Idle No More
A reflection on the “Idle No More” movement from Rev. Micheline Montreuil
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Happy New Year from the Principal
Epiphany, which falls on Sunday, January 6, is traditionally a season that focuses on the Church’s mission – deriving, no doubt, from the story of the encounter with the Christ child of wise and gifted visitors from other lands, cultures, and possibly faith traditions. We associate their offerings of gold and incense and myrrh with…
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Theology of Simplicity – Second Fridays
Just in time for Christmas comes this reflection from Lynda Trono as part of CCS’s monthly Second Fridays series. Lynda and Jennifer deGroot presented on Friday, December 14th, 2012 at CCS, followed by an engaging discussion on the challenges of living simply.
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Merry Christmas – Embrace the World
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…
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All About You – Tracy Robertson, CCS grad 2012
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…
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The Gospel Zone
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…
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Theology of Creation – videos from November’s Second Friday
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…
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Like Geese in Flight
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…
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All About You – Jim Hatt
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…
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Alberta Field Orientations
In September we ran a post about some of the field placement orientations in Ontario. With all the build up to the anniversary we didn’t get a chance to mention the field orientations in Alberta. Ted Dodd writes: In early October I travelled to Alberta. The main reason was to meet with students who were…
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Theology of Justice and Liberation – October’s “Second Friday” videos online
The videos from last month’s Second Friday presentation on the theology of justice and liberation, featuring Maylanne Maybee, Barbara Lloyd, and Yoon Ok Shin, are now online. And if you’re in Winnipeg at lunch time tomorrow (second Friday of November) why not bring your lunch to CCS and take in this month’s Second Friday –…
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Cloud of Witnesses
CCS Principal Maylanne Maybee writes: Ann Naylor tells me that part of life at CCS is we keep fooling ourselves into thinking that once large events are over – like the Annual Service of Celebration or the 120th Anniversary – things will settle down to “normal” and we won’t feel quite so overwhelmed. Not so….
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Highlights from “Diversity, Transformation, and Hope”
On October 11, CCS was thrilled to host a dialogue between Raheel Raza and Stan McKay on the themes of diversity, transformation, and hope. Here are some snippets of their conversation: Read Raheel’s blog post reflecting on the event, including some lovely quotations from Rumi. What is praised is one, so the praise is…
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Laments for Creation
As part of their session on Creation and the Environment during the fall learning circle, students in the Social Ministry Year wrote laments. Lament is a form of psalm dealing with loss, grief, anger and concern. Glorious God who has lovingly shaped this world, Interconnected systems intricately woven to sustain life. But humans have arrogantly…
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Strength and Skills of the Diaconate
“What are some strengths and skills that the diaconate bring to ministry?” That’s one of the questions current students asked the diaconal community that gathered in Winnipeg from October 11 – 14, 2012 to celebrate CCS’ 120th anniversary. Lively discussion ensued, and the combined wisdom of the group is captured in this word cloud. The…
