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Thoughts from our Bishop Youth reach out to homeless Centre 105 overwhelmed by Albert Dumont on Canada’s
Crosstalk
peers generosity first PM
THE ANGLICAN
DIOCESE OF OTTAWA
Section of the
Anglican Journal
February 2021
Photo: Barbara Brown
Cathedral Labyrinth Guild members share the wonders of snow labyrinths and walking meditations. See story pp. 6-7
Cornerstone’s emergency shelter moves to a new location Photo: Contributed
BY DAVID HUMPHREYS emergency housing for more than director of Cornerstone, says the
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100 women. The aging property impact on both staff and residents
ust before Christmas, 34 home- on O’Connor Street was in need of has been huge. While challenged and
less and vulnerable women repair and lacked capacity for critical tired, the staff have gone above and
boarded an OC Transpo bus at social distancing to protect against beyond the call of duty, excited about
the Cornerstone Emergency Shelter COVID-19. being able to offer better accommo-
on O’Connor Street for a short ride Anyone who has gone through a dation.
into an uncertain but hope-filled single household move knows it is an The challenges included plumbing
future. unsettling and stressful experience. leaks and flooding in a building that
When they reached their destina- Imagine, then, a “household” of 34 had been vacant for a year before be-
tion in downtown Ottawa, some of moving. ing leased by the City of Ottawa for
them were literally moved to tears to The shelter on O’Connor housed the shelter.
discover new private or semi-private 61 women until the pandemic made Dore has high praise for the City
rooms with washrooms and support the numbers in the old building for funding and facilitating the com-
services with built-in physical distanc- unsustainable, forcing many to be plex move. The City designated a
ing. relocated temporarily to hotels. team to work with Cornerstone every
Their new home is the Physical “We were expecting to have a
Within two weeks of the move, step of the way, including modifying
Distancing Centre for Women, which terrible year both financially and
the original 34 welcomed another 40 the new building and adding CO-
is a Cornerstone Housing for Women with in-kind donations of food
residents from the temporary hotel VID-19 signage.
partnership with the City of Ottawa and supplies, but it was the op-
lodgings and the Shepherds of Good The result, she says, is a new and
and Shepherds of Good Hope. posite,” reports Taylor Seguin of
Hope shelter. Staff expected to reach big opportunity for Cornerstone.
The centre, operated by Cor- Centre 105 in Cornwall.
capacity early in 2021.
nerstone, provides safe and secure Centre 105, page 5
Martine Dore, interim executive Cornerstone, page 4
Page 2 • CROSSTALK • February 2021
FROM OUR BISHOP
When the desert blooms, life begins anew
O
ne of the great joys in my I like to lead pilgrimages during like we have been in the
ministry has been a close the season of Lent. In the beautiful wilderness for a very long
connection with our com- Ash Wednesday service in the Book time. We have had a vivid
panion Diocese of Jerusalem and the of Alternative Services we say, “every experience of the 40 days
Middle East. Since 2004, when I first year at the time of the Christian and 40 nights Jesus spent
visited the land of the Holy One, I Passover we celebrate our redemption in the hills and valleys
have been a pilgrim and led several through the death and resurrection you see in the photograph
pilgrimages—most recently in 2019. of our Lord Jesus Christ. Lent is a beside this column.
When the pandemic ends, I intend time to prepare for this celebration When the prophet
to lead more pilgrimages because and to renew our life in the paschal Isaiah speaks of hope to
they offer rich spiritual growth to mystery.” a people who have been
clergy and laity—and because our Journeying through the land of in exile, away from the
partners there are greatly heartened the Holy One in Lent, listening to the normal pattern of life
by visits from fellow Anglicans. “Fifth Gospel” as it is proclaimed by and the familiar things
Coadjutor Bishop Hosam the sun, wind, water and stones of they had always known,
Naoum, with whom I share a warm the places where the life, death and he says, “the wilderness
friendship from our years as cathe- resurrection of Jesus happened, is a and the dry land shall
dral deans, says, “the population profoundly moving way to prepare be glad, the desert shall
of Christians increases every time for the celebration of Easter. rejoice and blossom; like
a pilgrim group comes here!” This On the first full day of my pilgrim- the crocus it shall blossom
sounds light-hearted but speaks to an ages we journey to the desert, the abundantly, and rejoice
important truth: Christians comprise wilderness where Jesus was tempted, with joy and singing.” If
only 2% of the population of Israel where Moses led the people of Israel, you look closely at the ac-
and about 1% of the population of and where John the Baptist dwelt. companying photograph,
Palestine, and the vast majority are Driving down from Jerusalem to the you will see something
Arabs. In both cases, Anglicans are Dead Sea, and then south to Masada, rare: the desert is blooming. The Judean Wilderness, seen from the Wadi
a small minority of all Christians pilgrims look upon the land Moses Soon, God willing, and Qelt lookout, Lent 2019.
