Author: CCS

Michelle Owens reflects on attending a vigil for children lost to residential schools.

Is 2021-2022 the year you follow your calling? Will this be the year you dig deeper into the topics that matter to you? Is this the year you rediscover yourself as a learner? Will this be the year you reconnect with a community who learn together? Is this the year that your passion and the…

This past year our students have benefitted from caring presence of spiritual care providing chaplains during many of their learning circles. Chaplains have been a part of CCS learning circles for many years. Learning circles can be stressful: traveling to Winnipeg for class, being away from family, trying to set other work demands aside for…

It started at a church meeting when Gloria was talking with her friends Jody Maltby and Karen Hilfman Millson about needing some mental engagement and looking for a focus for her energies. They suggested that Gloria take a look at CCS. “I think you’d like the learning style.” Gloria Tozek is a student in the…

No, we don’t mean that Mary.  We mean Mary Naidu, who attended the Anglican Women’s Training College (now the Centre for Christian Studies) in the early 60s. Very recently, CCS received a generous bequest from the estate of Mary Naidu, and for that, we are very grateful.  But we don’t know a lot about Mary’s life after attending AWTC….

“This was the most impacting and interesting circle to date,” said one student in CCS’s Grief and Loss intensive learning circle, April 28-May 5, 2021. Nine diaconal students gathered online (because, you know, pandemic) for a week to discuss spiritual care in the context of grief and loss. Students shared deeply of their own experiences…

Ordained minister and silversmith, Robin McGauley is more than just one thing.

We reflected on what makes scripture alive and what it means to live in relationship with scripture.

On April 17, 2021 the Centre for Christian Studies recognized Anne Manikel with the Companion of the Centre Award.

Our 2021 Annual Service of Celebration, recognizing this year’s graduates and Companion of the Centre, was held online on April 17, 2021. More than 70 people from across Canada and the world participated in this worship service, celebrating the 2021 graduates of the Diaconal Ministries program – Karlene Kimber, Alana Martin, Rebecca Pike, and Bri-anne…

Congratulations to graduates Alana Martin, Bri-anne Swan, Karlene Kimber, and Rebecca Pike and to Companion Anne Manikel! Leave a comment and join in the celebrations.

Please join us for our Annual General Meeting this Thursday at 6pm Central Time. Visit the AGM event page for documents and to register for the zoom link.

Ha Na Park shares her recent reflections on racism, particularly naming anti-Asian racism, and the experience of women.

Robin McGauley is donating 15% from the sale of her beautiful spiral-patterned jewelry to CCS.

Kristie Pilling talks with Bruce Jackson about environmental justice and the personhood of rivers.