This class is intended for lay or ordained persons sensing a call to the ministry of spiritual leadership, companionship, and/or direction. Companions in Discernment is a communal journey of experiential learning and prayerful individual discernment. While participating in this class, participants will engage in formation and discernment processes that include: Immersion in a guided Ignatian discernment …
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Multivocational Ministry Toolkit
Ministry contexts in Canada are complex and changing. There are many ministers who are creatively combining several roles within a complex vocational calling that includes ministry beyond the congregational setting or vocations other than pastoral ministry. The Canadian Multivocational Ministry Project conducted research with people ministering in these contexts, and we are happy to share …
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Sacred Texts & Oral Traditions
Code: IPT5/712 Dates: January 18, 2021 – April 9, 2021 on Thursdays Time: 2:00 pm for 3 Hours Purpose: An introduction to sacred scripture and oral narrative in four traditions: Tanakh in Judaism, New Testament in Christianity, Qur’an in Islam, and Oral Stories in Indigenous Traditions. For each tradition, we will become acquainted with content, …
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North American Church History
Code: HIS600 Dates: January 18, 2021 – April 9, 2021 on Thursdays Time: 9:00 am for 3 Hours This course will explore the history of Christian churches in North America. The written histories of the churches will be studied in dialogue with the social context of such histories and the reflections of both church and …
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Christianity and Judaism in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Code: HIS500 Dates: January 18, 2021 – April 9, 2021 on Wednesdays Time: 9:00 am for 3 Hours To be sure, we need history. But we need it in a manner different from the way in which the spoilt idler in the garden of knowledge uses it, no matter how elegantly he may look down …
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Reformation History
Code: HIS640 Dates: January 18, 2021 – April 9, 2021 on Tuesdays Time: 6:00 pm for 3 Hours This course will familiarize students with the work of major personalities and movements of the Protestant Reformation as these arise and flourish in the social and historical context of Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Europe. While students will …
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SAINT JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: A BRIDGE between two traditions
Zoom seminar with four speakers (Catholic, Church of England, Methodist). REGISTER: [email protected]
Opening to the Heart of Worship
A weekend workshop with Christopher Sammond via Zoom December 4-6, 2020. (Friday 7:30pm Eastern Time through Sunday noon.) This online workshop will focus on practical skills that will enhance our ability to enter into deep, transformative worship. We will explore how we prepare for worship, how we center down, how to listen to each other …
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Gathering God’s Harvest: An Ecumenical Stewardship Webinar Series
You are invited to join the ecumenical stewardship webinar series, Gathering God’s Harvest on Thursdays from October 22 to November 19 at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (Saskatchewan Time) via Zoom. Each webinar comes with a presentation, breakout sessions and Q&A. The 7:00 p.m. timeslot is a repeat of the 3:00 p.m. session with the recorded presentation …
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