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Winner of three photography awards -- Canadian Church Press 2007

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                                    Autumn Reverie

Completed in 1832,  Christ Church (Anglican) in  the village of Burritt's Rapids, Ont. was one of the earliest churches on the Rideau and remains an active house of worship.

 
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Autumn 2007 in the Ottawa Valley at Arnprior, Ont.

 
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Autumn serenity at Haydon Park in West Ottawa
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A horse grazes at the National Equestrian Park in Ottawa Oct. 16
chapman-charge-th.jpg (30814 bytes) In his "charge" to the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa Oct. 12, Bishop John Chapman made it clear that the members'  vote on same-sex blessings is a recommendation that is not binding on the diocese or the bishop. Synod voted 177 to 97 to ask the bishop to allow same-sex blessings.  The Ottawa diocese was the first in Canada to vote on the issue since the  national church rejected same-sex blessings this summer. "If people chose to leave the church, for one reason of another, then they would walk apart," the bishop told reporters later. "Their departure would result in sadness and grief and a sense of loss," he said. "That is their decision and we will grieve their decision."
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Members of the governing body of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa voted 177 to 97 in favor of asking the bishop to allow same-sex blessings. The newly installed bishop said he viewed the vote as "taking the pulse" of the diocese but said he would consult with other bishops before deciding on a policy. 

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Ron Chaplin, a people's warden and a member of Integrity, a gay advocacy group, said in presenting his motion in favor of same-sex blessings before the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa... 'it is about time that we in this diocese have the opportunity to answer a clear question on the issue." The Synod voted 177 to 97 in favor of asking Bishop John Chapman to allow same-sex blessings.The Ottawa diocese was the first in Canada to vote on the issue since the  national church rejected same-sex blessings this summer.
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                            Navigating church affairs 

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) holds its annual plenary assembly at the NAV Canada Conference Centre on the banks of the St. Lawrence River  in Cornwall, Ont, starting Oct. 15, two days after the 300-member governing body of Anglican Diocese of Ottawa ended it's two-day Synod.
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               Solitude on the St. Lawrence

A fisherman waits for the big one as dawn breaks over the mist-covered St. Lawrence River at Cornwall, Ont., Oct. 13. 

                                                                                          Photos from previous weeks