Thank you for joining us as we worship together.

‘Sharing God's loving transformation of our lives with our neighbourhood, the diocese and the world through inspiring worship and music, spiritual formation and leadership development, compassionate service and advocacy alongside our neighbours, and a warm and inclusive hospitality.’
We are a sacred oasis in the heart of the city.

Sunday December 14
8:30am - Holy Eucharist in person

10:30am - Third Sunday of Advent - Choral Eucharist in person and on YouTube
Order of Service

Cathedral Worship - This coming week

Tuesday December 16
8:30am - Morning Prayer in person

Wednesday December 17
8:30am - Morning Prayer on Zoom 
11:30am - Holy Eucharist in person

Thursday December 18
8:30am - Morning Prayer in person

Friday December 19
12:15pm - Litany of Reconciliation in Bishopsgate

Sunday December 21
8:30am - Holy Eucharist in person
10:30am - Festival of Lessons & Carols
 in person and on YouTube

Please note: Smoking is not permitted anywhere on Cathedral Property. Thank you.

In our Parish Cycle of Prayer we pray for Elaine Marshall; Joan Martin; Christine Matimba; Bradley McLaughlin; Tom and Hilary McLeod.

In our Community and Partners Prayer Cycle we pray for Hamilton Out of the Cold.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.

In the Anglican, Lutheran, and Moravian Full Communion Cycle of Prayer we pray for Dr. Andrea Mann, General Secretary, and the staff of the Anglican General Secretary’s Office; we pray for Peace Anthony-Idoko, Director of Finance and Administration, and their staff; and we pray for Mr. David Jones, District President, and the members of Board of Elders of the Canadian District of the Moravian Church Northern Province.

In our Diocese of Niagara we pray for our Bishop Susan Bell; Archbishop Colin Johnson; St. Stephan-on-the-Mount, Hamilton, the Reverend Naomi Kabugi, Rector; the Reverend Canon Bob Brownlie, Honorary Assistant; and the people of that parish.

As a Community we pray for the isolated, the lonely, those mourning or remembering the death of family and friends, and all those that support, and care for them.

Those who have asked to be remembered in our prayers: With ongoing needs: Bishop Ralph; Susan Andrews; Larry Andrews; Susan Worrall; Cathy Johnston; Helen; the Reverend Charles Meeks; Brandon; Harold Percy; Michael; Millie; Ezra Noble; John Ellis; Brenda Catterson; Allen Calvin; Bonnie Lawlor; Donelle de Vlaming; Eldra Gittens; Bill and Joan Gilvear; Anne-Louise and John Watts; Barry Jefferies; McKay family; Cathy Kendall; Jean Livingstone; Kristen; and Charlotte.

With current needs: Jonathan James; Kelley and Barb; Turner, Janel Shaw, and Kathy Drury; Judith Robertson; Belinda Whitehall; the Mitchell family; Margaret Griffin; Stephanie MacLeod; Margaret Beale; Deborah Kempe; Mary Anne; Allan; Andrew; Willow; Baby Snow; Brad; Donna Tank and family; Laurie Johnston and family; Valerie Rodney; Angela Hemming; Margaret Kittle; Heather Clark; Shirley; Yvonne Mills; Janet Wude; CC; Tyler; Celina Liong and family; Robert James; Kim; Laura and family.                                                                                                                                                 

Those that have recently died: Ida Consoli; and Ronald Crawford.

In support of James St. North merchants' Happy Crawlidays event, Christ's Church Cathedral is hosting a Tree Lighting on Saturday, December 13 at 5 pm in Bishopsgate.  Please join us to sing some carols and visit with other members of the congregation and get to know our neighbours. We will have plenty of song sheets to go around. 
If you have any questions, please contact Brian Kreps.

Donations for Cathedral Christmas flowers are welcome now!  If you would like the name of your loved one to appear in the Bulletin over Christmas week, please ensure that you have informed the Cathedral office by Monday December 15.  You can follow this LINK  to donate through Interac e-Transfer,  or use the Christmas Flower donation envelopes found at the Greeters' desk.  Thank you.

