The Ottawa Churches Chronicle is a space for reflections and feature pieces on the religious heritage of Ottawa and Eastern Ontario. We’ll explore parishes that have remained vibrant or have been filled with new life, church communities that keep their doors open against difficult odds, and the churches of the past. Our interest is in both the built heritage itself, as well as in the people who breathe life into these landmark buildings. We take an ecumenical approach.
Over the decades churches have been centres of social and community life in our city and region — places where people at different points on their journey of faith gathered to find sanctuary, peace, to negotiate faith and doubt, and to advance justice as they understood it. While churches continue to contribute to this region’s cultural fabric and play an important role in the personal development of many, how church properties are used and shared, how faith communities gather for liturgy, and the extent to which churches engage meaningfully with the broader population look different today than even a few decades ago.
The impetus for The Ottawa Churches Chronicle is a desire to document this change, to explore the lay of the land today, and to deepen the understanding of our region’s religious heritage in what is a fast-changing landscape.
All articles published without a byline are written by the editor.
We welcome submissions. Please see the Submissions page for details.
Editor: Christopher Adam
About the Editor
Born in Montreal, Christopher Adam has called Ottawa home for the past twenty years. He received his MA from Carleton University, with a thesis focusing on twentieth century European church history, and a PhD in History from the University of Ottawa. Over the years, he has published widely and works in the faith-based charitable sector in Ottawa. For more of his writing, visit his professional website here.
