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Lent 4 - March 2, 2008 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Lent 3 - February 24, 2008 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Lent 2 - February 17, 2008 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Epiphany 3 - January 27, 2008 - Karla Holmes (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

The Baptism of the Lord - January 13, 2008 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Epiphany - January 6, 2008 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)


Christmas Eve - December 24, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Advent 1 - December 2, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

The Feast of St Hilda - November 21, 2007 - A homily given at the Montreal Diocesan Theological College - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 26 - November 19, 2007 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

All Saints - November 4, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 22 - October 28, 2007 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 16 - September 16, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 11 - August 19, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 10 - August 12, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 4 - July 1, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 2 - June 10, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Corpus Christi Ordination - June 7, 2007 - the Rev'd  Canon Paul Jennings  (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Day of Pentecost - May 27, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Easter 6 - May 13, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Easter 5 - May 6, 2007 - the Rev'd Canon Joyce Sanchez, Associate Priest (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Homily at the Induction of Dorothy Samuel - May 1, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Easter 4 - April 29, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Easter 2 - April 15, 2007 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Homilies for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Lent 3 - March 11, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Lent 1 - February 25, 2007 - the Rev'd Canon Joyce Sanchez, Associate Priest (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Last Sunday after Epiphany - February 18, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

3 related sermons

Candlemas - "The Beauty of Holiness" - February 4, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Epiphany 4 - at Trinity Cathedral, Miami - January 28, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Epiphany 3 - at St. Margaret, Tetrauville - January 21, 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Epiphany 4 - January 28, 2007 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Epiphany 2 - January 14, 2007 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Sermons of Advent and Christmas 2006 and Epiphany 2007 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 17 - October 1, 2006 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 15 - at St. George, Place du Canada - September 17, 2006 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Faith and Politics

Pentecost 12 - August 27, 2006 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 11 - August 20, 2006 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 2 - "Centripetal and centrifugal forces" - June 18, 2006 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Trinity Sunday - June 11, 2006 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Easter 7 - May 28, 20006 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Good Friday and Easter meditations 2006 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

God meets us in the hall - Lent IV - March 26, 2006 - Vivian Lewin (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Lent II - March 12, 2006 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Lent I - March 5, 2006 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Epiphany Proper 6 - February 12, 2006 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Epiphany - January 8, 2006 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Christmas Eve - Midnight - December 24, 2005 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Advent II - December 4, 2005 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Advent I - November 27, 2005 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

All Saints - October 30, 2005 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost - October 23, 2005 - the Rev'd Joyce Sanchez, Associate Priest (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost - October 2, 2005 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 4, 2005 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Second Sunday after Pentecost - May 29, 2005 - the Rev'd Joyce Sanchez, Associate Priest (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Four Sermons on interpreting Scripture in a world of diversity - (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Aids in Africa - Lent 1 - February 13, 2005 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Israel and Revelation - The Epiphany - January 9, 2005 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Christmas 2 - January 2, 2005 - the Rev'd Dr. Elizabeth Rowlinson, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Christmas Eve - December 24, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Advent III - December 12, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Advent II - December 5, 2004 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Last Sunday after Pentecost - The Reign of Christ (Proper 34) - November 21, 2004 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - November 14, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

All Saints - November 1, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Thanksgiving Sunday - October 10, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24) - September 12, 2004 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 5, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Evensong with the choir of the Montreal Boys’ Choir Course - 29th August 2004 (broadcast on B.B.C. Radio Three, 15th September 2004)  - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18) - August 1, 2004 (The Maccabean Martyrs) - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Proper 13 (Canada Day, Independence Day)  - July 4, 2004 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Proper 11 (2nd Sunday after Pentecost)  - June 13, 2004 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Trinity Sunday - June 6, 2004 - the Rev'd Dr. Canon John Simons, Principal of the Montreal Diocesan Theological College (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Seventh Sunday of Easter  - May 23, 2004 - the Rev'd Joyce Sanchez, Associate Priest (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Sixth Sunday of Easter  - May 16, 2004 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Good Shepherd Sunday  - May 2, 2004 - the Rev'd Joyce Sanchez, Associate Priest (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Easter III  - April 25, 2004 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Easter Day  - April 11, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Good Friday Meditation  - April 9, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Lent 5  - March 28, 2004 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Lent 4  - March 21, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Lent 2  - March 7, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Lent 1  - February 29, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

