MOVING FORWARD As we all know, this past week our province moved into stage 3 of reopening. With this comes the resumption of most...

Dear Friends, This coming week is the Feast of Saint James after whom our church is named. There are several ‘Saint James’s, but the one...

STAYING CONNECTED As these months of distancing and closure continue we are particularly concerned for those who do not have access to...

Dear Friends, This past Friday was the Feast of Saint Thomas. It was also the 15th anniversary of my ordination as a priest. The day of...

Dear Friends, As this time of Pandemic continues and we try to find our ‘new normal’ we should expect to be experiencing stress - at the...

Dear Friends, As you may have seen this week, the Ontario House of Bishops released a plan for the gradual and controlled reopening of...

Dear Friends, While it feels like ‘the worst is over’ and we have begun the gradual process of reopening our economy, there is a lot to...

This Sunday, I have prayed with people who have been deeply affected by discrimination; because of their sexuality or gender identity and...

Come Holy Spirit!! I’m writing this email Sunday afternoon after joining with some of our parish online watching the Diocesan Pentecost...

TIME KEEPS TICKING The famous reading from Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us that there is a ‘time for everything and a time for every matter...

WE ARE THE CHURCH Greetings again to our whole Saint James Church Community- we may not be meeting in person these days but we remain the...

Dear Friends, As this time of physical distancing continues, there are all sorts of emotions to be recognized: grief for the things we...

Dear Friends, As we continue on this time in a ‘wilderness’ of being, I turned this week to the story of the people of Israel in the...

Saint James Church Email Blast Week Beginning 26th April 2020 Dear Friends, It is wonderful to see and hear how so many people are...

Saint James Church Dear Friends, As always I take this opportunity during our weekly email blast to invite you to stay in touch with our...

Dear Friends, Christ is Risen! Alleluia! He is Risen indeed! Alleluia! HAPPY EASTER to you all. We celebrate this Easter much like the...

Dear Friends, As we head into the Holy Triduum, we observe this most sacred time of the Christian year from our own homes, and so we need...

5th April 2020 Dear Friends, Greetings to you all during this Holy Week: I will be praying for you all this week, that even as we are...

Dear Friends, At the time of writing we are in a period of social isolation. Church services, meetings and activities have been...

Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the midst of our extraordinary experience as a society at this time. As we face a global pandemic...