Anglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador

09/12/2026

09/11/2026

Shana Tova to our Jewish neighbours and communities celebrating Rosh Hashanah over the weekend. May these festival days be filled with hope, reflection and renewed strength for the year ahead.

09/11/2026

Twenty-five years ago, I was the new Anglican priest in Cartwright, Labrador. Early that September 11th morning I walked to the post office, as I often did, to collect the mail. The post office manager told me there had been an awful accident in America. I did not yet understand what that meant.

I returned to the Rectory, turned on the television, and saw the smoke rising from one of the World Trade Centre towers. When the second plane struck the other tower, I knew the world had changed in that instant.

Two days later we gathered at St. Peter’s Church for an evening Vigil for Peace. Many residents came. Even thousands of kilometres away, people needed a place to pray, to be silent, and to turn toward God in the face of such devastation. We did not have answers. We had one another, and we had prayer.

A quarter of a century later, the images remain. So does the need that drew us into that church: the need to remember the dead, to stand with the wounded, and to ask God for the peace the world still cannot give itself.

A Prayer on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of September 11

Almighty God,
you are our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
On this day we remember those who died in New York, in Washington, and in a field in Pennsylvania; those who ran toward danger to save others;
those whose lives were forever marked by loss, injury, and grief.

We remember also the silence that fell in a small church in Cartwright, and in countless other places far from the towers,
when ordinary people gathered because they did not know what else to do except turn to you.

Have mercy on all who still carry the wounds of that day. Give wisdom to those who bear public responsibility.

Make us instruments of your peace in a world that has not grown less fearful.

Where there is hatred, sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is despair, hope.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is the resurrection and the life, and who even now holds every name we cannot forget.
Amen.

09/11/2026

09/11/2026

Today marks 25 years since the tragic events of September 11, 2001. As we remember the lives lost and the families forever changed, we also hold in memory a profound witness of grace.

When U.S. airspace closed, communities across Canada—from Gander and Halifax to Vancouver and Yellowknife—opened their schools, their homes and their churches to tens of thousands of stranded travellers. In a moment of deep darkness, they lived out Christ's call to love our neighbours and welcome the stranger.

Today, we pray for continued healing, lasting peace and that we may all carry forward that same spirit of hospitality and compassion in our world.

09/10/2026

09/10/2026

Yahoo! It's Cafe week in D***o. We'd love to see YOU come in our door! Spread the word and invite a neighbour, won't you?

09/10/2026

Welcome Home Sunday
September 20
10:00 a.m. Welcome Café
10:30 a.m. Worship
11:30 a.m. Free Fellowship Lunch
Home where everyone is loved and accepted without exception.
A place where you can Come as You Are, be your true self.
A community where you feel safe.
A family where you belong without judgement.
A place of rest and relief.
A time of connection where people share life, laugh, love and care for one another.
A family where we worship God and bring our questions and doubts.