The Transfiguration  - February 22, 2004 - the Rev'd Joyce Sanchez, Associate Priest (Palm Reader doc version)

Epiphany 5  - February 8, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

The Baptism of the Lord  - Proper 1 - January 11, 2004 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

The Feast of Epiphany  - January 4, 2004 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Christmas I  - December 28, 2003 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Advent 3  - December 14, 2003 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

St. Michael and All Angels  - September 28, 2003 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 15  - September 21, 2003 - the Rev'd Joyce Sanchez, Associate Priest (Palm Reader doc version)

Pentecost 13  - September 7, 2003 - the Rev'd Joyce Sanchez, Associate Priest (Palm Reader doc version)

Tradition in the Church  - August 31, 2003 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost 11  - August 24, 2003 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

A complex faith in a complex world  - August 10, 2003 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Trinity Sunday  - June 15, 2003 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc and Word versions)

Pentecost  - June 8, 2003 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant (Palm Reader doc version)

Seventh Sunday of Easter  - June 1, 2003 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (Palm Reader doc version)

Fifth Sunday of Easter  - May 18, 2003 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean (NEW: download the Palm Reader doc version)

Two Models of Catholicism  - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean - is based on a homily for a weekday Eucharist at which a number of participants in a Conference of Affirming Catholicism were present. (Palm Reader doc version)

Easter 2  - April 27, 2003 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Easter Day (preached at the 10 a.m. service)  - April 20, 2003 - the Most Rev'd Andrew S. Hutchison, Archbishop of Montreal (word document) or as a Palm Reader doc

Easter Day (preached at the 8 a.m. service)  - April 20, 2003 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Lent 5  - April 6, 2003 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

Lent 3  - March 23, 2003 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Lent 2  - March 16, 2003 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

Address for the first Sunday of Lent  - March 9, 2003 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany  - February 23, 2003 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany  - February 16, 2003 - the Rev'd Canon John Simons, Principal of the Montreal Diocesan Theological College

Baptism of our Lord  - January 12, 2003 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Residential Schools Settlement  - a sermon preached at the Special Synod Eucharist, January 11, 2003 - the Most Rev'd Andrew S. Hutchison, Archbishop of Montreal

Epiphany 2003  - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

Christmas 1 - December 29, 2002 - the Rev'd Dr. Elizabeth Rowlinson, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Address for the first Eucharist of Christmas 2002  - Christmas Eve - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

Advent 3  - December 15, 2002 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Advent 2  - December 8, 2002 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

26th Sunday after Pentecost  - November 17, 2002 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Pentecost 18 (Proper 25)  - September 22, 2002 - the Most Rev'd Andrew S. Hutchison, Archbishop of Montreal

Pentecost 17 (Proper 24)  - September 15, 2002 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Pentecost 16 (Proper 23)  - September 8, 2002 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

Proper 13 (Canada Day)  - June 30, 2002 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Pentecost  - May 19, 2002 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Fourth Sunday of Easter  - April 21, 2002 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

New Life for the Church (as a word document or pdf file) - Lent 5, Maundy Thursday and Easter 2002 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

Third Sunday of Lent  - March 3, 2002 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Second Sunday of Lent - Nicodemus and New Birth in the Church  - February 24, 2002 - the Rev'd Joyce Sanchez, Associate Priest

Ash Wednesday Meditation - February 13, 2002 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

Feast of the Presentation - A light to enlighten the Nations  - February 3, 2002 - University Service - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Proper 3 - Election in a multi-faith perspective - The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - January 27, 2002 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

Proper I - the Baptism of the Lord - Living in a counter culture  - January 13, 2002 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

Advent 3 - Christian Faith is about the Future - December 16, 2001 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

I Advent - December 2, 2001 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

