Posts Tagged "wcc pilgrimage on justice and peace"
Reflection on pilgrimage of justice and peace: We are not alone
December 13, 2017
Sometimes the advice I give my children is the same advice I most need to remember – and the hardest to follow. I have a toddler and a teenager, and at times of frustration and challenge I feel compelled to…
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Reflection on pilgrimage of justice and peace: Welcoming Refugees
October 18, 2017
This article is a contribution from Canadian Quakers to the WCC call to journey in justice and peace. Friends in Canada have been welcoming refugees since the 19th C., when work was done to bring Doukhobors living under persecution…
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Walking right off the map: from Old Montreal to Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory
September 14, 2017
Maps of Montreal, Canada, usually show the neighbouring Mohawk Nation as an empty space. It appears as a grey block, sectioned off from everything around it. Nothing could be more symbolic of the relationship between the Montreal urban community, which…
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Reflection on pilgrimage of justice and peace: We came, we saw, we listened…
January 31, 2017
In 2015, Bishop Susan Johnson, National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, The Rev. Dr. Willard Metzger, Executive Director, Mennonite Church Canada and I, The Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton, General Secretary of The Canadian Council of Churches, took…
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