Category: News

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. …

HyeRan Kim-Cragg Awarded CCS Kaufman Scholarship

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 …

Local Collaborative Ministries – Diocese of Rupert’s Land

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 …

Meet Cici!

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 …

Name That Puppet

Lynn Smith, a Social Ministry Year student from Peterborough, made a puppet for CCS and left it here for our use. But s/he needs a name! Can you think of …

Oh What A Weekend It Was – 120th Anniversary Recap

Principal Maylanne Maybee writes: Has CCS ever done such a thing before? Has there ever been anything like it? About 100 people – students and staff, past and present, graduates, …

Marc Remains Involved

Marc Desrosiers, former Development and Community Relations Coordinator at CCS, will continue to volunteer with the bi-weekly “Common Threads” updates and the fall fundraising campaign.  Marc writes: Just when I …

Fall Social Ministry Learning Circle

Amidst all the hubbub of the anniversary celebration, the students in the Social Ministry learning circle have been meeting and working and learning.  We have four new students joining the …

Caryn Douglas honoured as Companion of the Centre

On October 13th, 2012 Caryn Douglas was named a Companion of the Centre by the Centre for Christian Studies.  (In fact, she was named earlier in the year, along with …

See You All for the 240th!

A successful and inspiring weekend.  Thank you to everyone who attended. We were blessed to have so many of our honoured Companions of the Centre all in one place.

Anniversary Weekend wrapping up

Yesterday included reflections from past and present CCS principals, a presentation by students, workshops on the action-reflection spiral and ecumenical perspectives on the diaconate, field trips, and a wonderful banquet …