In our Parish Cycle of Prayer we pray for Elizabeth Sitter, Laureen Vermette, Susan Worrell, Catherine and Penny Anderson, Patricia Ann Andrew, Susan Andrews, Ginny Arnott-Wood, and Marie Avery.

In our Community and Partners Prayer Cycle we pray for The HUB, Hamilton.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for the Anglican Church of Brasil.

In the Anglican, Lutheran, and Moravian Full Communion Cycle of Prayer we pray for the Most Rev. David Edwards, Archbishop, and the clergy and people of the Anglican Diocese of Fredericton; we pray for the dean, council, and congregations of the Grand River and Thames Areas of the Lutheran Eastern Synod; we pray for the anniversary of the founding of the Moravian Unitas Fratrum (or Unity of the Brethren) on March 1, 1457, in Bohemia; and together we pray for an end to human trafficking and modern slavery.

In our Diocese of Niagara we pray for our Bishop Susan Bell; Archbishop Colin Johnson; St. James & St. Brendan, Port Colborne, the clergy and the people of that parish.

As a Community we pray for the homeless and those living in extreme poverty; those who struggle with debt, unemployment  or underemployed, 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; Bonnie Lawlor; and Wayne and Michelle.

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

Those who have recently died: Cleomie Woods, Randy Wood’s sister; Stanley Burrows, Hilary McLeod’s father; Simeon Smith, Rena Wood's father.

Flower Dedications: given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of  Mary McLeod and Stanley Burrows, by Tom and Hilary McLeod.

Through the Litany of Reconciliation we have been asked to pray this week specifically for Christ Church Kiev and St Paul's Odesa in the Ukraine, the clergy and people of these parishes.  Learn more about The Anglican Diocese of Ontario Reconciliation Ministries here.

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

Sunday February 23
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 February 25
8:30am - Morning Prayer in Person 

Wednesday February 26
8:30am - Morning Prayer on Zoom
followed by coffee and conversation 
11:30am - Holy Eucharist in person 

Thursday February 27
8:30am - Morning prayer in person

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

The Corporation of Christ's Church Cathedral will be hosting their Annual Vestry Meeting on Sunday, 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 that are allowed to attend 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 to cathedral.admin@niagaraanglican.ca no later than 72 hours before the time of the opening of the Vestry meeting to have their name considered and added to the Certified List of Vestry Members.

You can now find the Vestry Report on our website to view here.

Our central Cathedral main doors are being restored.
They will need to be in the workshop for about 2 months.
In the interim, the South doors will be used as the primary set of doors to access the Cathedral.
We hope that the project will be complete in advance of Holy Week.
It’s great to see this project get underway!

 After service hospitality (coffee hour) is an important and fun ministry - a great way to meet  lovely people and get to know your parish community better. 

Just come along! No sign up needed.
Learn everything you need to know from set up to clean up with Sandra Cross and Roseann Barry.

If you can’t make it at 9:45am they will happily teach you during coffee hour. They will be delighted to see you.

Wanted: More knitters/crocheters!
Wednesday afternoons 1pm-3pm.
Join us in the Spence room, for friendship, tea, and biscuits, or knit from home if you prefer.
Extra supplies of gift bags and blank note cards always required and gratefully accepted. Call Madge on 289-887-5676

(https://films.nationalgeographic.com/sugarcane)

A Canadian documentary, nominated this year for a Best Feature Documentary Oscar, Sugarcane is a stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life. It is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. Filmed just after the discovery of unmarked graves at the residential school in Kamloops, Sugarcane follows the Indigenous community at White Lake, BC, as they investigate the history of the residential school in their community with resilience and hope of healing.

Due to the limited space in the Spence Room, please RSVP to Monica at monica.green@niagaraanglican.ca, if you would like to come. Popcorn provided!

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.

Please email Monica to obtain the Zoom link.

Preliminary information will be available before our first meeting.  
This exciting new club will start on Monday February 24 from 7 PM to 8:30 PM and will run each Monday evening through March 31.
Please mark your calendars as we look forward to our first session on February 24!

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 commenced on Thursday Jan 30  (3pm to 3:45pm).  Please contact Monica if you would like to join! All are welcome. 
Please note change of start time!

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,
Please Note that on 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.

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 20% 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 80% 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.

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

Parishioners of the Cathedral are invited to join a small group discussion with Tim, Monica, and a few other parishioners about Christ’s Church Cathedral.   Please watch the video below for a 3-minute message about this invitation.

Let us know if you want to participate in a discussion group. 

You are invited to complete our sign up form via this link or via the QR Code below.  You may also email Dale Guenter,
or call or text at 905-730-7074.

Every year, just prior to our annual vestry meeting, we publish a narrative budget - our story of the year gone by.  The story of our ministries, our stewardship of all our resources, and the generosity of what we give and receive.

We invite you to  read our 2024 Narrative Budget.

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.

As part of our baptismal covenant, we are asked with God’s help to “strive to safeguard the integrity of God’s creation, and respect, sustain and renew the life of the Earth”

Ontarians will be going to the polls on Feb 27th. Scientists tell us the world’s major economies only have until 2030 to cut emissions in half from 2005 levels to avoid the most catastrophic impact of climate change in our lifetime.

We will not all agree on the best way forward but we need to pay attention to the campaign, listen to different points of view, and cast our ballots on Feb 27.

Alongside Hope (PWRDF) has created a reading list to coincide with Canada’s International Development Week (the 1st week of February). This list has books for all ages.  On the PWRDF website, Janice Biehn reminds us, “to come together to learn, share stories, and create change for a brighter more equitable world.”

It is well worth it for readers everywhere and of all ages, to visit the reading list! 

At Christ’s Church Cathedral, we care about every member of our parish community and highly value the generous donations of each of our parishioner’s time, money, and skills.

We continue to take extra steps to ensure that you are better protected against cybercrime scammers.  The following information is designed to help you stay 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.

We encourage you to please look at the advice on the sites below, offering 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; how to block scam senders as SCAM and not to forward on as part of the email stream!

• Ontario Cybersecurity Education & Training

• Ontario Cybersecurity Knowledge Library

To recap, 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! 

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!

Please forward items for the Chronicle by 1:00pm on the Wednesday prior to publication to the Cathedral Parish Office, 905-527-1316 x240.

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!