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The following letter is from Reuben Garang, the priest at Emmanuel Sudanese Mission in Winnipeg. He requests our prayers for his home country and our brothers and sisters there. March 5 was the deadline set by the East Africa regional body, IGAD, for South Sudan’s warring parties to end the
The Theological Education Commission was inaugurated as a response to the suspension of the Faculty of Theology at our diocesan college, St. John’s College at the University of Manitoba. Below are the elements of the Commission’s report as submitted on March 2, 2015, after one year of research. Cover letter
The drop-in at St. Matthew’s is currently in need of the following emergency food supplies: Soup Kraft Dinner Baked beans Large Pasta Sauce Large bags of pasta Rice Cereal (cheerios, corn flakes, rice krispies) Chili or stews Canned vegetables & fruit Single serving size items Snacks for kids lunches: snack
In 1995 Mary and Alan Judd (from St. George’s Anglican Church, Crescentwood) returned from an extended visit to Ndoddo in Uganda. They were in the company of Bishop Lee and his wife Mary. Mary Judd in particular was concerned by the community’s need for a reliable, year round water supply.
Submitted by Joanne Harris The Right Rev. Dr. Peter Stuart, from the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, recently spent a weekend in the Pembina Hills Parishes. He is visiting North America to learn how Anglicans here are carrying out Local Collaborative Ministry (LCM). LCM involves members of
A reflection on Mothering Sunday. In churchland we maintain some remarkably odd practices. Take Mothering Sunday, for instance. An odd name for Mother’s Day, I presumed? Nope. Last week my priest buddy, less green and more intense than myself, sent me a text announcing that I needed to find the
Some years ago, when I was facing a dark time in my life and feeling overwhelmed, I began meeting with a spiritual director. The pace of my life had left me feeling exhausted and began to sap the joy of living. Prayer seemed dry and unsatisfying, and I had begun
St. John’s College welcomes professor and priest Jane Barter Moulaison for its final Bible & Breakfast of the year on Saturday, March 14, at 9:00 a.m. Jane will be speaking about that confusing epistle, Romans, and looking at it’s relation to the Philosophers. All are welcome! Please RSVP to the
[box] St. Paul’s, Fort Garry, is hosting the personal and family preparedness seminar, “What if I got hit by a Bus?”, March 14, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The seminar is offered by EmmerickQuality Consulting, and enables participants to think through the planning of personal details in case of personal loss or
The St. Charles Retreat Centre is hosting a seven day retreat based on the Ignition Exercises, April 24-May 1. For more information, or to register, please be in touch with the retreat centre. Download the poster PDF here.
Join St. John’s College for their annual lecture series, March 16-18, as they welcome Bishop Linda Nichols for a series of conversations on dialogue. The three lectures will consider living in dialogue with self, others, and the world as a Christian community. “Living in Dialogue as Anglicans” will be Monday,
The Church of St. Stephen and St. Bede presents a Lenten series entitled, “Scriptures Society and Worship”, throughout the month of March, on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. March 2: Michael Wilson, a minister and author, on “A Guided Tour of the Bible” March 9: Charles Huband, from the Queen’s Bench, on “Who is My Neighbour?” March 16: Don McCarthy, professor of philosophy, on “Can Christians Unite?” March
This month’s magazine has a special focus on alternative ministry models. Read the entire thing below and share your comments, reflections and feedback right here.
This month in the “Burning Bush”, two Rupert’s Landers share their opinions about the traditional tithe. We hear first from Sheila Welbergen, a parishioner at St. Luke’s, Winnipeg, and then from Tony Harwood-Jones, a retired priest. Sheila Welbergen writes that the traditional tithe should be reconsidered. We try to be
Our national Indigenous Bishop, Mark MacDonald, calls you to action with Bill C-641, a private bill to ensure that Canadian laws are consistent with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The bill was drafted by MP Romeo Saganash, who was part of the negotiations with the UN
February 10, 2015 The recent ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada, striking down the long held ban on physician-assisted dying is cause for celebration among many Canadians and cause for great concern among many others. For those who have long advocated for a person’s right, in the face of
In this month’s issue, former RLN editor Jude Claude writes a community catechesis reflecting on Karl Barth’s understanding of the “pistis Christou” debate – the theological distinction between “faith of Christ” and “faith in Christ” – as it relates to the recent protest by self-immolation of US serviceman Aaron Bushnell.
Cass Smith’s article “When Faithful Leadershership is Not Effective Leadership” explores common pitfalls leaders fall into when working within unjust systems. She also discusses how the expectations people hold of those in leadership sometimes contribute to their burnout, calling for us to have a more gracious and human understanding of those in leadership.
For the Lenten season, Paul Dyck reviews two films, Zone of Interest and Perfect Days, each of which attends to the mundanity of ordinary life while troubling us with how the everyday is often unsettlingly close to the extremes of human monstrosity.
This month’s parish profile interviews the Rev. Wilson Akinwale and Deb Buxton from St. George’s Anglican (Transcona) discussing the parish’s rich history, its evangelical/contemporary approach to worship, and community engagement including their recent Black history service.
To close out the issue, a directory of Holy Week services is offered as a guide for the Easter Season.
I hope you enjoy this month’s articles.
Read and download the March issue here.
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