Church leaders call for release of housing funds

Prime Minister Stephen Harper should move immediately to release funds designated for affordable housing, according to the leaders of four Canadian churches — Archbishop Andrew Hutchison of the Anglican Church of Canada, Bishop Ray Schultz of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Rev. Peter Short of the United Church of Canada and Henry Hess of the Christian Reformed Church of North America.
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Posted: April 3, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=223 In this article: affordable housing, Canada, church leaders, justice, statements, Stephen Harper Transmis : 3 avril 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=223 Dans cet article : affordable housing, Canada, church leaders, justice, statements, Stephen Harper

2006 Canadian ecumenical leadership award

In recognition of her contribution to ecumenism on the local, national and international levels, the 2006 Ecumenical Leadership Award is presented to Renaude Grégoire. Born in 1960, in the aura of the Second Vatican Council and the opening up towards other Christian denominations, Renaude Grégoire studied theology at the University of Montreal, rubbing shoulders with the great thinkers of the various Christian churches.
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Posted: April 13, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=224
Categories: News • In this article: 2006, Canada, Centre Canadien d’œcuménisme, Ecumenical Leadership Award Transmis : 13 avril 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=224
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Quirks & Quarks on science & religion

CBC’s Quirks & Quarks interview with Bro. Guy Consolmagno, a Jesuit astronomer, on science & religion.
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Posted: April 21, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=225
Categories: News • In this article: science Transmis : 21 avril 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=225
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Gifts to Each Other: Exploring our Treasures of Worship and Prayer

The Prairie Centre for Ecumenism will be hosting a very special retreat this summer, perhaps a unique event in Canada. Pastors and members of three very different church traditions – the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Mennonite Church Saskatchewan and the Foursquare Gospel Church – will spend three days together sharing their treasures of corporate worship and private devotion. Each worship session will be led by a member of the tradition to which it belongs, with explanations of the service’s meaning and time for questions. In addition we will be introduced to ways of private prayer and devotion characteristic of these traditions, with explanations and private time in which to ‘try out’ different types of prayer for ourselves.

Thursday May 25 to Saturday May 27, 2006 at Queen’s House of Retreats (601 Taylor St. West, Saskatoon)

Costs: $175 live-in, $150 commuters. Please register with Queen’s House directly (tel. 306-242-1916) by May 10 to ensure the viability of this event. If you would like more information about the retreat, contact the PCE at (306) 653-1633. This event will be held in lieu of the 2006 Summer Ecumenical Institute.
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Posted: April 21, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=226
Categories: News • In this article: Canada, Christian unity, events, Prairie Centre for Ecumenism, prayer, Saskatoon, Summer Ecumenical Institute, worship Transmis : 21 avril 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=226
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Ecumenical contacts workshop: God in Your grace, Transform the World

A workshop for ecumenical contacts and leaders entitled “God in Your grace, Transform the World: An eyewitness report from the 9th Assembly of the World Council of Churches” will be held April 22 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Saskatoon.
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Posted: April 22, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=227
Categories: Calendar • In this article: Christian unity, education, events, WCC Transmis : 22 avril 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=227
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Earth Day Conference: Towards a Nuclear Free Future

On Earth Day, April 22, 2006, a conference in Saskatoon will feature local, national, and international speakers on nuclear issues and healthy positive energy alternatives. Entitled “Towards a Nuclear Free Future”, the conference will be held at the St. George’s Senior Citizens’ Club, 20th Street & Avenue M, Saskatoon, from 9 am to 4:30 p.m.
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Posted: April 22, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=228 In this article: education, environment, events, Inter Church Uranium Committee, nuclear industry, peace Transmis : 22 avril 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=228 Dans cet article : education, environment, events, Inter Church Uranium Committee, nuclear industry, peace

