Welcome to Galilee Centre
We are HIRING!
Galilee Centre is now hiring, check out our Job Opportunities page for details and application instructions.
Regarding the Future of Galilee Centre
Canadians for a Synodal Church is live!
Galilee Centre is now hosting the Canadians for a Synodal Church event.
The Zoom meeting will open as of 6:15 pm (Eastern Time).
We ask that participants stay muted, camera use is optional. The event will be recorded and a link to the recording will be distributed to all
registered participants within a week of the event.
We are delighted to have over 300 registered participants; please recognize that we may not have the time to address everyone’s questions during the session but we encourage you to share them with our moderator via the chat function.
Situated next to an old growth forest overlooking the Ottawa River, Galilee Centre is a welcoming holistic spiritual life centre that is an oasis of peace, care and comfort.
Sponsored by OMI Lacombe, our mission is to provide an environment, programs and services which nurture people’s personal and spiritual growth, enabling them to contribute to a healthier world.
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Advent Anticipation
When you journey through Advent to Christmas, you begin to see Jesus more fully. You recognize that His incarnation was the beginning of the redemption of the world and that His return is the completion of it. Advent pulls those two moments together. It overlays the joy of His arrival as a helpless babe with the hope of His appearing as conquering King. Both arrivals are anticipated in celebrating Advent. (Glenn Packiam)
As we look forward to 2025 with great anticipation, we thank everyone in our Galilee Community who has held us in a space of Hope, Joy, Peace, & Love – your prayers, support and connection have made a world of difference. We look forward to gathering again with you in the New Year.
Join us for the final session of our Advent Celebration series on Sunday, December 22, with speaker David Perrin. Registration is not required.
Save the Date: January Luncheon, Thursday, January 16, 2025 (a correction was made from the original newsletter.) Reservations can be made starting January 2. Happy New Year!
Happy Holidays, Pull up a Chair Fundraiser
In celebration of the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday season,
we invite you to pull up a chair at Galilee Centre.
After many years, the time has come to replace our conference room chairs. With thanks to Cohen & Cohen of Ottawa,we were able to secure 50 new, stacking, fabric chairs for use in the Oak Room and other conference areas.
To help cover the cost of this one time expense, we are asking our community members to consider sponsoring a chair for $50, in the name of their family or a loved one, or in memory of someone who enjoyed spending time at Galilee. Each sponsored chair will have a nameplate added to honour our supporters.
Thank you in advance for pulling up a chair in support of Galilee. We are so blessed to have you all as part of our community. Click here to sponsor online or call the main office at 613-623-4242 x 21.
Over the past few years, in partnership with the Centre Oblat, the Star of the North Retreat House, and Queen’s House Retreat Centre (closed July 2024), a series of speaker panels was convened to discuss the Synodal Process in Canada and beyond. The video of the November 20, 2024 panel discussion is now available, along with the PowerPoint presentations from the speakers Fr. Ray Lafontaine, Episcopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of Montreal, Sr. Elizabeth Davis, rsm, Sisters of Mercy, Newfoundland. and Bob Czerny, member of St. Basil’s Catholic Parish, Ottawa, ON.
Click here for more information on the Synod and to view the videos of the previous speaker panel events.