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Stoking the Christmas fire
The Christmas season has officially arrived. With the pressure to create the perfect holiday, the joy and wonder of this sacred celebration can sometimes be lost. Osgoode’s Trinity Bible Church is helping people renew that wonder and get in the Christmas spirit by […]
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul marks the World Day of the Poor
“In Canada, it is over 250,000 homes that have been visited [each year]. We have more than 350,000 people [annually] who have been helped through home visits. If you look at that number, you’re getting close to one percent of the Canadian population that we are helping.”
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Kristallnacht: What shards remain?
Hundreds of people gathered at Ottawa’s Kehillat Beth Synagogue, on November 7, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass)—when Nazi Germany launched the most violent stage of persecution of European […]
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Fostering love for orphans
Ottawa churches seek to add local flavour as they join churches around the world to recognize Orphan Sunday. The day, landing on November 11 this year, raises awareness of the need for foster and adoptive care for children. “There’s a whole culture we’re […]
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Dig & Delve wades into one of life’s toughest questions
Dig & Delve, Ottawa’s largest annual apologetics conference, set its sights on one of life’s hardest questions. “Life Hurts. God?” is the tagline for this year’s conference, running November 2 and 3 at the Bronson Centre. “The question of pain and
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