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What We Owe the Future
Categories: OpinionIn a time of great uncertainty, do we give up on worldly concerns, or try to return to a storied past? Or do we look ahead to what we can…
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MoM 100: ‘The Place of Memory’ premieres
For many Mennonites in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a “promised land,” a “place of memory,” a place where they grew crops, milled grain,…
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MoM 100: Drawings capture participant’s memories
Some people journal about their experiences on “Memories of Migration: Russlaender Tour 100.” Others take photos. Margaret Gissing is drawing sketches. Gissing drawing. Gissing, 29, is a communications associate at…
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Last German service held at St. Catharines United Mennonite
Categories: NewsOn June 4, St. Catharines United Mennonite Church held its last German language service, marking the end of 78 years of providing support for the spiritual life of German speakers…
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Ex-prisoners plant church
Categories: NewsThe following is an excerpt from the June 2023 issue of MKC News, the newsletter of Meserete Kristos Church (MKC), the Anabaptist denominational body in Ethiopia. Reprinted with permission. …
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MoM 100: Japanese professor researching Mennonites
There are people from across Canada and the U.S. on the first leg of “Memories of Migration: Russlaender Tour 100” from Quebec City to Kitchener, Ontario. But if there was…
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MoM 100: Montreal celebration thanks CPR
The story of Mennonites coming to Canada from the Soviet Union between 1923 and 1930 is about hope and faith. It’s also about money. $1,767,368.68 to be exact. That’s what…
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Mennonite Centre building in Ukraine under Russian control
Categories: NewsAt first glance, the office appears unremarkable, but for the photograph of Vladimir Putin on a bookcase and the Russian flag on the desk. The woman in the picture looks…
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What is a picture worth?
Categories: NewsIn May, a painting sold for $18,900 at the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Christian Benefit Thrift Shop in St. Catharines, Ontario. Bidding started on the progressive silent auction item in…
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The church that builds together, stays together
Categories: NewsWith suitcases full of work clothes and spirits full of enthusiasm, 13 people from Mount Royal Mennonite Church in Saskatoon traveled to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The group served…
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MoM 100: Not your grandparents’ railway journey
After days of touring in Quebec City and Grosse Isle, participants in the “Memories of Migration: Russlaender Tour 100” boarded a VIA Rail train at Quebec City’s Gare du Palais…
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MoM 100: A visit to Grosse Isle
When Mennonites came to Canada by ship between 1923 and 1930, their first stop in their new country would have been at Grosse Isle, located in the middle of the…
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Mennonite church hosts electric vehicle showcase
Categories: NewsEvery year, the town of Osler, Saskatchewan, celebrates July 1 with a pancake breakfast; a parade with horses, old cars and tractors; rollkuchen and watermelon at the community hall; and,…
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Housebarn recreates the past
Categories: NewsA glimpse into how Mennonites lived and farmed a century ago awaits those who tour the recently opened housebarn at Mennonite Heritage Museum in Abbotsford, B.C. The design is a…
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MoM 100: Ukraine’s past, present come together
For Nataliya Venger, a participant in the “Memories of Migration: Russaender Tour 100,” the hardship and suffering faced by Mennonites a century ago at the hands of the Soviet Union…
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MoM 100: How the CPR helped Mennonites
The Canadian Pacific Railway (now known as Canadian Pacific Kansas City) played an important role in the creation of Canada. It also played a key role in the coming of…
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Train tour prepares to leave the station
Categories: Web FirstOne hundred years ago, the first of 21,000 Mennonites who left the Soviet Union boarded a train in Quebec City for new lives across the country. On July 6 some…
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The poofy blue MCC couch
Categories: EditorialWhen I worked at the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) office in Winnipeg 20 years ago, I took pride in showing up early. Occasionally I even arrived before Norm, the custodian,…
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Rest and Restlessness
Categories: Feature ArticlesWe asked the Canadian Mennonite community to reflect on rest and restlessness. Where do you find rest for your soul? What do you need rest from? How does Jesus’ promise…
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Readers write: June 30, 2023 issue
Categories: OpinionColumn about Holy Land draws response In response to Randy Haluza-DeLay’s June 16 column, “Not talking politics in the Holy Land,” Canadian Mennonite received over 70 identical copies of the…
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