On March 21, 2025, as we observe the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, The Canadian Council of Churches and the Commission on Justice and Peace stand in solidarity with those who have endured the pain of racial prejudice. We recognize that racism, as Pierre Berton so aptly stated, “is a refuge for […]
The Art of Intercultural Ministry: Five Days to Build Bridges with Faith, Heart, and Skill The Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning is excited to announce that registrations are open for the upcoming Engage Difference! program. The “Engage Difference! Deepening Understanding for Intercultural Ministry” (DUIM) is a five-day intensive designed to build bridges with faith,
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As Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for many Western Christians, and as our Eastern and Western Christian friends journey through Lent toward the joyous celebration of Christ’s resurrection, the Council is mindful of the challenges that Canadians face. In the midst of this challenging time, the Executive Committee of the Council, led by
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Today, we again call all Christians and people of good will to join in united prayer and action for peace in Ukraine. On this third anniversary of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the 2024 Canadian Pastoral Letter on Ukraine, Canada and the Church remains a valuable guide. Take a moment today to reconsider the main points
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June 15-17, the 2025 Our Whole Society Conference: Fostering Hope in a Divided World will take place at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. The world today faces numerous crises. Complex challenges related to climate change, violence, and increased political and economic instability, among other calamities, have led many to turn inward out of a sense of despair. The
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The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated annually during the week of January 18-25. For this year, 2025, the prayers and reflections for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity were prepared by the brothers and sisters of the monastic community of Bose in northern Italy, with a focus on the theme “Do
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Today, February 14, 2025, the Commission on Justice and Peace of The Canadian Council of Churches has released an ecumenical devotional resource entitled Journeys to the Well – An Ecumenical Devotional Towards Anti-Racism. This ecumenical devotional, created by the Commission on Justice and Peace, addresses racism as a central issue for the church. The contributors,
On February 19, from 7:30-8:30 PM (EST), a group of Christian organizations, led by KAIROS Canada, are coordinating Canadian participation in Jubilee 2025, a global movement to end the mounting debt crisis. The Launch Webinar: Jubilee 2025 – Turn Debt into Hope will kick off Canadians’ participation in signing the Jubilee petition and feature insights from Indigenous
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In 2020, an international group of governments, businesses, and churches began signing the Rome Call for AI Ethics, which outlines six principles for the ethical development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): transparency, inclusion, responsibility, impartiality, reliability, and privacy. Spurred by the astonishing growth of language learning models and other AI tools, in 2023 our Faith and
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Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to spark interest and concern around the globe. But how does generative AI and transhumanism challenge or reflect our understanding of personhood and the image of God? The meaning of the Incarnation? And the Trinity? On October 1st in collaboration with the World Council of Churches we hosted an online webinar
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