Couldn’t we all use a little Good News? KAIROS’ Epiphany worship resource brings together the creation narrative and the stories of Jesus to help us seek out the goodness in our world today. Use the resource for worship in-person or online. Or consider how the stories, prayers and reflections might inspire your prayer circle, planning meeting, or personal devotions. An accompanying justice focus shares hopeful stories of resilience and change in the face of the climate crisis.

Amidst a global pandemic, KAIROS’ Women of Courage partners gathered online to share and learn from one another. Representatives from our partners in Colombia, the DRC, South Sudan, West Bank and the Philippines gathered for the second annual Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security South-South Gathering in late November. They exchanged experiences and strategies on their response to these challenging times, including inspiring stories of change, to strengthen their collective advocacy and solidarity for gender equity and peace.

KAIROS encourages you to sign the electronic Parliamentary petition launched by MiningWatch Canada and the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines which calls for strengthened Canadian corporate accountability and policies in the Philippines.

For the Love of Creation concluded its highly successful Fall Online Forum series, which ran every Monday evening in November. Drawing hundreds of people per forum, the series explored a variety of topics, including effective climate communication, climate policies, ecological grief, and creation care theologies. We heard from faith leaders, Indigenous leaders, youth, communications and policy experts, and everyday people of faith across Canada who are concerned about climate change and ready to take action!

For the Love of Creation recently introduced three conversation guides entitled Faithful Climate Conversations. The guides aim to support faith communities as they engage in conversations about the climate crisis and consider what a faithful response looks like. Aminah Attar, a young adult who helped edit the guides, describes them as bringing “the power to change, to you, in a very accessible manner”. They are designed for use by small groups of neighbours, friends, co-workers, and church members, and offer an easy-to-follow format with links to important information and resources.

The federal government’s Bill C-12 has been a long time coming for advocates of climate accountability legislation in Canada. KAIROS is encouraged by this positive step for charting a course to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. However, we believe the government must strengthen the deadlines set in the bill to make it effective. Read more about KAIROS’ recommendations for Bill C-12.

While we were sad not to be able to meet in KAIROS regional gatherings with handshakes and hugs, pulling chairs into knee groups, and sharing meals, we are excited to tell you that having all the gatherings online has its own advantages. People from Yellowknife, Happy Valley Goose Bay, Trout Lake, Wikwemikong, Sudbury and so many other places across the country joined in these gatherings, and now you have access to the recordings of amazing speakers who enlighten and inspire us all for the sake of justice.

Last January, the charity that Sophia Arbour worked for held its quadrennial staff gathering and her department participated in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise. It did not go as she expected.

Supporters of debt cancellation renewed their call for permanent solutions in the wake of a weaker-than-expected “common framework for debt treatments” announced November 13 by G20 finance ministers and central bank governors. “The framework again falls short of adequately addressing the debt crisis that has been on the horizon and accelerated by the global Covid-19 pandemic,” said the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development.

KAIROS has written an open letter to the Minister of Finance, calling on Canada to use its privileged position in the G20 and international financial institutions to press for debt cancellation. The letter was sent in advance of the G20 Ministers meeting on Nov. 13. 

Thursday, December 3 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | $25

Oshkaabewis kwe/woman helper, Tracey Whiteye, presents The Impact of Residential Schools, the story of a second-generation residential school survivor, an Indigenous woman who fought to regain her culture and her language through the healing of Indigenous ways of knowing. 

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 EST @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Free

The MCEC (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada) Truth and Reconciliation Working Group presents a year-long online story-telling series centred on covenants made, broken, and renewed. This series will include Indigenous and Mennonite Settler voices, shining light on the history of broken covenants and illuminating pathways of hope to a more just future for all nations on this land.