News & Stories
Faculty, staff and students are excited to be back in person at Mennonite schools in Ontario. To allow for a safe return to campus, they are committed to following local and... Read More
October 6, 2021 | Focus On Education | Janet Bauman
There is much to be grateful for as a new year begins at RJC High School. With faithful constituent support, two consecutive years of increased enrolment, and the return of inter-... Read More
October 6, 2021 | Focus On Education | Alex Tiessen
For Dayle Vienneau, who has been appointed principal for Menno Simons Christian School in Calgary, the road back to the school has not been a straight path, but definitely a God-... Read More
October 6, 2021 | Focus On Education | Ann Pan
Graduates filed into the Columbia Bible College chapel to receive their diplomas Sept. 18, five months after completing the 2020-2021 academic year. Commencement had been delayed... Read More
October 6, 2021 | Focus On Education | Amy Rinner Waddell
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) in Elkhart, Ind., is reporting upward trends in several enrolment statistics this fall. The number of degree- or certificate-seeking... Read More
October 6, 2021 | Focus On Education |
As families arrived for Conrad Grebel University College’s move-in day over the Labour Day weekend, joy was visible in student eyes, even as masks hid their smiles. With waves of... Read More
October 6, 2021 | Focus On Education | Jennifer Konkle
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) began the 2021-22 academic year with fall enrolment holding strong and steady. Preliminary results for all CMU programs indicate a student... Read More
October 6, 2021 | Focus On Education |
Rockway’s chapel theme for the 2021-2022 school year is “Love does no harm.” This scripture passage from Romans brings us to the core of what it means to be a follower of Jesus... Read More
October 6, 2021 | Focus On Education | Lynn Bergsma Friesen
In multireligious Indonesia, many people have never been inside a church. The pandemic is changing that for residents of Semarang (population 1.8 million) and the surrounding area... Read More
October 5, 2021 | Web First | Karla Braun
Mennonite Church Canada’s executive ministers released a statement earlier this week responding to inquiries from constituents regarding exemption from COVID-19 vaccines. The... Read More
October 1, 2021 | Web First |
In advance of Canada’s first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation tomorrow (Sept. 30), Mennonite Church Canada is reminding the nationwide church about Mennonite... Read More
September 29, 2021 | Web First |
Benjamin Unruh (front row, third from left) stands with refugee representatives in Moelln, Germany, circa 1930. Unruh, a displaced Mennonite from the Soviet Union living in Germany and a committed Nazi, negotiated with the Nazi government on behalf of MCC regarding a debt the relief organization owed. (Mennonite Heritage Archives photo)
Mennonite Central Committee has released the findings of its research on the organization’s historical entanglements with German National Socialism (or Nazism) and its legacy... Read More
September 29, 2021 | Web First | Laura Kalmar
In September 2020, Mennonite Church Canada, Mennonite Church U.S.A. and Herald Press began encouraging Mennonites to engage in a “common read,” a shared reading experience focused... Read More
September 28, 2021 | News |
Nine years ago, farmers in Saskatchewan sent hay to drought-stricken livestock producers in Ontario through Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada. Now farmers in Ontario are... Read More
September 22, 2021 | News |
“It is important to let go of perfectionism and the desire to get things right. We will make mistakes. People forget to go on mute, there is background noise, videos don’t work... Read More
September 22, 2021 | News | Christen Kong
Menno Home, one of the residential care homes on Menno Place senior care campus in Abbotsford, experienced a COVID-19 outbreak the first week of September. It was announced by... Read More
September 22, 2021 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
Mennonite Church congregations in B.C., most of whom are just resuming in-person worship, are celebrating the beginning of the church year in various ways. Youth and young adults... Read More
September 22, 2021 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
The Hoffnungsfelder Mennonite Church, near the village of Mayfair, Sask., needed new siding and windows, but there was no money left in the operating fund. So the Toews family... Read More
September 22, 2021 | News | Donna Schulz
The founder and curator of the Mennonite Heritage Centre (MHC) Gallery, Ray Dirks, retired after 23 years of leadership. His career at the gallery, which ended on July 31, has... Read More
September 22, 2021 | People | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe
At the Sept. 9 launch for Betty Pries’ new book, called The Space Between Us: Conversations About Transforming Conflict , Jennifer Ball called it a “handbook for being human,” and... Read More
September 22, 2021 | People | Janet Bauman
Whether they’re covering faces, hanging from rear-view mirrors, lining pockets or lying in gutters, facemasks are ubiquitous. But for Lois Siemens they are also a blank canvas... Read More
September 22, 2021 | People | Donna Schulz
Stratford, Ont.-based rock band Upside of Maybe released its latest music video at the beginning of January, but it took on new resonance in May upon the confirmation of more than... Read More
September 22, 2021 | Web First | Aaron Epp
Mennonite Church Canada invites congregations across its nationwide community of faith to celebrate International Witness Sunday on Oct. 24, 2021. The focus of this year’s... Read More
September 20, 2021 | Web First |
A combination of favourable weather conditions and good farming practices means many farmers have had a fantastic growing season at many of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank project... Read More
September 20, 2021 | Web First | Amanda Thorsteinsson