The Choir’s CD: samples and ordering information
Featuring the parish choir and organist Wesley R. Warren, Exsultate Deo contains music that takes the listener through the liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Passiontide, Holy...
View ArticleMass Settings at St. Barnabas
by Wesley R. Warren, Organist and Choirmaster Throughout the liturgical year at St. Barnabas, we alternate three congregational settings of the music for the ordinary of the mass — Kyrie eleison (Lord,...
View ArticleMissa Orbis Factor in Lent
by Wesley R. Warren, Organist and Choirmaster Written anonymously sometime between the 14th and 16th centuries, this mass setting has traditionally been appointed for Sundays in Ordinary Time...
View ArticleEvensong
Even the word ‘Evensong’ is evocative. In the words of the Prayer at Eventide, in the Book of Common Prayer, ‘[T]he shadows lengthen, and the evening comes, the busy world is hushed…’ At St. Barnabas,...
View ArticleJohn Wesley’s Directives for Congregational Singing
John Wesley (1703–1791), one of the founders of the Methodist movement in the Church of England, issued these directives concerning congregational singing in 1761: Sing all. See that you join with the...
View ArticleSale of a unique and spectacular collection of jewellery
Don’t miss out on the chance to buy lovely and unusual Christmas gifts! Saturday, December 14, 2013 10 am to 2 pm At the St. Barnabas Anglican Church Hall 394 Kent Street, near the corner of James...
View ArticleSunday School Pageant, December 15
Waiting “In the Wings” The Sunday School Pageant will be presented during the 10:30 Mass on Advent 3, December 15, 2013. Always a wonderful addition to our worship, the children (and teachers and...
View ArticleAsh Wednesday Services, March 5th
Ash Wednesday — Day of Obligation 7:00 am Morning Prayer 7:30 am Mass BCP – Fr. Murray 10:00 am Mass BCP – Fr. Winters Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return. 7:30 pm Solemn High Mass BCP
View ArticlePig-Roast Supper on Saturday, June 14
Don’t miss the St. Barnabas Pig-Roast Supper Saturday, June 14, 2014 5:30 to 7:30 pm Come and enjoy the feast in Fred Allen Memorial Hall. Chef: Adrian Caterer: Sharon Phillips Tickets: adults, $20;...
View ArticleCorpus Christi at St. Barnabas
Corpus Christi at St. Barnabas Let us adore Christ the Lord In the most Holy Sacrament. Solemn High Mass with Procession and Benediction Guest Preacher: The Ven. Frank Kirby Thursday, June 19, 2014...
View ArticleParish anniversary celebrations: 125 years young
The year 1889 was a momentous one. Among the events of that year were the patenting of the Zeppelin, the showing of the very first motion picture by Thomas Edison, and the official opening of the...
View ArticleA dedicated Church: Archbishop praises Parish for its commitment to faith and...
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, blesses the congregation at the conclusion of the Feast of Dedication marking the Parish’s 125th year on October 19. In a sermon...
View ArticleAnniversary dinner in pictures
Fr. Stewart Murray helps Ruth Barry, whose family has been part of St. Barnabas since 1917 to cut the Anniversary cake. Looking on are The Most Rev. Frederick Hiltz, Primate of Canada, and the Rt. Rev....
View ArticleMark your calendars: Christmas Bazaar coming November 29
St. Barnabas’s annual Christmas Bazaar is one of the parish’s major fundraising events of the year. This year’s installment on November 29 will feature all the elements you have come to know and love:...
View ArticleAs the Feast of All Saints approaches: What is a Saint?
This article by Fr. Stewart Murray has been reprinted from Crosstalk, the newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. November 1st is the Feast of All Saints, when the Church gives thanks for the all...
View ArticleAn organ story: evolution of a grand instrument
by Wesley R. Warren (originally published in Canticum Novum, March 2007) The following article is a brief overview of the various musical instruments that have given service to the congregation of St....
View ArticleChoir to premiere two new works at Evensong
The choir will perform specially-commissioned settings of ‘O salutaris hostia’ and ‘Tantum ergo’ by Ottawa composer Gilles Leclerc at the Evensong service on November 16. These settings were written to...
View ArticleAn Advent journey: from fear to hope
This article by Fr. Stewart Murray has been reprinted from Crosstalk, the newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. Advent has come again so quickly, and once again I ask myself, where has the year...
View ArticlePhotos from the Advent Carol Service
Parishioner and photographer Pierre Nantais captured these beautiful images from the Advent Carol Service held on December 7.
View ArticleCanon Winters celebrates 90th birthday
Fr. Murray leads the singing of Happy Birthday for Fr. Winters in the Parish Hall. Marking a 90th birthday is a special celebration for anyone, but for Canon James Winters, to be able to continue in...
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