MacNeill Baptist Church is hosting a Blue Christmas worship service for their partnering churches in Westdale, intended for people who wish to worship in a quiet, meditative time of grief in the midst of Advent and Christmas celebrations. 

All are welcome!

Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay

Following our Lessons and Carols service on Sunday Dec 21, we will be holding a Christmas Cookie Exchange. Everyone is invited to simply make or purchase one large batch – 2 ½ to 3 dozen – of your favourite Christmas cookies to share.   

Goodies containing nuts and gluten must be labelled please! Gluten-Free cookies welcome too!

We will put all the cookies out at Coffee Hour and not only will we get to enjoy an extravaganza of cookies that day, we will also be able to each take home a dozen or two of different Christmas cookies for the holidays.  Take away bags will be provided!

Image by Cathy S from Pixabay

Straight after the 10:30am service on Sunday Jan 4, Dean Tim will be offering a dedication of thanks to the newly updated Myler Hall Kitchen. Please join us!

Our doors are open on the first Sunday of every month for anyone to drop in for peace and reflection in the middle of our busy city.  Feel free to light a candle, say a prayer, or just sit quietly in this beautiful space. Maybe you have never been in the Cathedral and just want to have a look around?  Maybe you would just like to listen to some quiet, peaceful music?  Whoever you are, whatever brings you to our doors, you are very welcome. If you have any questions during your visit, there is someone on hand from our Cathedral Community.

For level access please go to the reception door to the left of the main Cathedral entrances.  

Please contact Bruce Burbidge if you have any questions.

Study the Bible in community through this drop-in participant-focused method of reading scripture together.  Discovery Bible Study is designed to meet the spiritual needs of our participants by considering what the biblical text tells us about God and human beings. 

You'll find us in the nave on Thursdays at 11:30am.  All are welcome!

Celebrating 150 years since Christ’s Church Cathedral was consecrated as the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara.

The 150th Anniversary relates to the date when the Act to Incorporate the Synod of the Diocese of Niagara royal assent was received. In practice the cathedral may have obtained status earlier, but in law, it would have become a cathedral when the diocese was formally incorporated, on February 10, 1876.

In 2026, Christ’s Church Cathedral will be celebrating a remarkable milestone, 150 years of sharing God's loving transformation of our lives with our neighbourhood, through inspiring worship and music, spiritual formation and leadership development, compassionate service and advocacy alongside our neighbours, and a warm and inclusive hospitality service, presence, and partnership withinour local community.

Watch out for more celebratory event information coming soon!

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.

Please note: No Litany of Reconciliation on Dec 26, or Jan 2.

Exactly one year ago, at the beginning of Advent, we asked you all to consider increasing your giving in future years so that we could expand our priest team, adding Rev. Monica Romig-Green as half time Priest Associate.
From there we made a leap of faith and agreed to commit to hire Monica to join our beloved Dean Tim and we have had one incredible year of being spiritually fed by them both.
Good news! The kind generosity of all of you, has been truly miraculous as this has brought us very close to having what is needed to sustain our new priest team. We are not quite there yet! We are still shy of what we need.
We know this season of advent has much yet to reveal! Let us watch, discern, pray, act, and see what is possible together.

Planned Giving refers to a direction in your will to donate a gift from your estate to a charitable or non-profit organization.  The gift can be cash, property, securities, or a percentage of your estate and frequently has the benefit of reducing your estate's tax liability.  This is a good opportunity to leave a legacy at no immediate cost to you. 

For more details please refer to the article What is Planned Giving?

If you are interested in learning more about including Christ's Church Cathedral in your will, please contact our Parish Treasurer, J. Lefebvre, to discuss next steps. 

For details on other ways to give, please visit our web page Give.

