Congratulations on still being here! The end of the world not-actually-predicted by the Mayan calendar surprisingly didn’t actually occur. Go figure. But it is the solstice, and with this longest night comes a shift. Light will grow, days will lengthen, new possibilities will arise. With Christians (and many non-Christians) around the world we prepare to…
A Lenten reflection on Christian ministry at Sisterhood of St. John the Divine. jointly offered by SSJD and the Centre for Christian Studies. Friday, March 15 to Saturday, March 16, 2013. We will explore the meaning of “diakonia” in its theological and spiritual dimensions; nurture participants in daily ministry through a variety of spiritual disciplines…
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 carols. Thanks to everyone who joined us to make the day merry, and thanks to Michele Barr for her musical accompaniment. Friday was also the…
Common Threads is the bi-weekly email update that goes out to members of the CCS community. For Christmas the editor, Marc, is inviting folks to participate in the final Common Threads of 2012. Short Christmas wishes, memories, reflections, and blessings fo this time of year are solicited. He will do his best to include as many…
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 God’s love, grace and justice to our world. Funds from our donors are fundamental to CCS’s continued mission, and key to a multitude of decisions…
In our ongoing series of reflections from members of the wider CCS community, 2012 graduate Tracy Robertson writes: I began a new calling in July, 2011 – just before starting my Integrating Year at CCS. What was I thinking? On top of it all, my calling was as Chaplain at the Calgary Young Offender Centre…
Principal Maylanne Maybee writes: Last weekend I joined about 60 others for a weekend conference on Becoming a Diaconal Church, sponsored by the Anglican Diocese of Montreal and organized by Peter Huish, a senior deacon of the diocese who has been involved in prison chaplaincy for many years. The keynote speaker was Mark MacDonald, National Indigenous…
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. The Companion of the Centre award was established in 2001. Through this award CCS honours people who have brought distinction and made significant contribution to…
The Central Council of the Centre for Christian Studies announces that HyeRan Kim-Cragg, the Lydia Gruchy Professor of Pastoral Theology at St. Andrew’s College, in Saskatoon, has been named as the recipient of the $10,000 Kaufman Scholarship. The funds will assist her in a project to explore a theology of resistance. Kim-Cragg’s project will continue…
Ted writes: In the Diocese of Rupert’s Land, two parishes have been experimenting with Local Collaborative Ministries, a version of “Total Ministry.” Pembina Hills parish is a rural setting covering vast distances in southern Manitoba, and St. Thomas is situated in the Weston region part of Winnipeg. These parishes have named and designated local leadership…
November 9th was the second friday of the month, which meant the return of CCS’s Second Fridays. Joining us for lunch hour reflections were Shaun Loney of BUILD, Paul Gehrs from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and Fjola Hart Wasekeesikaw, nurse, educator, and co-chair of the board for the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre. Their reflections…
Noon December 14 Theology of Simplicity Jennifer DeGroot and Lynda Trono followed by… Cookies & Carols Annual December Open House at the Centre for Christian Studies Friday, December 14 1:30-3:00 pm 2012 CCS Cookies and Carols pdf poster
Principal Maylanne Maybee writes: I’m writing this after getting home from a meeting of the Central Council – filled with gratitude for the very fine people I get to work with. Never have I known an organization that draws together staff and volunteers with so unique a combination of competence, intelligence, commitment, and just plain…
The puppet has been named! “CiCi S.” A blue ribbon panel of experts has combined two entries: Brenda Zanin of Ottawa wrote of her selection “CiCi”: “It’s gender free and it could also be ‘see-see’ -the key learning sense of sight. It’s friendly.” Deb Kigar, of Quebec, had a similar suggestion “CeeCeeS.” So judges took…
Today, in our continuing “About You” series of profiles from the CCS community, we feature CCS student Jim Hatt. Jim writes: In spring 2006 I had the good fortune to hear former principal Caryn Douglas speak at London Conference. She talked about CCS and the program that they offered. She pointed out that students were…