in the land of the Holy One. When last saw before he died, as the Exodus with the best of human In the meantime, lift one another’s
pilgrim groups are on the ground, reached its conclusion and Joshua wisdom and compassion, all people spirits, and give generously to orga-
the presence of Christians (socially fought the battle of Jericho. From the on earth will see the end of this nizations that are assisting others in
and economically) makes a big dif- staggering vistas of Masada, pilgrims pandemic, this time of walking in these challenging days. And do not
ference. feel the heat of the desert as they sometimes foreboding desert lands, hesitate to receive the vaccine when it
look out over its expanse in Israel and with dark valleys and steep inclines. is available in your area: that, too, is
Photo: Art Babych Jordan. Think of how we will rejoice when an act of selfless care and generosity
In the late afternoon, having spent that happens, when the desert blooms toward all other human beings. It is a
time in the ancient oasis city of Jeri- for us and life begins anew. Christ-like thing to do.
cho, we go to the Wadi Qelt lookout,
an out of the way place I discovered
while on a course at Saint George’s
College in Jerusalem. I like to give
Bishop s
pilgrims lots of time to sit or walk
along the ridge, listening to the land
tell its story of Jesus in the wilder-
ness, knowing that what they see is
largely unchanged since the time
Jesus walked there. It is at once mind-
expanding and deeply centring.
It is hard to believe that we en-
The Rt. Rev. Shane Parker, tered into the coronavirus pandemic
Bishop of Ottawa in Lent of last year, although it feels
CLERGY NEWS 38th Annual and 1st Virtual
The Rev. Adam Brown has been the Parish of St. Aidan’s, Ottawa,
appointed Assistant Curate in the effective Mar. 3, 2021.
Save the Date!
Area Parish of the St. Lawrence,
effective Feb. 15, 2021. The Rev. Jan Staniforth has been
appointed Spiritual Director of the
The Rev. Susan Lewis has been
appointed Associate Incumbent (half-
Ottawa Anglican Cursillo Movement,
effective Dec. 1, 2020. THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021
time) of the Parish of West Quebec,
effective Jan. 1, 2021. The Rev. Arran Thorpe has been
appointed Incumbent of the parish
The Rev. Alana McCord has been of Epiphany, Ottawa, effective Mar. The Bishop’s Gala Committee members are hard at
appointed Associate Incumbent 8, 2021. work behind the scenes planning this fabulous event
of the Parish of St. Paul’s Kanata, for all to enjoy. Please look for more information in
The Rev. Rhonda Waters has
effective Mar. 2, 2021.
been appointed as Regional Dean
the March edition of Crosstalk.
The Rev. Rosemary Parker of Ottawa Centre, effective Dec. 1,
has been appointed Incumbent of 2020.
February 2021 • CROSSTALK • Page 3
PARISH NEWS
St. Helen’s and All Saints youth team up to give
well stocked backpacks to homeless teens
By Clara Adams around the circle with the
O
n Dec. 6, 2020, the youth supplies we had brought.
and their leaders from St. We had masks on and kept
Helen’s Anglican Church socially distanced, but it was
and All Saints Westboro came still an awesome opportu-
together to create backpacks full of nity to get to know people
supplies for homeless youth. The two from other youth groups
groups collected materials for the and make a difference to
backpacks, including hairbrushes and other people of our age.
hair elastics, socks, towels, and the And I can tell you, seeing
backpacks themselves. all the backpacks piled into
This was done with funds raised one of the cars afterwards
by the youth, originally for CLAY, was really rewarding and
which was unable to happen in per- gave us all a feeling of ac-
son this year. CLAY, or the Canadian complishment.
Lutheran Anglican Youth gather- Photos: Olivia Pelling
ing, is a conference for youth from
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Canada and the Anglican Church
of Canada that happens every two
years. The past two years, the youth
have been fundraising to be able to
attend this event. Although CLAY
only happened online this year, the
CLAY organizers encouraged the
youth to take part in the National Youth from the two churches met up in St. Helen’s parking lot on a Sunday
Youth Project, which is focused on morning to get the job done.
youth homelessness.
This is what sparked this project lot more! Together, we were able to St. Helens parking lot to assemble the
within the St. Helen’s youth group, make 20 backpacks for Restoring backpacks. Despite the cold weather,
The Branches. And by teaming up Hope and 10 backpacks for Opera- the youth were eager to assemble
with All Saints Westboro, who had Packed with care: Diocesan
tion Come Home. the backpacks and get them to the youth sent 30 backpacks filled
raised a lot more for CLAY than On that chilly Sunday morning, homeless youth. We formed a circle
we did, we were able to achieve a with personal items to homeless
the two youth groups gathered in the of backpacks, and we each worked youth.
East end Ottawa parish boosts artists
and raises funds with an online fair
S
t. Helen’s fine art fair was off to The online art fair (sthelensartfair.
a fantastic start last year with ca) will remain open for new art and
18 local artists about ready sales until May 24. Details for sellers
to display and sell over 140 pieces and consumers can be found on St.
of fine art when the COVID crisis Helen’s Art Fair website or our Face-
closed everything down. But the art book page sthelensartfair.
fair is going online this year to shine a As a fundraiser for its ministry, St.
light on art by local artists. Helen’s Anglican Church welcomes
All artists active in Orleans or east this opportunity to invest in the local
Ottawa are welcome to exhibit in artistic community.
the art fair. Those who are looking For further information you may
“At the Beach” by Clayton Knowlton for new and exciting fine art can visit contact us at sthelensartfair@gmail.
our website to view all of the artists’ com
work. —Brian Glenn, Art Fair coordinator
Left— “Weathered” by Jane Cass
Above— “Mélodie à trois” (detail)
by Carole Renaud
OSSTALK • February 2019
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STEWARDSHIP
Patricia Love honoured with Award of Distinction
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February 2021 • CROSSTALK • Page 5
Centre 105 in Cornwall counts its blessings
Photos: Contributed
By Leigh Anne Williams
I
t was almost one year ago when
Taylor Seguin, Centre 105’s
young program co-ordinator,
stepped into his new job on Mar.
