All Saints’, Dorval Advent IV, Year C December 19, 2021 You may have heard of the “Bechdel Test” – a test of the representation of women in movies, books and the like, popularized by cartoonist Alison Bechdel, who credited the idea to her friend Liz Wallace. The test asks “In this work, are there two female characters, with names, who… View Post
Funeral sermon for Wally Lambert
All Saints’, Dorval Walter Lambert December 14, 2021 The chapel decorated for Wally’s funeral at 2 pm on Tuesday, Dec. 14 Texts: Psalm 121; John 11:17-27 Wally Lambert didn’t wait long to get started on the adventure of life, leaving home to join the Navy when he was just 17, a decision that did not make his parents – including… View Post
Air purifier proposal
A Fellowes air filtration unit in operation on the wall of an office at Lakeside Academy (screen capture from my parent-teacher conference on Zoom, December 2) At the Parish Meeting on November 28, we discussed the possibility of installing air filtration units in the sanctuary. The advantages of this plan would be principally the prevention of COVID transmission, but cleaner… View Post
All flesh shall see
All Saints’, Dorval Advent II, Year C December 5, 2021 A pre-pandemic Bible study session, Advent 2019. It was good for my soul this week to resume Wednesday morning Bible study, for which three faithful souls showed up in person and three more tuned in on Zoom. As was generally our custom pre-pandemic, we looked at the readings for the… View Post
Report to the Parish Meeting, November 28
The creche by Janet Callary, one of the prizes at the bazaar! Incumbent’s Report, November 28, 2021 November seems to have flown by. We celebrated our patronal feast, All Saints’ Sunday, in fine style with two baptisms on November 7th, and Remembrance on the 14th. In addition, on the evening of November 2nd, the Commemoration of All Faithful Departed (All… View Post
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