The earliest documents we have in our archives are financial ones, and they are certainly the most numerous as well. In the 1880s…
Read MoreOur archives record mostly notable things: significant donations, important services, matters of canon law procedure, and so on. And those things are central to telling St. Matthias’ story, but…
Read MoreIn the 1960s, the Anglican and United Churches of Canada were actively contemplating becoming a single denomination. St. Matthias’ took part in these dialogues [link to Christian Unity blog post], and in larger conversations about Christian unity that were increasingly popular during the decade...
Read MoreWhat’s in a bulletin? This week’s snippet from our archives zooms in on the bulletin from the 75th building anniversary to uncover the ways in which a single small document can carry within it quite a large number of stories…
Read MoreThe morning of April 28th, 1912 dawned cold and clear after an unseasonably warm but cloudy Saturday. Matthians on their way to church would have donned their hats and gloves, made sure their prayerbooks were in hand, and then set foot for the first time into a service held in the building they’d been dreaming about for over twenty years. Their service of morning prayer would have been rather different than ours…
Read MoreTwice a week, every week, volunteers gather in the St. Matthias’ kitchen to cook, package, and deliver meals. They’ve been doing it since 1965, when the St. Matthias’ Association of Women collaborated with the Victorian Order of Nurses and the Montreal Volunteer Bureau on a pilot project…
Read MoreBy 1967, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated between the Feast of the Confession of St. Peter (January 18th) and the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (January 25th), had been in the Anglican mind for 100 years…
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