1 after the Rev. Peter Cazaly who
founded the drop-in centre in Corn-
wall, Ont. retired. He started just
in time to be in charge when the
pandemic hit.
The year “has flown by so quickly
with an amazing amount of learn-
ing,” Seguin told Crosstalk in a tele-
phone interview. “I’d never spoken to
a health unit or half the people we’ve
had the chance to work with, so it’s
been fun. But now I don’t know what
it would be like not in the pandemic.”
He added that everyone has learned
Harold Kouwenberg and Taylor
to be adaptable and hopes that will-
Seguin built steps up to the pick-
ingness to try new things will outlast
up window last summer.
the COVID-19 crisis.
The pandemic increased de-
mand for the services Centre 105
provides — breakfast three days a
week— as well as a caring commu- Staff members Catherine Stapley, Lorraine Kouwenberg, and Taylor
nity. Seguin says that in the fall the Seguin welcome a growing number of people to Centre 105.
number of people coming for meals
rose to about 60 to 70 people a day, lockdown in Ontario was announced, Diner…. They donate 30 loaves of
and occasionally peaked at nearly staff and participants had to adjust to bread a week, which is phenomenal,
80. “Those are the days that are a using the improvised take-out win- and they’ve been doing that since the
bit scary because you think, ‘Oh my dow again. beginning of the pandemic.” And
God, why is there so much need all During the pandemic, Seguin and that restaurant is not alone. A lot of
of a sudden?’” Fortunately, he said, the staff noticed that the types people restaurants and a lot of service clubs
the other food agencies in Cornwall, they were serving were changing. reach out and donate. The centre
such as the Agape Centre, which “Some of our older participants also benefitted from the unfortunate
operates a soup kitchen, food bank have stopped coming because of the closure of another restaurant whose
and thrift store, were also adapting, danger of the virus. As those regulars owners donated a lot of supplies
and the agencies collaborated more started to not show up, we wondered and equipment. Centre 105 received
closely to meet people’s needs. A why our numbers were staying the those gifts “with mixed emotions be-
Walmart distribution centre in Corn- same or increasing, but it was a [new] cause it is great that we were able to
wall would donate crates of products population of people who had never get new equipment and upgrade our
to the Agape Centre, which shared accessed food agencies before. [They operation but sad to see someone else
goods with Centre 105, for example. were people] who were in their mid- put their passion to rest,” Seguin said.
“With all of us communicating a 20s and had just lost a job, so those “We can hardly keep up with who
bit more and swapping supplies, it’s people really boosted our numbers.” is giving what,” said Seguin, adding
Centre 105 serves breakfast
been really nice, and I think 2021 will The centre tries to welcome this gratefully that 2020 expenses for food
three days a week from its space
bring even more of that collaborative young adult population, Seguin and programming are a lot lower
at Trinity Church in Cornwall,
mindset.” said. “We really try to provide that than anticipated as a result. They
Ont.
Seguin said he and the staff were comfortable, warm, atmosphere, were similarly blessed with a flood of
pleased when the local health unit in the building [requires] sanitizing non-judgemental. The staff and the people calling to volunteer, but due
gave the centre permission to serve afterwards and stuff like that, but it is volunteers are awesome. It feels like to COVID restrictions they’ve had
food inside the hall at Trinity An- directly linked to the fact that [pub- home, that’s the vibe that we are to limit the number of volunteers, to
glican Church in November and lic washrooms are] not accessible or trying to give off, so after they come focus on students who need volunteer
December when the region was in a available.” a few times most people feel pretty hours to complete their high school
yellow risk category. People still had Seguin is often asked if there is a comfortable.” He noted that they community hours.
to wear masks and social distance homeless population in Cornwall. are also seeing more women com- The centre does have some grow-
at small individual tables, but it was There definitely is, he said, but it is ing to the centre. Participants used ing pains. Until now, breakfasts have
a welcome shift from participants more of a hidden problem than it to be about 75% middle-aged men, been cooked on electric griddles, but
just having to pick up their food at a might be in large cities. “We have but now Seguin estimates it is almost the griddles really aren’t big enough
window from outside. a lot of people who couch surf and 50% women. to serve the larger numbers of par-
“We ask people all the time ‘What a lot of people who live in rooming There have been many blessings to ticipants now, so the centre has to
do you find the hardest?’ and it is the houses. People who live in rooming help Centre 105 keep up with these find a way to purchase and install a
isolation. The lonely factor is re- houses are often the ones looking for increasing needs, Seguin said. “We commercial-sized grill and hood.
ally starting to eat away at people,” a washroom in the middle of the day. were expecting to have a terrible year “We’re so lucky to have the cook
Seguin said. In a lot of cases, the rooming house is both financially and with in-kind we have, Lorraine Kouwenberg,
The challenges Centre 105’s clien- a bed and somewhere they hang their donations of food and supplies, but because she is one of those people
tele face daily, such as a lack of access hat at night,” but it is not a place it was the opposite.” They received who can make something out of
to public washrooms, are coming to where people stay during the day. so many donations from restaurants, three ingredients on a countertop.
light, he added. “We noticed, ‘Wow, Centre 105 was able to continue they were overwhelmed with the sup- It’s amazing what she can pull off
a lot of people are asking to use our serving food inside until Christmas. plies and by people’s generosity. with the supplies that we give her. I’m
washroom,’ more than normal. It is Participants enjoyed a Christmas “There’s a small local diner excited to see what we could do with
a tough call because letting people meal on Dec. 23, but once the second in Cornwall, called The Village great equipment.”
