Note: Registration or subscription to the host news sites may be required to read some of the stories linked here. Stories about Jean Vanier: Vanier: ‘Close to a saint’ The founder of L’Arche has spent nearly a lifetime championing the severely disabled. National Post, November 3 Spiritual pedigree linked to Therese Jean Vanier was blessed […]
Creative approach to UBCO students
Two of Kelowna’s most established churches have identified a common problem – and both have chosen similar solutions. Evangel Church and Trinity Baptist Church are making the painful discovery that there are more families and white hair in their pews than there are blue jeans packing iPods and textbooks from UBC Okanagan (UBCO). Perhaps nothing […]
Closed college continues to raise questions of accountability
Allegations of abuse at a Christian school have raised difficult issues of accountability. Grenville Christian College began operating as a private Christian boarding school in Brockville, Ontario in 1970 but closed this year after former students began making allegations of abusive practices. According to a series of articles by Michael Valpy in the Globe and […]
Faith groups unite on traditional marriage
Leaders from more than 40 religious traditions in Canada issued a joint declaration in support of traditional marriage November 9. The initiative began earlier this year when Bruce Clemenger, president of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), was meeting with representatives from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to discuss a number of issues. In […]
Pro-lifers warn of looming euthanasia battle
Vancouver BC — Pavel Reid, director of the Office of Life and Family with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver, is convinced that the legalization of assisted suicide will be the next major issue facing Canada’s faith community. “The people who are supposed to follow these issues most closely for the pro-life movement have been […]
Missile defense revival polarizes Christians
While it has not received the same coverage as the cross-border disputes over lumber and beef, the proposed American-sponsored Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system has nevertheless polarized Christians on both sides of the border. The controversy made headlines in Canada during the past month. During U.S. President George W. Bush’s first visit to this country […]
News Briefs – 20041208
Mennonites mark 50 years in Newfoundland and Labrador Delegates to the Mennonite Central Committee Canada annual meeting November 26 – 27 celebrated 50 years of service in Newfoundland and Labrador, during which time 417 workers have been placed in 79 communities in that area. The delegate body asked questions during the Members Forum, participated in […]
Indian election results welcomed
A surprise election result in India, which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) removed from office, has pleased Christians around the nation who had prayed and fasted for a change in government. The ousting of the BJP, the ruling Hindu nationalist party, in favour of the Congress Party was “totally unexpected” according to Dr. Joseph […]
A new way to fight crime in South Africa
Sophiatown, a notorious area of Johannesburg, South Africa, has been known as a very dangerous place — especially for foreign visitors. The street language in Sophiatown has a word to describe this neighbourhood: kofifi. This term means: ‘a place of darkness and despair.’ Alcohol-related assault has long been Sophiatown’s chief problem. North Vancouver-based video producer […]
The Manners Lady hits concert road with etiquette CD
Dubbed North America’s emerging ‘Martha Stewart of Manners,’ a former Paris fashion model — now an etiquette mentor — is hitting the road. B.C.-based Judi Johnston Vankevich — better known as Judi the Manners Lady — is taking the old-fashioned message of honour, respect and obedience, with a hip twist, to public schools, community concerts and churches […]