Sudan du Sud – Somalie – Nigéria – Yémen En tant que dirigeants religieux du Canada, nous demandons à nos communautés et à tous les Canadiens et Canadiennes de se mobiliser en réponse à l’une des plus grandes crises humanitaires du monde depuis le Deuxième Guerre mondiale : la triste réalité des nombreuses famines qui se […]
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An Interfaith Appeal from Canada’s Faith Communities South Sudan – Somalia – Nigeria – Yemen As faith leaders in Canada, we call upon our communities and all Canadians to mobilize in response to one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises since the Second World War: the grim reality of multiple famines occurring simultaneously in four
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The Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) has an opening for Acting General Secretary (9 Month Term). The Acting General Secretary will be responsible to the Governing Board through the Executive Committee for administering the work of the Council, recommending and implementing policies and programs, and ensuring the effectiveness of the staff teams. They are responsible for maintaining
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The Rev’d Dr. Karen Hamilton, who has served as General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches, has announced her resignation. In her letter to the President of the Council, Dr. Hamilton wrote: ‘By this September 2017, I will have completed fifteen years, three five year terms, as General Secretary. While I remain vocationally called
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The Statement on Religious Freedom is a consensus statement of the Christian Interfaith Reference Group (CIRG). It originated from the CCC Governing Board’s request that CIRG develop a statement in response to the Charter of Values debate in the province of Quebec. CCC member churches were invited to share their input for such a statement. However,
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Download this statement as a PDF. To all Canadians, It is with great shock and sadness that I have learned of the heinous deadly attack on le Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec. While the details of the attack and the motivations of the attackers have yet to fully emerge, we recognize that the Muslim community
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The Statement of Support for Universal Access to Palliative Care in Canada (October 2016) [PDF] is a consensus statement of all the delegates of the thirteen churches which comprised the membership of the Commission on Faith and Witness in 2015-2016. This Statement is the outcome of a long and profound discussion among the Commission on Faith and
Download a copy of this letter in PDF December 14, 2016 Dear Bishop Mina, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It is with very heavy hearts and on behalf of the 25 member denominations of The Canadian Council of Churches that we write to you at this time of profound grief, loss and horror. It was
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The Canadian Council of Churches stands and prays with Coptic Orthodox brothers and sisters at this time of grief, tragedy and horror following this morning’s bombing of St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, a bombing that occurred during worship. We grieve for those killed and their families and friends, we continue to commit ourselves to the
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Highlights and Decisions The Canadian Council of Churches Governing Board Meeting November 16-17, 2016 – Crieff Hills Retreat Centre, Puslinch, ON Download a PDF version of this post Download an MS Word version of this post The Canadian Council of Churches (the Council) is the broadest and most inclusive ecumenical body in Canada. The Governing
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