14-15 May 2026 | Christ's Church Cathedral | Hamilton

Teach Us to Pray

A conference to listen, learn, and practice prayer in the catholic tradition of Anglicanism.

Pray Without Ceasing

Join us for two days of worship, prayer, learning, and fellowship centred on the call to all Christians to pray without ceasing.Led by Br James Koester of the Society of St John the Evangelist, we learn and reflect on prayer in the catholic tradition of Anglicanism, its blessings and relevance in the twenty-first century.We gather in beautiful Christ's Church Cathedral in Hamilton, Ontario, joining nearly two centuries of Anglican prayer and worship on the site.Teach Us to Pray is open to all.Organized as an aid to the faithful by the Annunciation Chapter of The Society of Catholic Priests (North America).

Keynote Speaker

Br. James Koester, SSJE was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He studied History and English Literature at Trent University (Peterborough, ON) and received a Master’s of Divinity from Trinity College (Toronto, ON). Before arriving at the Society of St John the Evangelist (SSJE), he served as a parish priest in the Diocese of British Columbia. James was life-professed in our community in 1995 and has since served as Superior, the Senior Brother at Emery House, and Community Archivist. Br. James enjoys family history, reading mysteries, and vegetable gardening. He has combined his love of long-distance walking and early British History by walking both the St. Cuthbert’s Way and the Hadrian’s Wall Path. He is currently compiling a list of every man who has tested a vocation at SSJE and working on a history of the Society’s part in introducing the Holy Week rites in English to North American Anglicans and Episcopalians.

Christ's Church Cathedral

The mother church of Anglicans in the Diocese of Niagara, Christ's Church Cathedral has been a centre of prayer since 1835.

14 May | Ascension Day

  • 8:30 | Registration opens

  • 9:30 | Morning Prayer

  • 10:15 | Welcome, First Plenary

  • 12:00 | Midday Prayer, Lunch

  • 1:30 | Second Plenary

  • 2:45 | Break

  • 3:15 | Third Plenary

  • 4:45 | Dinner (on your own)

  • 7:00 | Mass for Ascension Day

15 May | St Matthias (tr.)

  • 9:30 | Morning Prayer

  • 10:00 | Fourth Plenary

  • 11:30 | Mass for Feast of St Matthias

  • 12:30 | Closing

More Information

Details about registration will be available soon. Please direct inquiries to [email protected].

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