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‘Game-changing’ $400,000 anonymous gift to Council of the North will fund ministry training

Matthew Puddister — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:00:04 +0000

Shortly before its first in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic, held Oct. 4-6 at a hotel near Toronto’s Pearson Airport, the Council of the North was given an early Christmas present.

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Vivian Seegers lived out gospel through pain and triumph

Matthew Puddister — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:09:50 +0000

On June 2, the Rev. Vivian Seegers, founder and gathering priest of Urban Aboriginal Ministry (UAM) in the diocese of New Westminster, died at Vancouver General Hospital from complications due to COVID-19. She was 62.

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Lynne McNaughton elected metropolitan of B.C. and Yukon

Matthew Puddister — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:40:30 +0000

Archbishop Lynne McNaughton is the 13th metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon.

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Seminaries expand remote learning as pandemic continues

Matthew Puddister — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:36:13 +0000

Theological colleges across Canada have adapted their teaching models to the COVID-19 pandemic, as online and remote learning become the new norm. In seminaries that previously offered online programs, faculty and students were able to quickly make the shift to internet-based learning. An April survey by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) —which, according to […]

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Remembering Margaret Waterchief: ‘I saw in her the beauty of our people’

Matthew Puddister — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 16:27:34 +0000

On July 19, the Rev. Margaret Waterchief died at Peter Lougheed Hospital in Calgary from complications due to COVID-19. She was 88.

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Around the dioceses, February 2020

Anglican Journal Staff — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:54:38 +0000

The signing of an agreement between James Settee College and the Vancouver School of Theology was a major topic at the latest meeting of the Indigenous Council for the Anglican diocese of Saskatchewan.

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‘Count on what’s true to do its own solicitation’: VST’s Richard Topping on preaching to a skeptical world

Tali Folkins — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:00:57 +0000

Since 2013, the Rev. Richard Topping, a Presbyterian minister and professor of systematic theology, has been principal of the Vancouver School of Theology (VST).

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Teaching retreats bolster contemporary Anglican formation at VST

Matthew Puddister — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:48:35 +0000

At the Vancouver School of Theology (VST), student experience in previous generations was often very different than it is for many who enrol in classes today.

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A teaching house that moves: Community courses affirm, incorporate Indigenous identity

Matthew Puddister — Mon, 06 May 2019 12:00:38 +0000

A joint program between Henry Budd College for Ministry and the Vancouver School of Theology (VST) is taking theological education directly into Indigenous communities. Established by the Rev. Ray Aldred through a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, The Teaching House That Moves seeks to tie together Indigenous identity, theological education, and spiritual health. Aldred, director of […]

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Crockett remembered as ‘giant intellect’ of the church

Tali Folkins — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 18:43:25 +0000

The Rev. Bill Crockett, who died October 29 at age 84, was a brilliant but humble theologian whose importance shaping liturgy and thought in the church runs deeper than is often realized, say some Anglicans who knew him. “He has been an influence and an inspiration to many, and perhaps they don’t even know it,” […]

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