Reflections on the heritage, life & work of faith communities in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario
The posh and picturesque City of Westmount, situated adjacent to downtown Montreal, is an independent and predominantly English enclave of 19,700 residents. Much of the municipality has a Medieval, Victorian and sometimes Neo-Tudor flair. The Ascension of Our Lord Church is a prime example of Gothic Revival architecture. I attended Saturday evening Mass there on…
Located 1,100 kilometres southwest of Ottawa, St. Mary’s Church in Chillicothe, Ohio certainly lives up to this publication’s “Farther Afield” category. I had just spent two days visiting a friend in this town situated an hour south of Columbus when I decided to attend Mass at St. Mary’s, one of three Roman Catholic church sites…
Earlier this month on a hazy Sunday, while visiting an elderly and ailing friend Stateside, smoke from Canadian forest fires drifted across the St. Lawrence. It clung to the humid air over New York’s North Country. After a 45-minute drive down the 416 and having crossed the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, I turned right and drove…