Page 6 • CROSSTALK • February 2021
Walking and talking about labyrinths
By Leigh Anne Williams member Caroline Balderston Parry About Labyrinths all kinds of symbology involved in
led a virtual online gathering to mark the labyrinth.”
T
Labyrinths are ancient patterns found
hroughout the diocese, the winter solstice, asking attendees to People who could not make
all over the world. Although the word
people have been finding prepare a candle, an orange and four pilgrimages sometimes walked
labyrinth is used interchangeably with
creative ways to be the cloves (a symbol of the sun and four labyrinth paths. The labyrinth at
maze, they are not the same. The
church even when they could not directions), and a handful of freshly Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa
guild’s webpage explains that “Mazes
gather in church buildings. Like gathered evergreens. We’re “trying to is same pattern that is in Chartres.
are a kind of puzzle with mul-
many other groups, the Cathedral weave together a kind of experience “People come to the Cathedral
tiple paths and decision points, and
Labyrinth Guild translated its pro- that parallels what it is like to be in a from all sorts of spiritual [back-
sometimes high walls. Labyrinths, by
gramming into online gatherings group walking the labyrinth togeth- grounds] and cultures. …. It’s a
contrast, are unicursal: a single path
when they could not access the er,” she said. great way for people to get drawn
twisting and turning through several
beautiful labyrinth inlaid in the But winter presents another op- together,” Diane Perazzo said.
concentric circles or circuits to arrive
floor of the Great Hall of Christ portunity. “We are about to do our Brown describes the whole laby-
at a central goal, without walls or
Church Cathedral. first snow labyrinth program. rinth guild program as an outreach
other obstructions to visibility. There
“Typically what people do is “On Feb. 22, the Cathedral program. “While it is housed and
are no ‘wrong turns’ in a labyrinth.”
use a small version or a printed Labyrinth Guild is creating a snow held within the Cathedral, both the
“In the Middle Ages, monks
version of that pattern and they labyrinth in Britannia Park. Unlike people who are part of the guild
started drawing iterations of the laby-
trace it with their finger, calling it our usual labyrinths, this one will al- and the people who come are be-
rinth that incorporated the cross, so
a finger labyrinth, but what we’re low for social distancing; it will have yond the Cathedral community.”
the pattern became more complex,”
doing in our programming is try- a oneway path that leads into the We asked each of the guild mem-
Brown explains. “A labyrinth that
ing to find different ways of get- centre, and then continues out by a bers taking part in the interview to
people gravitate to is one that was
ting to that same quiet meditative different path. describe some of their experiences
laid in the floor in the year 1200 at
and community place,” Barbara “We will also host an online pro- with labyrinth walking.
[the Cathedral in] Chartres, France,
Brown explained when five mem- gram on February 22 at 7 pm.”
just north of Paris. That pattern
bers of the guild met with Crosstalk (See the Cathedral website or Face-
has the cruciform incorporated into
for an online conversation. On book Events for details).
it, and at the centre there is a large
Dec. 22, Brown and fellow guild circle with a rose pattern, so there’s
visual art practice really helps me and
has given me the skills to make these
labyrinths…. I’ll make a labyrinth in
the snow for the aesthetic purpose
of taking a photograph, so it’s that
overlay of this very human pattern
informed by nature but overlaid on
the landscape. [My other intention]
is to give over to the experience of
finding your way, remembering the
pattern and having that very personal
interplay in a physical way with the
landscape, with the weather, with the
sun, with the trees, with the setting.
I find labyrinth walking keeps your
brain busy at a sort of perfunctory
level that allows you to access a more
liminal or less rational part of your
Barbara Brown brain, so that experience is always a Diane Perazzo
I A
was first introduced to the laby- welcome one. few years ago, I lived in a home
rinth at the Lumiere festival here further south out of Ottawa
in Ottawa. Ruth Richardson had set where we had room in the back to
up a candlelit labyrinth with paper make a labyrinth. We would have
bags on the baseball diamond in the people come [to a gathering in
evening. I was there with my children February to celebrate Candlemas]
who were 6 and 9 at the time. I had and we’d have lanterns and we would
never seen a labyrinth, didn’t know do this beautiful snow labyrinth and … My involvement with the guild
anything about it. …Ruth gave us then we would have a campfire in the is fairly recent.. Caroline happened
the 30 second introduction and … woods. Oh my goodness, for me it to invite me to a self-care gather-
walking the labyrinth, I found myself was such a combination of commu- ing. I think it was about two months
in a kind of other space, very quiet, nity, spirituality, an opportunity to be after my dad [an Anglican minister]
very interior space. I came out of outside during the cold months. passed way, and I had such a release
that experience, looked around and …Apparently, …when you walk a of emotion at that time. I had no idea
there were no less than 50 screaming labyrinth, it’s a brain-balancing activ- how much I bottled up inside of me.
children running the labyrinth. It re- ity because you always turn yourself It was incredible. I’ve never had an
ally got my attention. … equally, as many times as you do the experience like that since, but it was
My experience of a snow labyrinth in and the out of the labyrinth. … I such a complete letting go of so much
is always an individual one because get such a sense of well-being when that I had been carrying.
