Summer 2025 Tapestry
Many of our donors receive the Tapestry newsletter in the mail three times a year. You can also find it digitally here!
Many of our donors receive the Tapestry newsletter in the mail three times a year. You can also find it digitally here!
The final learning circle of the 2019-2020 CCS school year ended last week. Relationships was an online spiritual care circle focused on ministry skills to understand and support people in various kinds of relationships. Seven participants (plus program staff) spent six weeks exploring ideas, theologies, and practical issues relating to sexuality and intimate relationships, families,…
The Centre for Christian Studies is excited to be offering a 2-day continuing education event with Cláudio Carvalhaes! Humor, Laughter, Foolishness: Performing Love, Resilience and Resistance Friday, April 14 and Saturday, April 15, 2023 To be able to laugh, to have humor and to be foolish are all tremendous forms of resistance, of showing love/compassion…
by Tracy Robertson So far, my rudimentary research project into the Spirituality of Fandom in preparation for my Sabbatical in January has gone very well. I’ve been able to visit and participate in seven events since the start of 2019. Two Comic Expos, Otafest, Two Furry Conventions, and a Superhero and Religion seminar through the…
Companion of the Centre Sue Taylor passed away last week at Bethell Hospice in Caledon, Ontario, just shy of her 84th birthday. Dorothy Naylor (another Companion of the Centre) recalled the excellent community chaplaincy that Sue did in Ottawa. “She is a great example of what diaconal ministry is about,” said Dorothy. According to her…
Here in Canada and all across the world, people struggle to live together in peace. And yet we are overwhelmed by unsettling examples of intolerance, bigotry, and hatred. Where is the hope? The Centre for Christian Studies is proud to host a public lecture and dialogue on the theme of “Diversity, Transformation, & Hope” with…
We are pleased to announce that the 2022 recipient of the Companion of the Centre Award will be Aileen Urquhart.