Category: News

AGM = All Gather for a Meal?

March 7th is the Centre for Christian Studies’ Annual General Meeting. Why not gather some friends of CCS in your area to phone in?

Program Consultation

Twenty five people from across the country (and one guest from the US) gathered at St. Benedict’s Centre in Winnipeg from January 28 to 30 for a consultation about CCS’s current curriculum and new directions for our program.

Thank you, Brian.

Brian Faurschou has opted to step down as Chair of the Finance Committee and Treasurer for CCS, effective after the AGM, March 7, 2013. We thank him for his great service.

First Chair of the CCS Central Council dies

Edith Vuchnich, former chair of the board of Covenant College and first president of the CCS Central Council in 1969, passed away on February 1, 2013.

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Off to St. Ben’s

Much of the CCS staff head out to St. Benedict’s Monastery for the CCS program consultation.

Becoming Diaconal Church in Kenora

Ted writes: Thursday, January 17, 2013, Maylanne and I drove, in minus 30 temperatures, on the treacherous and icy roads to Kenora, to lead a weekend retreat for the Diocese …

Leadership Development 2013

2013 dates and locations for CCS’s Leadership Development Module. June 10-22, 2013 at Woodsworth House (CCS) in Winnipeg and August 12-24 at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa

By The Numbers

Marc presents the outcome of the 2012 fall fundraising campaign.

Three Gatherings, One Vision!

Ann Naylor reflects on 3 recent gatherings at CCS: Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal organizers of Feast for Friends, CCS’s Second Fridays, and people in solidarity with Chief Theresa Spence and Idle No More.

Idle No More

A reflection on the “Idle No More” movement from Rev. Micheline Montreuil

Winter 2012 Tapestry

Tapestry – 120th Anniversary Edition

The final edition of Tapestry has been mailed out to those in the CCS community who don’t have email (or who just like holding things in their hands) and is …

Happy 2013

New Look for 2013

It’s a new year, and with a new year comes a new look for the CCS website and blog, a new format for our regular “Common Threads” updates, and new …

Cookies and Carols

Last Friday the doors of CCS were thrown open to welcome our friends and supporters for an afternoon of eating cookies, sipping cider, chatting, and singing well-known and lesser-known Christmas …

A word from our Treasurer

CCS volunteer treasurer Brian Faurshou writes: “The generosity of the donors to CCS is exceptional; their past gifts have made CCS a unique community able to provide the message of …

2013 Companions of the Centre Announced

The Centre for Christian Studies has announced the names of three people it will honour as “Companion of the Centre” in 2013: Marion Logan, Jessie MacLeod, and Miriam Therese Winter. …