{"id":29002,"date":"2021-05-10T16:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T20:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=29002"},"modified":"2021-05-10T17:01:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T21:01:08","slug":"st-albans-ottawa-is-too-inclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/st-albans-ottawa-is-too-inclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Alban\u2019s Ottawa is too inclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Alban\u2019s Anglican Church<\/a> in Ottawa used to house a thriving orthodox congregation that left the Anglican Church of Canada to join ANiC in 2008. A small, less than entirely orthodox ACoC congregation now meets in the building. Naturally, they pride themselves on their commitment to inclusion<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

It is the policy of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa that no one be excluded from any ministry or leadership position, including ordination, on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity\/expression. All are welcome in our Spirit-Led, Christ-Centred, Contemporary Urban Church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is, therefore, a source of considerable embarrassment to have to admit that the notorious racist, colonizer and misogynist Sir John A. Macdonald used to attend the church. To make atonement, the parish is displaying a page of self-flagellation, Uriah Heep humility, and faux remorse on behalf of their ancestors\u2019 flagrantly wicked wrong-inclusion<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Read all about it here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"Sir John A. Macdonald and his wife, Agnes Bernard of Jamaica, were early parishioners of St. Albans. While Sir John A. Macdonald is rightly remembered as the first Prime Minister of Canada, he is also remembered by First Nations as an architect of the residential schools, and by M\u00e9tis for the execution of Louis Riel. Many decisions integral to Canadian nation building undermined the rights and needs of Indigenous peoples, who were the first to make this land their home.<\/p>\n

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St. Albans is the oldest Anglican church building in downtown Ottawa, and we are proud of our Church\u2019s longstanding commitment to inclusion. As Ottawa\u2019s first free church, parishioners of St. Albans did not have to pay for the right to sit in a pew; Sir John A. Macdonald and other government leaders and officials worshipped alongside carpenters and labourers. However, we are not proud of the dispossession, mistreatment and exclusion of Indigenous peoples in Canada, and we acknowledge and repent of our sins in that regard. Through our prayers and our actions, we are working towards reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. We invite you to join us on this journey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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