A Special Meeting of Diocesan Executive Council was held today, Friday, October 11th to set a date for a Synod to elect a full time resident diocesan bishop for Moosonee. This Synod will take place on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Timmins.
Archbishop Fred Hiltz
Re-inhabit The Passion of Our Lord
Ash Wednesday, 2023 Dear Friends in Christ, As we begin our Lenten Journey to Easter I invite you to join me on Fridays at 3pm for the reading of The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The liturgy will include an opening Collect, the Reading, Silence, a Brief Reflection and concluding Prayers. Here is the […]
‘God is on the Cross’—A Good Friday sermon from Archbishop Fred Hiltz
‘God is on the Cross’ That’s the name of a little book of reflections for Lent and Easter, inspired by the writings of a brilliant German theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Believing, as he once said on the radio, that, “leaders of offices which set themselves up as gods, mock God” Bonhoeffer was engaged in a plot […]
Sermon from Archbishop Fred Hiltz for the Feast of James, the Apostle
Sunday, July 26, 2020 The Feast of James, the Apostle Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Assisting Bishop of Moosonee “O blessed communion, fellowship divine, we feebly struggle, they in glory shine, yet all are one in thee, for all our thine. Alleluia! Alleluia!” Today in that blessed Communion of all Christ’s saints we remember Saint James. He […]
Sermon from Archbishop Fred Hiltz for National Indigenous Day of Prayer 2020
As we come to this sacred day in the life of our Country and in the life of the Church, it is wonderful to hear the song of the Psalmist. The law of the Lord is perfect and revives the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure and gives wisdom to the innocent. The […]
Sermon for Trinity Sunday, June 7, 2020
Greetings one and all on this festal day of the Blessed Trinity. Together we extend a special word of greeting to the congregation of Holy Trinity Church in Cochrane as they mark their Patronal Festival. Trinity Sunday is a wonderful crowning of the liturgical year, celebrating the work of God who creates us, redeems us, […]
The Day of Pentecost, 2020
A message from Archbishop Fred Hiltz to the Diocese of Moosonee With joy I greet you, one and all, in the fellowship of The Holy Spirit whose coming we celebrate this festal day. In his account of that glorious coming St Luke is quite specific as to the occasion. It was The Day of Pentecost- […]