Lent 2024 – Reflection and Meditation

Father David has provided us with a series of meditations to help us to reflect during the Lenten season.  During Lent, we’ll add a link to a new meditation each week leading up to Easter. Past Sessions: Introduction video that explains a bit about the series and how to use...

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Black History Month – Sleeping Car Porters

Changing Canadian Employment & Immigration In the early 20th century, the train was the primary form of transportation across Canada.  The porters on these trains were Black men, hired from Canada, the United States and the Caribbean.  In fact, being a porter was one of the only jobs available to...

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February is Black History Month

The vision of God’s Kingdom is one where all races, tribes and nations are welcomed and made one in Christ Jesus.  However, we exist in a society with systemic racism – one which has historically ignored the significant impacts that Black Canadians have had on our country. To work towards...

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Asian Heritage Month

Asian Heritage Month 2022

As children of God, we know that we are all part of one family.  In Christ, the barriers have been broken down and we are one.  However, this theology is not always part of lived reality.  Even in the church, racism and discrimination have existed historically and can still exist...

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Dr. Howard McCurdy

Dr. Howard McCurdy

Dr. Howard McCurdy was a Canadian activist, a member of Parliament, and a professor of science.  Born in London Ontario on December 10, 1932, he moved to Amherstburg at the age of nine where he faced racism from his earliest years.  The town assumed the Black community would want their...

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu

This Boxing Day, many of us were saddened to hear the news that Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa had died.  A vocal opponent of apartheid, Archbishop Tutu fought for justice in South Africa and beyond, receiving the Nobel Peace prize for his work in 1984. Born in 1931 in...

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