Feeding the Hungry
The Cathedral Community contributes in three different ways to help feed the hungry here in Quebec:
In March 2011 the Cathedral started up its Food Basket Project. We collect non-perishable items (packaged or tinned food of all kinds, detergents and soaps, toothpaste and brushes, etc. – and money to buy same). From time to time they are delivered to Moisson Québec, a major food bank in the Greater Quebec City region. There they are combined with similar donations from other sources and distributed to some of the 150 agencies accredited by Moisson Québec which interface directly with individuals and families who need support to make ends meet. In 2012 some 1,532 non-perishable food and non-edibles weighing 962 kg were provided to Moisson Québec.
Each year for a few weeks in December, the Food Basket Project gives way to the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign, organized by the Jeffery Hale Community Services. Donations to this campaign are directed to an organization that prepares over 200 hampers that are packed with Christmas food and goodies before being delivered to previously-identified recipients to help make that time of year festive for them.
As you can see, those in need are not only an ocean away, some of them are right here at home.
Bringing the Gardens back
Growing into the future
Today ancient trees still surround the Cathedral, but the magnificent gardens are a distant memory, replaced by a parking lot. We wish to restore the spirit of the Récollet gardens by transforming the Cathedral Close into an informal garden. It will have flower beds, vegetable plots, and areas for play and meditation. We wish to create a place of health and peace, a meeting place where people of all origins and beliefs will be welcome for generations to come.
For more information please visit
https://jardinsdelacathedrale.ca/en/home/
Diocese of Quebec
Green Ministries
The Parish of Quebec
The Parish of Quebec is a strong community of Anglican and Lutheran Christians. Worship services are contemporary in language and style but continue in the great cathedral tradition with a particular focus on choral music. We have a lively program for parish children with a friendly Sunday School. Our commitment to help out in our community and beyond includes a refugee sponsorship program, The Noëlla Project; and ministry to seafarers stopping over in the Port of Quebec.
Anglicans have been worshipping in Quebec City since at least 1759. After the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, Montcalm was buried in the Ursuline Chapel. And on September 27, an Anglican memorial service was held for Wolfe, in the same chapel where Montcalm lay buried. The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Eli Dawson, chaplain to H.M.S. Stirling Castle.
In 1793, the Anglican see of Quebec established, and in 1821 The Parish of Quebec was created by letters patent under George IV. Under those letters patent the congregation may worship at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity until such time as they build their own church within the parish boundaries.
Such a church has never been constructed, nor is it likely to be. The Parish of Quebec continues to worship in the Cathedral and remains the custodian of the Cathedral, looking after its upkeep, maintenance and repair, with assistance from the Foundation of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, various government bodies and private individuals.