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MoM 100: Remembering a mother reluctant to talk about those times
My mother’s eyes, reluctant to speak, I’ve seen thin brothers prowling Looking for sticks In the woods. So begins a poem by Henry Schroeder, a retired teacher from Winnipeg. He…
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MoM 100: Pregnant tour participant has new appreciation for great-grandmother’s journey
For Rebekah Smoot-Enns, being five months pregnant while taking part in the third leg of the cross-country “Memories of Migration” tour helped her gain a new appreciation for her great-grandmother.…
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MoM 100: Sängerfest ‘extraordinary’ for conductor
A week had gone by, but Henry Engbrecht still couldn’t get over the sound of the congregational singing at the July 15 Sängerfest in Winnipeg. “When I heard the audience…
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MoM 100: Tommy Douglas and Mennonite mutual aid
He’s known as the father of universal health care in Canada, but did you know Tommy Douglas considered Mennonite mutual aid in Alberta as his model for the system? That…
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MoM 100: Using technology to bring Mennonite history to life
It’s impossible today to see what the former Mennonite homes, schools, churches and villages in Ukraine looked like in the past—back when they were full of family, farm and business…
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MoM 100: Tour like a pilgrimage for young adult
For Emily Friesen, the Memories of Migration: Russlaender 100 Tour was like a pilgrimage. “As I travelled on the tour, I kept thinking about what it meant for our ancestors…
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MoM 100: Jews and Mennonites in the Soviet Union 100 years ago
Categories: JewishOne thing participants in the Memories of Migration: Russlaender 100 Tour have been reminded during the trip is that the experiences facing their ancestors in the Soviet Union were not…
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MoM 100: Author Sarah Klassen shares about her book The Russian Daughter
“I think of my novel as a migration narrative.” That’s what author Sarah Klassen said about her new book, The Russian Daughter, at “The Russlaender Mennonites: War, Dislocation, And New…
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MoM 100: Sängerfest in Winnipeg celebrates migration
“Tonight, we give thanks for those who made the journey.” That’s what master of ceremonies Eric Friesen said at the start of the July 15 sängerfest in Winnipeg about those…
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MoM 100: Remembering and honouring the past
Ruth Dyck is on “Memories of Migration: Russaender Tour 100” because of her parents and grandparents, who came to Canada from the Soviet Union in 1924. “They were well to…
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MoM 100: Participant asks about immigrant women
What about the women? That’s what Carl Neustaedter wondered as he thought about the migration of Mennonites from the Soviet Union to Canada 100 years ago. In Neustaeder’s family, that…
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MoM 100: GRanDMA volunteer connects with others
For Lorna Goertz, a retired accountant from Richmond, B.C., the “Memories of Migration” tour is an extension of her archival work. Goertz, 67, is a volunteer with GRanDMA, the Genealogical…
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Uncommon global access
Categories: EditorialThe fact that Mennonites are spread throughout much of the world provides the global Anabaptist community with rare access to on-the-ground, first-person comment from both hotspots and forgotten corners of…
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MoM 100: Young people will carry the stories
One of the goals of “Memories of Migration: Russlaender Tour 100” is to find ways to pass the story of that century-old journey to Canada from Russia to a younger…
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Tim Khoo’s experience at Grebel leads to baptism
Categories: NewsWhen Timothy Khoo was choosing a university, he looked for something that stood out. “I kept hearing about this Mennonite residence from my family and church community, and it piqued…
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Niagara church supports seasonal ag workers
Categories: NewsThe May 4 issue of Canadian Mennonite stated that “Niagara United Mennonite Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, will use a grant of $5,000 to build a laundry facility for seasonal workers…
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MoM 100: Tour’s first leg comes to an end
And that’s it: The first leg of “Memories of Migration: Russlaender Tour 100” is over. From July 6-11, 60 people travelled by train and bus from Quebec City to Kitchener-Waterloo,…
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MoM 100: Tour’s first leg comes to an end
Categories: Web FirstAnd that’s it: The first leg of “Memories of Migration: Russlaender Tour 100” is over. From July 6-11, 60 people travelled by train and bus from Quebec City to Kitchener-Waterloo,…
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MoM 100: Memory of travel debt lingers for participant
When Victor Hiebert was growing up in the 1930s in Waterloo, Ontario, he heard a lot about the Reiseschuld—the travel debt owed to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). His parents…
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Where do transformation, inspiration and calling come from?
Categories: OpinionThe book of Hebrews argues that nothing compares with Jesus. Jesus is the living God, the everlasting high priest and the redeemer of humanity. The author uses a metaphor of…
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