L’Ordre du mérite œcuménique 2006

En reconnaissance de sa contribution à l’œcuménisme au plan local, national et international, l’Ordre du mérite œcuménique pour 2006 est décerné à Renaude Grégoire. Née en 1960, dans le souffle du Concile Vatican II et le signal donné de l’ouverture aux autres confessions chrétiennes, Renaude Grégoire a fait ses études en théologie à l’Université de Montréal, en côtoyant les grands penseurs chrétiens de diverses confessions chrétiennes.
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Posted: April 26, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=229 In this article: 2006, Canada Transmis : 26 avril 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=229 Dans cet article : 2006, Canada

Yom Ha’Shoah – Holocaust Memorial Service

The annual Holocaust Memorial Service will be held Sunday, April 30th at 1:30 p.m. Hosted by the Congregation Agudas Israel at 715 McKinnon Ave., Saskatoon. This year, the keynote speaker is Philip Weiss. Born in 1922 in Drohobycz, Poland, Philip, along with his parents, his brother and sister, were first placed in a ghetto, then
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Posted: April 30, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=230
Categories: News • In this article: education, events, interfaith, Judaism, Shoah Transmis : 30 avril 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=230
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Dirigeants d’églises canadiens ont fait appel au premier ministre en le VIH/SIDA

Monsieur le Premier ministre,

En tant que dirigeants nationaux d’Églises canadiennes et membres du Conseil canadien des Églises, nous sommes extrêmement préoccupés par l’impact humain de la pandémie du SIDA. Plus de 40 millions de personnes sont actuellement infectées par le VIH, tandis que l’an dernier, le SIDA faisait plus de 3 millions de victimes. Quinze millions d’enfants sont orphelins à cause du SIDA. Voilà des statistiques qui illustrent de façon éloquente le coût humain de ce fléau.

Notre première réaction à la gravité de cette tragédie en est une de compassion : nous souffrons avec ceux qui souffrent et nous travaillons à alléger leurs souffrances. Nous appuyons les nombreux membres de nos Églises qui se dévouent pour les personnes vivant avec le VIH et le SIDA.
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Posted: May 8, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=8676
Categories: Communiqué • In this article: Canada, Canadian Council of Churches, HIV/AIDS, Stephen Harper Transmis : 8 mai 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=8676
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Canadian Church leaders letter to Prime Minister on HIV/AIDS

Dear Prime Minister Harper:

As national leaders of Canadian Churches and members of the Canadian Council of Churches, we are extremely concerned about the human impact of the global AIDS pandemic. Currently more than 40 million people are infected with HIV. Last year, over 3 million people died as a result of AIDS. There are 15 million child orphans because of AIDS. These statistics speak powerfully to the human cost.

Our first response to the depth of this tragedy is compassion. We suffer with those who suffer, and work to ease that suffering. We support the many members of our Churches who dedicate themselves to caring for persons living with HIV and AIDS.
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Posted: May 8, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=8674
Categories: Communiqué • In this article: Canada, Canadian Council of Churches, HIV/AIDS, Stephen Harper Transmis : 8 mai 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=8674
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Christian traditions offer unique gifts

Each year the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism holds a conference to promote education and understanding among Christians of various denominations. This year, the institute is being replaced by an inter-church retreat that will focus on worship. The theme is Gifts to Each Other: Exploring Our Treasures of Worship and Prayer. “It’s one of those things
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Posted: May 13, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=6073
Categories: News • In this article: Saskatoon, Summer Ecumenical Institute Transmis : 13 mai 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=6073
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Church leaders appeal to Harper to launch initiatives on HIV/AIDS

May 8, 2006 — Twenty Canadian church leaders, representing the member churches of the Canadian Council of Churches, have appealed to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to promptly announce six new initiatives in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The sweeping measures the church leaders want include cancellation of debts owed by countries with HIV/AIDS rates above
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Posted: May 15, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=231
Categories: News • In this article: 2006, Canadian Council of Churches, church leaders, HIV/AIDS, statements, Stephen Harper Transmis : 15 mai 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=231
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Vingt dirigeants d’églises ont fait appel à Harper sur le VIH/SIDA

