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Longing for a post-apocalyptic Easter

Peter Elliott — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:46:29 +0000

For a number of years in the early 2000s, Thomas Roach, then artist-in-residence at Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral, created an installation of veils that were draped over the altar area at the conclusion of the Good Friday liturgy. While the congregation and choir sang “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?”, dancers would reverently […]

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Resurrection comes to Fort McMurray

Matthew Puddister — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 22:48:20 +0000

For almost four years, Fort McMurray has been recovering from the fire which, at the height of evacuation, forced more than 80,000 people to flee their homes. In the aftermath of the disaster, local churches played a vital role in helping the community rebuild.

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Advocacy and policy could help prisoners during COVID-19

Matthew Townsend — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:40:23 +0000

As Canadian courts started to shutter themselves against the coronavirus in the last two weeks of March, there were responsible and urgent efforts made by court staff, select judges, Crown prosecutors, police, defence counsel, social workers and community housing providers to get many prisoners out of Canadian jails and remand centres. With little guidance about […]

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‘God’s total identification with the incarcerated’

Matthew Puddister — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:51:08 +0000

Prison chaplain Leigh Kern on the large-scale human suffering unfolding for those confined during COVID-19—and what you can do about it From March 24 to April 2, detainees at the Laval Migrant Detention Centre took part in a hunger strike demanding their release, citing the threat posed to incarcerated groups by the COVID-19 pandemic. As […]

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When we breathe our last

Joelle Kidd — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:49:51 +0000

Around the world, death cafés allow people of all faiths (and of none) to gather and discuss one of life’s greatest mysteries: its end. Before Easter, the Lenten season begins on Ash Wednesday with the words, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Christians on that day live with a reminder […]

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Holy Week ‘at the very heart of who we are as Christians’

Joelle Kidd — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:55:32 +0000

As the final week of Lent approaches, Christians around the world are preparing to celebrate Christ’s resurrection on Easter. Beginning Sunday, March 25, Holy Week marks the final days of Jesus’ life, from his entry into Jerusalem to the Last Supper, his trial, crucifixion and resurrection. Holy Week is “at the very heart of who […]

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