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Sandy Saulteaux seeking Keeper of the Learning Circle

Our friends at the Sandy Saulteaux Spiritual Centre are advertising for a Keeper of the Learning Circle.  Visit the SSSC website for more info.

120th Anniversary Update – 1 week to go!

We’re now at 71 registrations plus 13 Social Ministry students … plus staff and over 130 attending the evening banquet! If you haven’t already, register NOW online  (A reminder: Early …

Fruits of the Earth, Fruits of Community

Principal Maylanne Maybee writes: I have spent the last week in two very different places and climates. From Wednesday to Sunday, I stayed with Phina Borgeson, a friend and fellow …

Feast for Friends

CCS’s Ann Naylor reflects on the “Feast for Friends” held at the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre on September 22, 2012: Children are playing – working together to create a structure from …

Diaconal Gatherings

One of the joys of being on the road has been the opportunity to meet with recent grads and re-new connections. A deep sense of history and pride is shared …

Ontario Field Placement Orientations

In 2012-2013, the CCS students are engaged in the Social Ministry Year. Facilitating the orientation sessions for the students’ field placement allows for a broad connection with the diversity of …

Accompaniment and Solidarity Videos

The videos from September’s “Second Fridays at CCS” presentations are now available, so even if you weren’t in the room at lunch-time on the second Friday of the month, you …

Summer Student Worked on CCS Archives

CCS is pleased to have received a grant to hire a student for the summer under the Heritage Grants Program of Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism. The grant provides matching …

The Roof is Done (reshingled)

Let the rain fall on the just and the unjust.  Woodsworth House has new shingles, thanks to $15000 and a generous gift from the Winnipeg Foundation.  CCS Treasurer, Brian Faurshou …

50th Year Reunion for the UCTS Class of ’62

The UCTS (United Church Training School) class of 1962 celebrated the 50th anniversary of their graduation in June in Toronto.

Happy 101st, Beatrice Doidge!

Happy birthday on September 28 to Beatrice Leslie Doidge (possibly CCS’s oldest living graduate).

Preparing a Banquet

According to Liz, registrations for the CCS anniversary Saturday banquet are at 118! The evening promises to be a celebration of community, Friends, and achievements. The venue will be Young …

A Week in the Life

Principal Maylanne Maybee writes: A lot goes on at CCS, inside and out, from one day to the next and one week to the next. Last Tuesday the Program Committee …

Diversity, Transformation, & Hope – a public lecture with Stan McKay and Raheel Raza

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 …

Anniversary will be a Joyless celebration

We take no joy in announcing that, due to a family emergency, Joy Kogawa will not be able to attend the October 11th public lecture with Stan McKay to kick …