Turn your face into the ‘winds of change’, discover new possibilities for your faith community and ‘find your joy.’This autumn’s Vital Church Maritimes (VCM) conference is all about effectively navigating change. Whether it’s adapting ministry in a pandemic, exploring cooperative partnerships or tackling a major parish redevelopment, there are some essential best practices that can …
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Are you seeking support and enrichment for your daily prayer life? Join Shalem adjunct staff member Patience Robbins as she guides you through the use of lectio divina, walking meditation, the practice of gratitude, and intercessory prayers. Whether you feel like a beginner or want to deepen a particular prayer practice; whether you want to …
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Event Details Online Course via Zoom The Episcopal Preaching Foundation has opened registration to practicing parish clergy for a Zoom-based Preaching Excellence Program (“PEP-II”) deep dive into preaching in the era of COVID-19. The schedule will require three hours per day online between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday, January 11-15, 2021. …
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November 27 @ 8:00 pm – November 29 @ 1:00 pm | $125 The ache of waiting hopefully Over the course of 2020, we have become well practised in waiting. While the world has kept its head down and face covered, digging in to outlast the pandemic, movements for greater social justice have lost patience …
View course details “VIRTUAL – Advent Weekend Retreat”

October 30 @ 8:00 pm – November 1 @ 1:00 pm | $125 Praying the good, the bad and the ugly Facilitated by Greg Kennedy, SJ  & Matthew Hendzel, SJ There’s something liberating in letting God have it, all of it, whatever you are currently suffering or celebrating. The Hebrew psalms are a kind of …
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October 19 @ 7:00 pm – October 25 @ 1:00 pm | $297 While the pandemic renders it impossible to come to Loyola House for your retreat, we will bring the directed retreat to you! Just as in any silent retreat, Loyola House spiritual directors will provide daily spiritual direction that will occur via Zoom (or …
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October 16 @ 8:00 pm – October 18 @ 1:00 pm | $125 A Retreat on Praying through Photography Facilitated by Matthew Hendzel, SJ With the help of modern technology, everyone has become a photographer these days…but can we allow these new-found talents to become an act of prayer? Often when we step outside, we …
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Change seems to be the only constant in today’s culture, and this is true in the Church as well. Course participants will learn solid management tools including governance and polity through volunteer and disciple management. From there, we will engage with the latest writings on adaptive and transformative leadership theories and models and critically examine …
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This 35 hour intensive course will provide students with a foundation of understanding of the spiritual knowledge of Indigenous peoples, on the Land that we find ourselves today. Two Indigenous instructors will examine Indigenous wisdom within the context of Christian belief, while honouring Indigenous and Christian ways of knowing God. Students will have the opportunity …
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Are you seeking greater freedom and depth of homecoming in your spiritual journey? Max Woolaver leads a retreat on one of Spain’s greatest spiritual poets- St. John of the Cross. Consider joining the conversation! (This event will take place on Zoom) Read more ssjd.ca