News & Events

A Lenten Devotional, Behold the Lamb, Lenten reflections from Canadian Anglicans, with contributions from Anglicans across Canada can be downloaded by clicking on this link. It includes a contribution from our own Martha Riddell.

Our Annual Vestry Meeting takes place Sunday, March 13th, 2022, during the 10:30 a.m. service in the church. You can attend in person or via Zoom. The Annual Reports booklet is available at the back of the church, and online by tapping on the report cover on the left.

Our Diocese has issued new pandemic guidelines which permit the church to reopen this week. We are very pleased to be able to worship in-person, and we are resuming with these protocols in place:

• Anyone experiencing Covid symptoms or otherwise feeling unwell, and anyone who has reason to believe they...

Celebrate Christmas returns to 99.3 FM County Radio for a second year. The PEC Ministerial Association (chaired by Archdeacon Charles Morris) has collaborated again with the local radio station to produce a programme of scripture and carols to be broadcast Christmas Eve at 8:00 p.m. and Christmas Da...

Changes to our Pandemic Protocols start on Sunday December 12^th. After carefully reviewing the new guidance from the Diocese, our Churchwardens and Rector have decided everyone entering our church buildings, including for Sunday worship, must show proof of vaccination. Once you have shown your proof...

Our church has received a "Thank You" letter from the Picton library for our donation of $3,000 towards the library's project to renew the children's book collection with 1,000 new books. Our Curate, Martha Riddell, and Deputy Churchwarden, Janet Howes, presented the cheque to the Library ...

On September 19th we were pleased to install Martha Riddell as our Parish Curate. Martha begins with us as a Lay Pastoral Associate, and we look forward, God willing to her ordination as a Deacon a little ways down the road.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Martha Riddell as Lay Pastoral Associate effective September 15th, 2021. It is the Bishop's intention, God willing, to ordain Martha to the Diaconate at a future date, at which time her official designation will become Assistant Curate.

Martha will share ...

As the Ontario Reopening Plan proceeds, in-person services in the church resume on July 11th. Services are at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., and follow our pandemic-safe protocols. These include wearing masks, and keeping 6 feet of distance from others.

Due to the Provincial Shut Down that began April 3rd, our church buildings are again closed for at least 4 weeks. Join us for worship online at our YouTube channel which you can find using the button below

The Annual Vestry Meeting will take place on Sunday March 14^th at 11:00 a.m. as part of a modified worship service. So long as we are still open for in-person services, the meeting will be in the church with remote participation available using Zoom; otherwise it will be a Zoom meeting.

The Annual Re...

In person services following careful pandemic-safe protocols resume February 17th. Sunday Services at 9:00 and 11:00.

The Province of Ontario is to be largely shutdown as of Boxing Day. Our Anglican Diocese of Ontario has determined that the safest and most prudent course is to begin the shutdown of our churches as of Christmas Eve.

This is disappointing, but supports our objective of making it through this pandemic...

We have been back in  church for two Sundays at 9 and 11 am. Everyone who has come is glad to be back, and so far we have not come near our limit of 50 for each service, so we expect to be able to accomodate everyone who wants to come to either service.

Of course, not everyone is able to return ...

Sunday, September 13^th is Back to Church Sunday at St Mary Magdalene! As our diocese permits churches to carefully reopen, we are delighted that more than 90 parishioners plan to return to church this fall. Some of our members will not feel able to return to a group setting, and we will co...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

It is a great pleasure to congratulate the congregation and friends of St. Mary Magdalene for having completely paid for the roof of the Church through their generous donations.

The amazing part of this successful endeavour is that fundraising for the roof began and was comp...

Our Bible Studies are now online using Zoom. Each Wednesday at 10:30 we review the scripture readings for the coming Sunday and then select one to discuss in detail. The Zoommeeting opens at 10:15, giving us a chance to chat over coffee (sorry, you have to supply your own) before the discussion begi...