Are you friendly? Would you like meet new people and hear different speakers from across the diocese?
We are looking for a small team of six to eight people for our new Diocesan Services Greeters Team for the six diocesan services of 2026: Sundays Jan 18, May 24, Jun 7, Oct 18, Nov 15 & Nov 22, all at 4 PM.
If you can commit to at least four of the six services, we’d love to have you on the Team!
Contact the Cathedral Office.

Find online editions of our Cathedral CONTACT  here.

We shall be selling the 2026 Canadian Anglican Church Calendars ($10.00), along with Christmas Cards that use Nativity scenes from our beautiful stained-glass Cathedral windows. We started to produce Christmas Cards in 2008 so that you can have religious scenes and a card that uses the word “Christmas” rather than “Happy Holidays”.  We still use the 2008 price of $1.25 per card - what a bargain! 

We shall also be selling A Visual Guide to Christ’s Church Cathedral, Hamilton, Ontario for $10.00.  Copies can also be purchased any Sunday from Sandy Darling. 
They make a good Christmas present for relatives, friends or former parishioners.

MANY THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT!

*Photos:   Alexander Darling ©

We are looking forward to start a fresh in the New Year every Wednesday at 1pm in the Spence Room.
We will be holding our own Christmas Party in the Niagara Room on Weds Dec 17 at 1-3pm
Please contact Madge Passmore: 905-538-2797 or contact the Cathedral Office: cathedral.admin@niagaraanglican.ca 

Our handmade prayer shawls have been and blessed and are available for the congregation to give to SOMEONE THAT NEEDS A HUG FROM GOD……is sick, grieving, sad, or whatever their need.
Available through the week via the Cathedral office or on Sunday mornings see Madge Passmore.

December’s Action

Buy fewer items, shop locally, shop second-hand, repair what you can! Focus on repurposing, regifting, or rehoming.  Also consider making charitable “in honour” gifts,  e.g. Alongside Hope World of Gifts!

Why?

Electronics, clothes, plastics and other items we buy cause carbon emissions at each point in production. Supporting local small businesses stimulates the economy where you live and “in honour” gifts share our concern for and make a difference in the lives of others less fortunate.

Impact?

We are using the equivalent of 1.6 Earths to maintain our current way of life, and ecosystems cannot keep up with our demands! Buying fewer new clothes and other consumer goods can reduce your carbon footprint. 

*From the UN's Actions for a Healthy Planet in the section titled Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle

Once again, Alongside Hope is offering daily readings during Advent, titled, The Advent of Healing.  You can subscribe to daily readings, reflections, and prayers from The Reverend Dr. Ray Aldred.  You have the option to subscribe and receive daily messages or you can download Rev. Aldred's PDF resource in full by visiting Alongside Hope's  Advent of Healing page.   

The first reading on November 30th talks about, Charlie Brown's Christmas.  Linus laments, "Doesn't anyone know the real meaning of Christmas?"  Dr. Aldred explores this question and the frustration in living in a world spinning around violence when we are devoted to living a life of peace.  I hope we can follow along with this program and take the time to slow down during this busy season to reflect on Linus's question.

Mature (60-year-old) Hamilton-based female — visual artist with writing and adult caregiving experience — seeks studio, room, or home share (for up to $950/month + possible additional duties) in Hamilton for February 1, 2026. Seeking a more sustainable rent and living situation to recover from recent health issues, and to return to arts-based self employment and community work. Conscientious, engaging, positive, and respectful with a preference for quiet spaces, ready access to nature, and/or living in the north end, though open to anywhere in the beautiful city of Hamilton.
Please call or text 289-788-4886.
Thank you! from Revd. Dena Thomas.

A dear parishioner would like to donate a bike “as is” to a good home. Please contact the Cathedral Office.

The Chronicle is published digitally each week, with a ‘Highlights’ edition on paper. 
Please forward items for the Chronicle in final draft form at least 2 weeks before publication so that it can be added to the website.
Contact Cathedral Office: Cathedral.admin@niagaraanglican.ca or 905-527-1316  x240 Thank you.