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Valaqua cabin dubbed ‘the bat cave’ after furry visitors move in
Categories: NewsThings got a little batty at Mennonite Church Alberta’s Camp Valaqua this summer. During spring cleaning at the camp, located an hour northwest of Calgary, staff discovered a maternal colony…
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Anti-poverty advocate calls for guaranteed liveable income
Categories: NewsMark Olfert has always been passionate about helping people. He wishes the systems in Canada would do more to support people, too. Olfert, 60, is an anti-poverty activist and a…
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Three Sisters theme flavours Reconciliation Day potluck
Categories: NewsOn Sunday, September 24, members and friends of Preston Mennonite Church in Cambridge, Ontario, held a Three Sisters potluck. The date was chosen to commemorate The National Day of Truth…
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Poet Sarah Ens wins national book award
Categories: NewsManitoba writer Sarah Ens has won the national ReLit Award (poetry category) for her book Flyway. ReLit is hailed by the Globe and Mail as “the country’s pre-eminent literary prize…
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Spirit of MDS Fund invites applications for 2023–24
Categories: NewsOne way that Peace Church on 52nd in Vancouver serves its local community is by hosting community dinners that are free and open to all. Over the time it has…
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MCC receives $15M for Zimbabwe projects
Mennonite Central Committee Canada will receive up to $15 million in funding from the Canadian Government over two and a half years for climate change adaptation work in Zimbabwe. The…
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Scholar seeks wisdom from Mennonite green projects
Categories: NewsJoanne Moyer is looking for stories. Moyer, who is the associate professor and director of Environmental Studies and Geography at The King’s University in Edmonton, is undertaking a large-scale research…
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Grebel at 60
Categories: Focus On EducationIn the fall of 1963, J. Winfield Fretz began his role as the first president of Conrad Grebel College in Waterloo, Ontario. In addition to hiring the first employees and…
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Reconciling with the land
Categories: Focus On Education“Reconciliation . . . needs to start with the earth. It’s the foundation of everything.” —Isaac Murdoch, Serpent River First Nation What would it look like to reconcile with the land—to…
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Bringing UMEI into the future
Categories: Focus On EducationUMEI Christian High School is growing! In March 2022, the Board of Directors announced Project ReNew, an ambitious fundraising project to bring UMEI into the future. This project is currently…
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RJC receives generous legacy gift from Elizabeth & John Armbruster
Categories: Focus On EducationFor her Grade 12 year, Elizabeth Armbruster (Zacharias, 1944), known as Beth among her family and friends, decided to leave her family farm near Meadow Lake, Sask., to attend RJC…
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Seminary reports highest enrolment in 14 years
Categories: Focus On EducationAnabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) in Elkhart, Indiana, is celebrating its fourth consecutive year of growth in student numbers this fall, with a total enrolment of 189 students (157 in…
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Connecting MCI’s Past & Future
Categories: Focus On EducationFor 134 years, Mennonite Collegiate Institute has offered young people an Anabaptist-centred education, a community to explore faith in, and a place to excel in music, academics and sport. The…
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Biking food to university
Categories: Web First – OpinionThe following article is an online supplement to Miles Wiederkehr’s article, “A cycle of practical love” in the Sept. 22, 2023, issue of Canadian Mennonite. In “A cycle of practical…
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The institution of messiness
Categories: EditorialIn the past few weeks, I’ve spoken with five people who have been deeply wounded by church institutions. I’ve met countless more in previous years. I regularly receive notes from…
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Readers write: September 22, 2023 issue
Categories: OpinionWrestling I read your piece (“The duty of tension,” June 16) and I’ve been wrestling with the content. It was a great editorial, and I commend your willingness to stomach…
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Hear the climate call
Categories: OpinionIt’s worth celebrating that the regions of MC Canada have identified the climate crisis as a priority ministry area in recent years. Like all priorities, where the rubber really hits…
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The founding of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada
Categories: OpinionThis photo depicts the founding of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada in 1902 at Tiefengrund, Sask. The men in this photo include (back row, l to r): David Epp,…
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Choosing death
Categories: OpinionMy sister Helen is a retired nurse who spent much of her career working with palliative patients. In the last few years of her working life, she encountered medical assistance…
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From Zacchaeus to climate justice
Categories: OpinionAn encounter with Jesus is a call for transformation. Such is the story of Zacchaeus. Jesus noticed him watching from a tree and invited himself for dinner. Zacchaeus must have…
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