News & Stories
Marvin Grasmeyer has a passion for the students, which is evident in everything that he does at Menno. As director of the athletic program, he has ensured that Menno keeps an all-... Read More
October 12, 2022 | Focus On Education |
We want our children to be set up for success. As we look at life after high school, one way we see success is being able to live independently. As I step into my ninth year of... Read More
October 12, 2022 | Focus On Education | Submitted by Kieran Reynolds
The air was buzzing at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo on Sept. 3, as new students moved into the residence, accompanied by their parents and welcomed by enthusiastic... Read More
October 12, 2022 | Focus On Education | Jen Konkle
Adela Friesen Wedler of Edmonton had recently retired from teaching when an ad in the church news caught her eye. “The ad said that students could take two courses at Anabaptist... Read More
October 12, 2022 | Focus On Education | Annette Brill Bergstresser
Westgate Mennonite Collegiate students can now participate in a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) Alliance, thanks to Lia Campbell-Enns and Aliya Penner. They... Read More
October 12, 2022 | Focus On Education | Emma Siemens
UMEI seeks to educate the whole person in order to make young people “doers of the Word.” We believe deeply in our mission and see the wonderful things that our graduates are... Read More
October 12, 2022 | Focus On Education | Submitted by Chani Wiens
When Hyejung Jessie Yum first encountered Mennonites, she found value and inspiration in the writings of the 16th-century Anabaptists and adopted them as her faith ancestors. At... Read More
October 6, 2022 | Web First | Jeanne Zimmerly Jantzi
Online media manager Aaron Epp and guests discuss practical examples from their own experiences about how reconciliation is happening. What practical steps are Canadian Mennonites... Read More
October 5, 2022 | Past Events |
Today marks Canada’s second-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a federal statutory holiday that recognizes the impact of residential schools on the country’s... Read More
September 30, 2022 | Web First |
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada began cleanup work in Antigonish, N.S., on Sept. 30 in response to Hurricane Fiona. That’s when volunteers from the Bethel Mennonite Church... Read More
September 30, 2022 | Web First | John Longhurst
A particular joy this year has been the restarting of events cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At my local Mennonite Central Committee relief sale in New... Read More
September 28, 2022 | CM at 25 | Tim Miller Dyck
I travelled to Israel/Palestine in the spring of 2008 and wrote about it for Canadian Mennonite . It was, however, the follow-up article where I related the issues to my own... Read More
September 28, 2022 | CM at 25 | Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
Having been the B.C. correspondent for two publications over 10 years, it’s hard to choose only one story to highlight. So, I chose two, both involving my son Aaron: “Going to... Read More
September 28, 2022 | CM at 25 | Angelika Dawson
As I wrapped up my time in 2018, I realized that I had always seen the correspondent’s job as an extension of my calling as a pastor, a calling I’ve now been following for more... Read More
September 28, 2022 | CM at 25 | Dave Rogalsky
In 2013, I wrote about the Old Oder Mennonite community near Gladstone, Man., after 13 of its adults were charged with child abuse and 40 children were removed from their homes by... Read More
September 28, 2022 | CM at 25 | Evelyn Rempel Petkau
I met Wayne and Carry Dueck in my hometown of Rosthern one morning in August 2019 and followed them out to a property they owned west of Duck Lake, Sask. They had invited me to... Read More
September 28, 2022 | CM at 25 | Donna Schulz
Canadian Mennonite has been a gift to Mennonites across Canada and beyond since the first issue rolled off the press 25 years ago. And it has generated gifts for me! The magazine’... Read More
September 28, 2022 | CM at 25 | Ferne Burkhardt
A photograph I took dominated the cover of the first issue of Canadian Mennonite 25 years ago. I took it on a Sunday morning, with the camera propped on the ledge of an empty... Read More
September 28, 2022 | CM at 25 | Aiden (Schlichting) Enns
Shekinah Retreat Centre, located in the North Saskatchewan River Valley, hosted its annual Move-A-Thon fundraiser on Sept. 17, with 120 people participating in the volunteer-led... Read More
September 28, 2022 | News | Emily Summach
A new trail, spanning almost 55 kilometres across southeastern Manitoba, has been created by a group of Mennonites. The Peace Trail was dreamed up and implemented by the EastMenn... Read More
September 28, 2022 | News | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe

Ericka Hoajaca and Ruth Ramirez examine their autograph from the Vancouver Canucks mascot, Fin, while enjoying worship music from the Punjabi Masihi Church. Hoajaca is Pastor Jorge’s wife and is a member of Sherbrooke and First United Spanish Mennonite Church. Ramirez attends Sherbrooke Mennonite. (Photo by Walter Toews)
Three Mennonite Church B.C. congregations joined together for the annual Neighbourhood Fall Festival on Sept. 11. First United Spanish Mennonite, Vancouver Vietnamese Mennonite... Read More
September 28, 2022 | News | Kevin Barkowsky
After a rainy day on Aug. 30, about a hundred guests enjoyed a balmy evening on the shore of Lake Ontario, listening to stories shared by various Mennonite Central Committee (MCC... Read More
September 28, 2022 | People | Maria H. Klassen
I knew I would eventually have to interview my neighbours who staunchly resisted COVID-19 mandates and proudly supported the Ottawa trucker convoy. Actually I have many such... Read More
September 28, 2022 | People | Will Braun
From July 31 to Aug 4, 132 youth, sponsors, volunteers, parents and planning committee members from across Canada gathered under the tall, tall trees of Camp Valaqua to learn,... Read More
September 14, 2022 | News | Joani Neufeldt