I am the maker. I’ve rarely stumbled I have walked a labyrinth, one that’s
on one out there in the world, but designed in a geometrically proper Correction: The spelling of Caroline Balder-
I go out with the intention of mak- way. ston Parry’s has been corrected in the online
ing one. I am a visual artist and my version of this feature.
February 2021 • CROSSTALK • Page 7
Winter labyrinth at …There is definitely a balancing
thing that goes on. Particularly in
Gracefield the big 11 circuits, you lose track of
where you are. You are sort of close
Mystery… to the centre. You can’t quite tell how
a liminal space, a magical time long it is going to take you. You are
Walking in darkness, subtle without bearings and yet you trust
light, the moon… that this is a single path…. You can’t
An ancient path, alive with the get lost…. So you just trust and then
spirits of all who have walked you find “Oh, here am I entering the
here before, centre” and then going out the same
thing “Here am I leaving.”
and all who walk with us. And in between ... it’s a kind of
shorthand of three or four Rs –
At Gracefield Camp, in the Janu- As you stand at the mouth of the
ary chill, a dozen of us don our labyrinth, the gate in as it were, you
parkas and snow pants, light our remember your connection to all
hurricane lanterns, and venture of creation and to whatever your
out into the night, while others Elspeth MacEwan Caroline Balderston spiritual orientation might be (and
cozy up to the fire with their
knitting and sip hot chocolate. I find the labyrinth powerful when Parry that comes from Matthew Fox in
S
it comes to grief. There are times omewhere along the way, I got Creation Spirituality). When you feel like
We make our way along the when you are crying on the labyrinth you’ve made that connection, then as
edge of the forest, silent but the idea of pausing on each of
and there are times when you are the petals of the flower shape in the you walk in you are doing the other
for the sound of boots on crisp laughing and it is just so exuber- three Rs. You are releasing anything
snow; it’s a familiar path, yet middle of the Chartres model and
ant with joy, so it is the full range of listening for some kind of guid- that’s on your mind or a concern.
stark and strange. Nestled in the emotional experiences. And there’s a You might be saying a prayer for a
forest, this labyrinth is usually ance or message, so now I’ve really
child part of me when I am out doing ritualized that. I walk in a sunwise- particular person, so you are think-
snow-covered during the winter the winter labyrinth, I am like a kid ing about them and releasing them
months; in the summer months, clockwise direction. I pause on each
in my snow pants, but then I might of the petals. I do a little turnaround into the circle. Or you might just
it is an exquisite garden path, be listening to Hildegard von Bin- be letting go of the shopping list or
always delighting walkers with 360 degrees and listen to see if I have
gen spiritual music, so I am this old a message. I remember that and go to whatever. And when you get to the
new blossoms and surprising woman, an elder, and I am a child at centre, you receive, you are listening
visions. In the dead of winter, a the next petal, so that I will get a se-
the same time on the same path. ries of affirmations of different kinds. for that message. So it is remem-
map, a pair of snowshoes and an ber at the mouth, then release,
hour or so of purposeful wander- When I am in my garden, I just turn
to the four directions, so this morning receive, and then as you are return-
ing in the waning afternoon sun ing … you are thinking about how
unveils it. To a winter labyrinth I literally got “All is well” and then I
went to the song, so the second direc- you can respond to that message.
keeper, this is a spiritual exer- What does it carry for you in the next
cise, a pleasant time of prepara- tion was “Safely rest” and the third
was “God is nigh” and I think the last hours or days? It is a very useful set
tion. of guideposts.
message was “All Shall Be Well.”
Stillness now, then a cold breath
of wind. Chris Hume for creativity and… make time for
Ann was with us the last time we (Carleton Place Community creativity. It was so strong that mes-
made this journey. We carry her Labyrinth) sage, I thought “Okay I will.” Shortly
light too, remember her singing, thereafter, I was in Montreal and I
her voice thin as she was ap-
proaching that veil… I ’ve just been on an amazing and
interesting journey. …
Trusting the path is kind of saying
stumbled upon a mosaic artist who
was teaching courses, and I started
going to those courses. I am now
Heaviness of grief. that came to me early on with one in my dining room, which is like a
blanket of snow of the books that I was given about mosaic studio. I have created mosaics
Warmth of community, labyrinths and it is something that I with an ancient labyrinth in them. I
well-worn paths of friendship. just keep close to my heart… Back have also gone into the labyrinth just
in 2012 walking the labyrinth up at asking for a visual or an image when
— Elspeth MacEwan Burnstown, I was going into it, being I am in the centre and come out and
Cathedral Labyrinth Guild open-minded. Was there anything done a series of sketches of mandalas
that was going to be presented that have become different forms of
to me on my walk that day? Two art. So for me, there’s a real creative
phrases occurred to me: Take time process tied in with it all.
