I owe St. Patrick an apology. Despite him being my country’s patron saint and having celebrated more St. Patrick’s Days than I can count, I never took him seriously. It didn’t help that a joke was going around school when I was young: “What did St. Patrick say as he was driving the snakes out…
Catherine Morris is a freelance writer and editor. She and her family live in Southern Ontario. When she’s not hiking, reading, baking, or gardening, you can find her managing Communications at St John the Baptist Anglican Church.
A Holy Place: Preserving Historic Churches
A few weeks ago, my church took a field trip—one that went over the road and almost 200 years into the past. A small group of us met in one of our village’s oldest buildings, a tiny stone chapel constructed in 1853 to serve the tiny population of English settlers who’d brought their faith with…
Full Circle and Across the Globe: An Anglican Journey
Growing up in Northern Ireland, Anglicanism often felt more like a gang than a religion. It wasn’t just about where your family went on Sunday; it was as much a part of your identity as having red hair, an aptitude for maths, or a brother on the rugby team. We had five churches in our…
