St. Matthew's United Church

Beginning with a Body:  Found just inside Noojimo’iwewin Gitigaan’s entranceway garden, the pigeon had just begun to be plucked. Two parallel wounds on either side of the breastbone suggested powerful talons. On the back, identical wounds on either side of the spine. The strike had been from above and behind. The pigeon didn’t have a chance. I hadn’t found a body in the garden for some time, though I knew red-tail hawks hunted here. Our neighbour on Rushton Rd. had told us th

Soil. Sun. Water. Love. From spring to summer through autumn, the Hippo School children have learned all that our Plant Relatives need to grow. They have come to understand that plants offer gifts to us as humans, and to insects and other animals along the way. They’ve observed bees gathering pollen and butterflies nectaring in the Butterfly and Berry Garden. And they’ve found evidence of other animals harvesting, just as they do. Tuesday mornings in October have been all abo

Elder Catherine Brooks in the Noojimo'iwewin Gitigaan garden. Six years ago, at the height of Covid 19, we welcomed Dr. Catherine Brooks...