Juno Award winner and known for his work with Blackie & The Rodeo Kings and Lee Harvey Osmond.  More info is available on Tom Wilson tehohåhake's website.

Q&A to follow along with refreshments.

Event will also be livestreamed on the Cathedral's YouTube page.   

Looking for a fresh new way to regularly engage with Scripture?

Due to the success of our in-person weekly Discovery Bible Study, the Spiritual Growth Team is offering an online version this winter.
Discovery Bible study is designed to meet the spiritual needs of our participant by considering what the biblical text tells us about God and human beings.

This new opportunity to experience the Discovery Bible Study from the comfort of your home will commence on Thursday Jan 30 from 3pm to 3:45pm.  Please contact Monica if you would like to join! All are welcome. 
Please note change of start time!

In anticipation of our Cathedral Chat on art and community, this Academy Award winning documentary follows two South Africans who set out to learn the fate of one of their favourite musicians, an early 70s American singer-songwriter named Rodriguez whose music captured the hearts and minds of South African teenagers restless for freedom during the apartheid regime.

For a sneak peak, please see official trailer available here.

Join us for this deeply encouraging film. Popcorn provided!

A weekly drop-in gathering to explore the stories and wisdom the Scriptures contain.  Join us if you know a lot or just a little.  All are welcome!

Come join the discussion! Sundays at 12:15 pm in the Spence Room-Sunday, January 19, 2025
Please Note the following dates:
Jan 26 – DD will take place, bring along a plate of food from the High Tea!
Feb 9 – DD will take place, but please attend the pre Vestry meeting.
Feb 23 – DD will be cancelled, so that everyone can attend Vestry.

For further information, please feel free to contact Matthew Green at 905-865-9863.

Did you know that grandparents and elders can have a unique spiritual influence on the beloved young people in their lives?

The Grandparents' Club is a brand new initiative in which grandparents (and other folks with children and youth they love not immediately in their care) meet to grow spiritually for the express purpose of supporting the spiritual growth of the young people they love.
The beta test of this 6 week initiative will begin in mid-January. 
More information to follow.

*Photo by Susan Ackeridge at https://www.flickr.com/photos/redfoxinict/30690428181, used under Creative Commons License.

Alongside Hope (PWDRF), continues to support children in Gaza at programs at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, which is operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.  We invite you visit the Alongside Hope article  Changing the trauma of war for children in Gaza dated January 16, 2025, a story of successes and continued challenges.

Please continue to pray for peace at this critical time.

Note:  The Government of Canada has announced and the Canada Revenue Agency has confirmed that donations received for all Canadian charities by February 28, 2025 can be applied to 2024 taxes.

January’s Action

James Gustave Speth (born March 4, 1942) is an American environmental lawyer and advocate.  He says, "I used to think the top global environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and climate change. I thought that with 30 years of good science, we could address these problems.  But I was wrong.  The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed, and apathy, and to deal with these we need a spiritual and cultural transformation, and we scientists don't know how to do that."

Questions to Consider

Can churches help people deal with environmental selfishness, greed, and apathy?

If so, how?

If not, then who can?

As a member of the Community of the Cross of Nails, we gather weekly at noon on Fridays to pray for peace, justice, and reconciliation.   We start our prayer with:

We stand together at this Friday noon hour to join with all those churches, schools, and other institutions who have committed themselves to the Community of the Cross of Nails. We search for reconciliation between ourselves and all those who have been harmed by war, by violence, by the effects of colonization and abuses of power, and by greed, selfishness, thoughtlessness and indifference.

Please click on Litany of Reconciliation for the prayer in its entirety.

A brief history of  the Litany of Reconciliation can be found on The Anglican Diocese of Ontario website.

Here at Christ’s Church Cathedral we care about every member of our parish community and highly value the kind donations of our parishioners time, money and skills.
We continue to take extra steps to ensure that you are better protected against cybercrime scammers and we would like to share the following information with you to ensure that you are a step ahead of those ‘smart scammers’ whose goals include obtaining your trust, money, and personal information, which could be traded, revealed, or used to perpetrate more cybercrime.
Please look at the advice on website links below taken from the Cybersecurity Ontario.ca website showing best practices on how to avoid cybercrime; what to do if you are suspicious of an email; and how to Check URLs and email addresses before clicking!
So, be aware of unsolicited phone calls, text or email messages from individuals or institutions asking for information, money, or even asking you to reply in haste to an urgent request. Use the contact information from previous exchanges or a secure website to confirm the authenticity of an unsolicited message. Do not provide personal, or sensitive information about yourself until you are certain of a person’s identity and their authority to have the information, and stay safe! https://www.ontario.ca/page/cyber-security                                              
https://cybersecurityontario.ca/mod/page/view.php?id=225&lang=en

Please remember to wear your name badges. The red boxes are full of tags and resources.
Let Karen know if you need more supplies or if you need new tags printed with your preferred gender pronouns. 
Thank you!

Saturday, March 8, 2025
9:30am to 12:30 pm

Cost: $12 (Cash or Cheque payable to All Saints Church)

If you’ve ever wondered how and why people use beads as a way to pray, then this is the workshop for you.  You will:

• Hear about prayer and how beads can be used.
• Make your own set of prayer beads.
• Experience ways of praying with beads.

Please register to attend as spaces are limited.

Sign up by emailing Mike at All Saints Church

Refreshments will be provided.

Please forward items for the Chronicle by 1:00pm on the Wednesday prior to publication to the Cathedral Parish Office, 905-527-1316 x240.The Cathedral Office will be closed from  December 21 to January 1 inclusive.
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you, and all those you hold dear, from the Cathedral Team.

At the back of the Cathedral there is a Tap donation device.  You can use your debit or credit card to "tap" and donate $5 to Christ's Church Cathedral.  If you wish to donate more, you can tap up to four times!  Your generosity is appreciated as it allows us to continue to maintain our beautiful facilities and offer innovative ministry to our community. Please note that Tap donations are not eligible for tax receipts.  Thank you!