21 Pentecost - A Reformation Fantasy - October 28, 2001 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Feast of St Michael and All Angels, 2001 - Angels or Flowers? - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

15 Pentecost - September 16, 2001 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Pentecost 15 (Proper 24) - A first reaction to the events of September 11th, 2001  - A homily by the Very Rev Michael J. Pitts at Grace Church Pointe St Charles, Montreal   

Social activism and change in the church - 2 summer sermons - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean

Fifth Sunday of Easter - May 13, 2001 - the Rev'd Dr. Elizabeth Rowlinson, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

II Lent - March 11, 2001 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

The Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative: The Renewal of the Land - Feb. 18, 2001 - Suzanne Cross, Cathedral Lay Reader

IV Epiphany - January 28, 2001 - Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas - Cathedral Organ Festival - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Baptism of Christ - January 14, 2001 - the Rev'd Paul Jennings, Assistant Priest

Christmas I - December 31, 2000 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Gospel, Spirituality and Faith in a Post-modern Environment - Sermons from Pentecost to Christmas, 2000 by the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal - 6 sermons (as marked below) in one Word document

Towards a post modern view of the Christmas story - Christmas 2000 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts (6)

Advent 2 - December 10, 2000 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

What is Truth? - The Reign of Christ, November 26, 2000 - the Rev'd Paul Jennings, Assistant Priest

Compassionate Spirituality - November 19, 2000 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts (5)

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost - October 22, 2000 - the Rev'd Dr. Elizabeth Rowlinson, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Speaking of Faith - September 17, 2000 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts (4)

Staying where we are, or moving to new spaces - September 10, 2000 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts (3)

Finding the presence of God in the secular world - August 27, 2000 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts (2)

Feast of the Transfiguration - August 6, 2000 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

The Spirit and Authority in the Church - Pentecost, June 11, 200 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts (1)

Our Responsibility for the Residential Schools -a homiletic response to the Primate's Letter. Preached on May 28, 2000 in Christ Church Cathedral by the Rev'd Paul Jennings, Assistant Priest

See also

A sermon preached on the Second Sunday of Easter 2000, with special reference to the Annual Convention of the Titanic International Society - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean of Montreal

Easter Sunday - April 23, 2000 - the Rev'd Paul Jennings, Assistant Priest, Christ Church Cathedral

Meditation sur la Passion du Vendredi Saint le 21 avril, 2000, Constance Middleton-Hope
Good Friday Meditations 21 April 2000, The Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts

Sermons for Lent 2000 The Jubilee

Transfiguration - March 5, 2000 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean of Montreal

Epiphany 7 - February 20, 2000 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Advent 1 - November 28, 1999 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Reformation Sunday  - "Let's Talk" - October 24, 1999 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Pentecost 11 - August 8, 1999 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Pentecost 5 - June 27, 1999 - the Rev'd Dr. Elizabeth Rowlinson, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Pentecost 2 - June 6, 1999 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Music and Spirituality, a sermon by the Dean and Patrick Wedd, on the Sunday after Ascension Day 1999

A fantasy about theology in the 21st century - April 11, 1999 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

A sermon for Easter Day, 1999 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean of Montreal

Meditation for Good Friday, 1999 - the Rt. Rev'd Andrew S. Hutchison, Bishop of Montreal

Lent 1 - The Two Trees - February 21, 1999 - the Rev'd Paul Jennings, Assistant Priest, Christ Church Cathedral (Palm Reader doc)

Epiphany - January 2, 1999 - the Rev'd Paul Jennings, Assistant Priest, Christ Church Cathedral

Christmas Eve - December 24, 1998 - the Rt. Rev'd Andrew S. Hutchison, Bishop of Montreal

Second Sunday in Advent - December 6, 1998 - the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean of Montreal

All Souls Day - November 8, 1998 - the Rev'd Dr. Elizabeth Rowlinson, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Feast of St. Luke - October 18,1998 - the Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk, Cathedral Honorary Assistant

Professor Faith Wallis' sermon of Sunday, September 27, 1998, on angels

Reflections on a first year with lung cancer, by Gavin Elbourne - 17 November 1996