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REFLECTING ON RACISM
Photo Archdeacon Chris Dunn
Reconsidering Canadian History:
A Conversation with
Albert Dumont
L
ast fall, in the wake of the vio- between you and the person who suf-
lent death of George Floyd and fered under you…..”
the ensuing protests, Crosstalk The same could be said about
began publishing a series of articles Canada and the Indian Act they
on racism. At the time, Bishop Shane brought forward under Sir John A.
Parker wrote: Macdonald. If that was okay with
Systemic, intentional and gratuitous rac- Canadians, they didn’t get away with
ism is a present and persistent reality in all it. I don’t care what anybody might
our communities. Racism is both conscious say. Anybody who was okay with
and unconscious, and is always insidious, oppressing the Indigenous Peoples of
dehumanizing those who are targeted and this country for so long, over so many
those who perpetrate. generations, something was there
Racism is utterly incompatible with the waiting for them when they died
life and teachings of Jesus. We who seek to because nobody escapes justice. Albert Dumont Speaking up
follow him must be unafraid to cross over the A few years ago [2012] … they re- What I would ask of people is that
boundaries of denial and repression to hear named the [Ottawa River] Parkway, it turned out that he was Philemon the next time they hear someone
how racism undermines the dignity of indi- the Sir John A. Macdonald Park- Wright’s great-great-grandson. I said condemning Indigenous Peoples for
viduals and groups, and to understand our way. It was not that long ago, when to him, “You know, [due to] the fact being tax burdens or for not serving
complicity in perpetuating racist structures, Stephen Harper was Prime Minister. that Ottawa was a lumber town and any purpose or whatever, I would
language and attitudes. …. John Baird pushed for it and he because of the lumber and trees, it ask that a person who is hearing this
won, and that’s how it got named the created work and an industry that to find the courage, if that’s what it
Albert Dumont, Indigenous Advi-
Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. I brought a lot of settlers, I would like takes, to tell that racist person, “I’d
sor to the Bishop, graciously agreed
suggested to a contact I had at City to see the City of Ottawa and Gatin- like to know where you would be
to share his experiences and thoughts
Hall that it should be named Algon- eau get together and agree to put one if you had the oppression that the
with Crosstalk. The following is an ex-
quin Parkway or Anishinabe Parkway, day aside to honour trees. If not for Indigenous Peoples experienced for
cerpt from that conversation, focused
because the fact is that if it wasn’t trees, Ottawa wouldn’t have be- many generations. Where would you
on the destructive impact that colo-
for the Anishinabe, Canada wouldn’t come a big city.” Philemon Wright’s be?”
nialism had on Indigenous peoples in
even exist. It was the Anishinabe great-great-grandson replied, “No, It is all about the resources of this
Canada.
fighters who stood with the British no, it wasn’t the lumber industry that great country, right? The land and
to keep the Americans out during brought settlers here.” the resources. I guess it would have
Sir John A. Macdonald the war of 1812. Pierre Berton, a “What was it?” I asked. burdened the consciences of the
and the Indian Act respected historian, often said that. “It was the free land,” he an- settler community to know that they
My spiritual beliefs tell me that no- Meanwhile, Sir John A. Macdonald swered. were taking lands and resources away
body escapes justice, nobody… produced the Indian Act and the Resi- “How was it that the land was from people whose lands had been
I worked in a maximum security dential Schools and the pass system free?” I questioned. “Because the theirs for thousands of years.
prison for a few years, and I told the and denial of the vote and so on, and Algonquins never gave it up. We
they put up statues for him as if he don’t have a treaty to this day with Editor’s notes:
Indigenous inmates that I worked
was a hero. … the Crown.” The land was free, but • The pass system prohibited many
with, “When Canada’s justice system
somebody was left short because Indigenous people from leaving their
tells you that you have served your
“Free” land of the settlements and that was the reserves without the permission of an
time and you are free to leave the
I’m an activist for human rights but Indigenous Peoples. ….Sir John A. Indian agent.
prison, that doesn’t mean you are
also for the environment and the Macdonald’s government talked • Corrections have been made to
good to go. If you have had a part in
water. A few years ago, we were try- about ‘the Indian problem’. There the online version of the first part
taking someone’s life or destroying
ing to save some 300-year-old pines was a problem and it was us. And of Crosstalk’s interview with Albert
someone emotionally, or whatever you
near Wakefield, [Que.]…We were that mind-frame stayed for many Dumont “I was the only one who
have done to somebody, you still have
at a fundraiser and there was a man generations after Sir John A. Mac- wasn’t laughing” December 2020 p.
