Fall Colours Hike, Supper and Learn Together (Ottawa, ON)

Join an A Rocha gathering in Ottawa

Please RSVP to Paul Heintzman for location details.

2:00pm – Fall Colours Walk

Join us at the home of Paul and Monique Heintzman in Gatineau Park for a walk along the King Mountain Trail. Features of this trail include panoramic views of the fall colours in Gatineau Park, the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley. For those who are hardy, there is a possibility of a swim in Kingsmere Lake after the hike.

5:30pm – Potluck Supper

Please RSVP and let us know what you plan to bring so that we can plan accordingly.

7:00pm – Presentation “The Company We Keep: Do you know your native land?“

Combining experiences of a childhood in the Ottawa Valley with the insights of 19^th century immigrants Moodie & Trail, and 20^th century conservationist Bill Mason, this illustrated talk is both an invitation – and challenge – to be attentively responsible to the particular environmental community in which one dwells. Lessons learned from Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, M. Avison and W. Berry call us back to this geographic region of Ontario & Québec.

Dr. Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson (alum of Regent College and Institute of Theology, Imagination, & the Arts at University of St Andrews) publishes and lectures internationally on subjects such as the Inklings, 19^th c literature & history, and engagement with the environment; the common link between her literary and theological mentors is a holistic and integrative responsibility towards, and love of, creation.