Le 8 mai 2006 — Vingt dirigeants d’églises canadiens, représentant les membres du Conseil canadien des églises, ont fait appel au premier ministre Stephen Harper pour annoncer promptement six nouvelles initiatives dans le combat contre le VIH/SIDA. Les mesures rapides que les dirigeants d’églises veulent incluent l’annulation des dettes ont dû par pays avec des
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Posted: May 15, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=232
Categories: News • In this article: HIV/AIDS, statements Transmis : 15 mai 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=232
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nidus festival 2006: feel the current

Nidus is a festival for people from all streams of Christian faith with music, arts, keynotes, worship, dialogue, drama & dance. Several thousand youth, young adults, families and others will gather in Kitchener, Ontario from August 4th to 6th. It will be a unique opportunity for people to come together to express faith, celebrate through
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Posted: May 17, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=233
Categories: Conferences • In this article: 2006, Canadian Council of Churches, Christian unity, events, justice, worship, youth Transmis : 17 mai 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=233
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Interchurch families a laboratory of unity: Benedict XVI

By Nicholas Jesson In his address to a gathering of ecumenical leaders in Warsaw on May 25, Pope Benedict XVI has expressed strong support for pastoral care of interchurch families. Speaking to the Polish Council for Ecumenism and leaders of other religious groups, Benedict encouraged the work of a bilateral commission of the Catholic bishops’ conference
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Posted: May 26, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=234
Categories: News • In this article: Benedict XVI, Christian unity, interchurch families, marriage, pope Transmis : 26 mai 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=234
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Religious coalition condemns violence against women

Dozens of religious leaders from a broad array of faiths have signed a declaration calling violence against women “morally, spiritually and universally intolerable.” “While as people of faith we hold divergent opinions on a wide range of issues, today we proclaim with one voice that violence against women exists in all our communities and is
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Posted: June 8, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=236
Categories: Documents • In this article: statements, violence, women Transmis : 8 juin 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=236
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Canada and Afghanistan: A Town Hall Meeting

The Saskatoon Peace Coalition is sponsoring a town hall meeting to discuss the Canadian participation in the ongoing war in Afghanistan. What is this conflict about: Nation building? War on terror? Control oil resources? Canada – U.S. relations? Political agenda? There will be a moderated panel discussion followed by an opportunity for questions from the
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Posted: June 8, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=237 In this article: Afghanistan, Canada, peace, war on terror Transmis : 8 juin 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=237 Dans cet article : Afghanistan, Canada, peace, war on terror

Kasper’s line in the sand?

Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has given “a clear and helpful contribution” to the Church of England‘s debate over the consecration of women bishops, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams. The gracious response offered by Williams was to be expected between two close friends and theological colleagues. Nevertheless, Kasper’s frank address to the House of Bishops was a sign of the significance that the Vatican places on the English church’s decision. As an exercise in ecumenical brinkmanship it may be unparallelled in recent times.
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Posted: June 10, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=238
Categories: News • In this article: Anglican, bishops, Catholic, Church of England, ordination, Walter Kasper, women Transmis : 10 juin 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=238
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A Pope for all Christians

by Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali for The Tablet. Pope John Paul II has invited leaders and theologians of other Churches to help him in seeking new forms for the papal ministry. In this article the Bishop of Rochester makes a contribution from the Anglican Communion’s point of view. As I write, conversations are taking place in
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Posted: June 12, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=6550
Categories: Opinion, The Tablet • In this article: Anglican, Catholic, dialogue, ecumenism, papacy, petrine ministry Transmis : 12 juin 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=6550
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Oikumene Film Festival

The Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches USA hopes people will see a new connection between film and theology when it holds its first ever Oikumene Film Festival to promote further exploration of visual media as a form of ecumenical expression. The festival will be part of the commission’s 50th anniversary
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Posted: June 13, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=239
Categories: Conferences • In this article: 2007, events, National Council of Churches of Christ (USA), WCC Commission on Faith & Order Transmis : 13 juin 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=239
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