to deal with that. It’s not Canada’s
sitting beside me whom I never knew donald was dead and gone, right up 8, including his age at the time (12)
justice system that clears you of it. It’s
before that night. We got talking, and … and into the present day. … and the name of his Grade 6 teacher,
something that you have to deal with
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Sir John A. Macdonald Where true justice sears the soul of the The darkness of a stormy night
by Albert Dumont © guilty Will never yield to a calm and re-assuring
After the scalding breath of death dawn
We, the Anishinabe, search the lifeless stopped forevermore
eyes The beating of Macdonald’s spiritually Oh but what if it had been you
Of the many portraits proudly painted hollow heart The peoples of European ancestry
for Canada Who were the first human beings of
To honour a man Canadians believe With ceremonial tobacco by our side, we Turtle Island
Was an emblem for ‘decency, ask And here, you lived and thrived for
righteousness and vision’ Did Macdonald’s tears flow like the thousands of years
“A hero” they say, “a Nation Builder” spring waters of the ‘Ottawa’ Until one day, bronze-skinned people
But the First Peoples look upon the face When the children who died in his Arrived on your welcoming and generous
Of Sir John A. Macdonald Residential Schools shores
And see the curse, responsible Recounted to him the last torturous
The Poem For the deaths of thousands of our
children
hours of their lives
Away from culture, family and the
Oh but what if the newcomers brought
with them
By Albert Dumont unconditional love To your tranquil and sacred lands
I
We see in Macdonald, a man, who saw Of a caring human being who could Ancient wars from their former
n my view there are many things hold their hand homeland
In the whiteness of his skin, a human
of this great planet we should At the moment their last breath silently And laid before you, countless pandemics
being equal to God
acknowledge as being sacred. A Who believed his soul took them of vile disease
purity much appreciated by Creator Would never be in need of cleansing Back to the peaceful waters of their And through the power of generations of
is alive within the trees, the birds, the And that the goodness offered daily on ancestral lands your oppression
fish, the animals and all other things Turtle Island Could control even your very thoughts
experiencing the touch of the Good By the ever-present Good Spirit, who For thousands of years making you believe
Spirit each and every day. Among teaches us Since our creation story was first told That the light of God was for them,
human beings, it is only children, the That no human being is greater than any We called ourselves ‘The First People’ always present
youngest ones, who truly define what other ‘The People’ and ‘The Human Beings’ Even guiding their cruel deeds against
sacredness is. Yet it was them, the Were teachings Macdonald accepted as But to Macdonald’s parliament we were you
only created for people only savages
children from Indigenous bloodline,
Lesser than men such as himself Not worthy of receiving their respect and Imagine now that today, a dark-skinned
that Sir John A. Macdonald attacked honour man
and whose minds and souls he vio- Was being praised for destroying all that
We look at the evil Macdonald placed
lated through his oppressive policies, into the ‘Indian Act’ Sir John A. Macdonald, a hero to the Creator gave to you
all generated to “kill the Indian in And other oppressive actions perpetrated royals of Britain With bronze-skinned people believing he
the child.” Thousands of Indigenous by him, against us Sir John A. Macdonald, who sacrificed was a noble leader
children died because of the Indian And ask ourselves when in meditation, if his soul Who built a great and fair nation where
Act (a creation of Macdonald). The the wailing spirits So that the people of Canada yours once stood
thousands of children who died in his Of the thousands of Indigenous children Would see him always as the greatest of Would you join in singing an honour
Residential Schools should never be Who died in Macdonald’s Residential all men song in his memory
forgotten. I know that I for one will Schools Where does he find himself today Or would you fight with all the strength
never “get over it.” I wrote the poem Held sacred council with him in the What words of contrition does he relay of the sun
eternal sky In that empty place, where for him To pull his portraits and statues down
‘Sir John A. Macdonald’ to describe
my view on Canada’s first prime
minister.
Page 10 • CROSSTALK • February 2021
STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION
Online stewardship resources Finding solace in the
T
he Episcopal Network for
Stewardship (TENS) has rhythm of faith and
liturgy
done an excellent job of
pivoting to provide online resources
and webinars during the pandemic.
The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa
is a TENS member and all of our
congregations have access to these
resources and webinars. By the Rev. Rhonda Waters
A
In addition to resources for your s I write this, it is early Janu-
Stewardship campaigns, they are ary. Christmas is over and
offering three virtual trainings. One the tree is gone but the chalk
has already taken place in January. marks over my door are fresh and the
The other free virtual trainings will magi are still adoring the baby Jesus
Jane Scanlon
be available in August and October. in the nativity scene. Things are
Director of
Please look for more information quiet as everyone takes a deep breath
Communications
about these webinars and for online and turns away from the holiday and
and Stewardship
registration. TENS is also offering back to what passes for regular life
Development
additional consulting packages to these days. My son is back at school
613-232-7124, ext. 225
enhance stewardship formation in and my spouse is back at work – at
the Diocese. As well, they will offer the kitchen table and in the basement
four custom virtual consultations for • Creating Compelling Stewardship
office, respectively. My monthly
stewardship leaders. I am planning Case Materials
rotation of meetings is back in mo-
to take full advantage of these offer- A TENS webinar consists of 60
tion and worship swings back to the
ings so that all of our congregations minutes of content presented on a
routine after the special celebrations
have access to them. slide deck. Included will be up to 30
for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany.
minutes of an optional Q&A session. Photo: Archdeacon Chris Dunn
The webinars topics include a All of which is the cue for church
choice of: Please contact me for login access The Rev. Rhonda Waters is
leaders to start thinking about Lent.
