This message in PDF format “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.” (1 Cor. 13. 7-8) Happy Valentine’s Day! We’re told we can say ‘it’ or show ‘it’ and really mean ‘it’ with a kiss, a card, chocolates, flowers, perfume, a great dinner, a night out […]
Category: From the Bishop
2022 Christmas message from Archbishop Anne
Christmas greetings from Johannesburg South Africa, where I have been for the last few weeks. This is probably the only time in my episcopacy that I will bring a Christmas message from the country of my birth. It is very strange being back here at this time of the year after so many years away. […]
A message from Archbishop Anne
Dear friends in Algoma and Moosonee, My siblings, Paul, and Helen, and I would like to thank you for the many messages of condolence that we have received from you over the last two weeks, since our mother Nora died. People of faith know how to reach out and care for one another in their […]
When the Light Goes Out: An Advent Message from Archbishop Anne
This message in PDF format November 30th, 2022 Advent greetings dear friends, in the name of the One we are waiting for: Emmanuel, God with us. It’s dark in Johannesburg as I work by the light of a battery – operated lamp. Mum’s residence and the surrounding area is in the middle of a period […]
A letter from Archbishop Anne
Download this letter in PDF format Dear saints of the church in Algoma and Moosonee, Greetings to you from Mount Carmel in Niagara Falls where the National House of Bishops is wrapping up its fall meeting. This has been a full week with intense and rich conversations and discussions about The Lambeth Conference, and the […]
Thanksgiving Message from Archbishop Anne
This letter in PDF format October 2022 “It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord” (Psalm 92.1a) Dear friends in Christ, Sending warm wishes from our home and hearts to yours this Thanksgiving weekend. May the beauty of the season and the love of family and friends surround you as you count […]
Notice to the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario
This notice in PDF format The Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul June 29th 2022 Delegates from the Diocese of Moosonee gathered on June 14th at 15th, 2022 in Cochrane, Ontario for an historic Assembly. This gathering brought the Season of Holy Discernment to a close following two years of diocesan consultations under the […]
A message from Archbishop Anne
May 8th is the Fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday or Vocations Sunday. In John’s Gospel, Jesus describes himself as the Good Shepherd who knows us and calls us by name, and who loves us and guides us along life’s way. It is a blessing for each of us to be known and loved by the Good Shepherd.
Holy Week 2022—A Message from Archbishop Anne
This document in PDF format “So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” (John 13.14) Dear friends in Christ, We will tend time this week as we make our way through the ancient Triduum of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, culminating in […]