• Year-round Formation for Steward- at jane-scanlon@ottawa.anglican.ca Incumbent at Church of the
This cycle of the liturgical year has
ship and then go to www.tens.org to look Ascension, Ottawa
been a particular blessing this year,
• Crafting a Mid-Year Budget and at the resources available. Now is the
when so many other markers of time
Stewardship Review perfect time to begin your Steward-
have been disrupted. Days and weeks
• Recruiting, Training and Retaining ship ministry planning for 2021.
have a way of blurring together kept celebrating for 50 days, insisting
Stewardship Leaders These resources will be very helpful!
without the rhythms of commutes on a truth that is bigger and more
and coffee shop runs, lunch dates and powerful than any force on earth.
dinner parties, weekends away and We rejoiced at the coming of the
summer vacations, choir rehearsals, Spirit on Pentecost and observed the
sports practices, and so on. long growing Green season. We wel-
Through it all, the liturgical year comed the promises of Advent and
has kept me grounded in time and the joy of Christ’s birth at Christmas
focused on eternity. and the wonder of God’s self-revela-
Our worship and community life tion in Epiphany.
left our buildings in Lent 2020, which And now we’re back (or we will be
made it the last liturgical season that by the time you read this). A full litur-
we didn’t plan with an eye to the gical cycle observed during a pan-
pandemic. Our parish abandoned demic. We learned that our needs
the interactive prayer stations we – for repentance, sorrow, and resur-
were using each Sunday. The Lenten rection; for peace and power and
Quiet Day and Holy Week service sustenance; for hope and expectation;
plans – all tossed out and reimagined for God-with-us and God-around-us
in something of an adrenaline rush. – our needs don’t change and God’s
In the midst of that madness, Lent faithfulness in meeting them doesn’t
continued. Day by day and week by change.
week, we were called to turn back to As much as I’m dreading the com-
God; to remember that God is where ing COVID anniversaries (and do be
all our strength and all our hope ac- gentle with yourselves as those weeks
tually rests. Our whole lives became approach), I can also feel the rhythm
something of a Lenten fast, whether of faith drawing me towards a season
we wanted them to or not. of simplicity and self-reflection. I am
When Easter came, it felt like Lent ready to be reminded that I am only
had lasted twice its usual 40 days but human, a sinner in need of saving
that Easter couldn’t possibly come, and a beloved child of God. I am
either. And yet, Easter came so we ready to lay the mess that is me and
celebrated the resurrection of Jesus the mess that is our world at the foot
and declared death defeated even in of the cross and pray: Lord, have mercy.
the face of the pandemic…and we Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.February 2021 • CROSSTALK • Page 11
DIOCESAN ARCHIVES
West Quebec Deanery
By Glenn J Lockwood was crucified.
The life of rural parishes can be
Entrance Exam? challenging. In 1919, Aylwin, Alleyne
W e see here Saint Stephen’s
Church, Kazabazua, as
Saint Stephen, Kazabazua & Cawood and River Desert missions
were re-organized into the six-point
photographed by Brian Glenn on parish of River Desert, worked by
24 April 2010. Any newcomer to two priests. Area parishes, it would
Saint Stephen’s Church, Kazaba- seem, are nothing new. In 1921,
zua—however momentarily mysti- River Desert was divided into two
fied they may be by the form of this parishes: River Desert and Aylwin.
house of worship—has no excuse for Aylwin consisted of four churches:
not finding the front door. Although Saint John’s, Aylwin; Holy Trinity,
the cement walkway appears to be Alleyne; Saint Peter’s, Cawood; and
leading toward a chancel wing, the Saint Stehen’s, Kazabazua.
beckoning tower confirms that one is Saint Stephen’s, it turns out, is
heading toward the main entrance. the original log school, later covered
Any doubts are dispelled by the cross with asphalt siding, and now vinyl. By
atop the end gable signalling the loca- 1969, a team ministry was appointed
tion of the altar at the far end. to Aylwin-River Desert with one
Kazabazua first emerged in the priest looking after Kazabazua and
Mission of Aylwin, with the Rev. Wil- Danford Lake while the other looked
liam Ross Brown holding services in after Maniwaki and Wright. In 1983,
1870 in a log school. We are told that Wakefield and Lascelles were added
by 1870 a church awaited consecra- to Aylwin-River Desert. In 1986,
tion. Was that Saint Stephen’s? In Aylwin-River Desert was reorganized
1894, a room was fitted up for Divine into a four-point parish under the
service in Kazabazua, and by 1895 Diocesan Archives Brian Glenn fonds CL07 E100 care of a single priest. By 2001, the
the Saint Stephen’s congregation Parish of Wakefield-Chelsea-Lascelles
near Kazabazua was the third church see here, at Kazabazua, was conse- contrast with the rounded arches in consisted of churches at Chelsea,
in the Mission of Aylwin. crated. the octagonal belfry. The eight sides Kazabazua, Lascelles and Wakefield.
We learn, confusingly, that in The entrance wing we see here of the belfry and the spire follow
1898, Clarendon Deanery approved seems not to have been added until Christian tradition in alluding to the The Archives collects documents for parishes,
removing Saint Stephen’s, Kaza- the late 20th century. As built, the eighth (or first) day of the week when including parish registers, vestry reports,
bazua to a lot opposite the Aylwin worship space consisted of an audi- our Saviour rose from the dead. By service registers, minutes of groups and com-
parsonage. Whatever it means, we do tory box, with the only concession to contrast, a hexagonal structure such mittees, financial documents, property records
not know whether or not it was ever High Victorian Gothic Revival design as a vault in a graveyard or a belfry (including cemeteries), insurance records, let-
acted upon. Certainly, it was not until being the narrow side windows. The on a jail alludes to death, as on the ters, pew bulletins, photographs, scrapbooks
1900, the Saint Stephen’s Church we pointed arches of those windows sixth day of the week our Saviour and parish newsletters.You can also read
