Following the JPIC National Gathering on Sacred Water last June, this year’s Annual Atlantic JPIC Network meeting took place in Antigonish, NS. Approximately 25 members participated in the two-day meetings including a one-day symposium entitled: Mother Earth Climate Justice Symposium: Be a Part of the Solution at the Coady International Institute at St-Francis-Xavier University. The […]
Read moreThis past May, the current President of the United States threatened to put an end to the Temporary Protected Status program for more than 60,000 Haitians living in the United States. This program was put in place in 2010 following the earthquake that devastated Haiti and led to 200,000 deaths. Having judged that the situation […]
Read moreChapters are a grace-filled moment in the life of religious congregations. Spring-Summer is typically the time religious congregations hold their chapters. Here are the results of a recent consultation made among the members of the CRC (dated 20th August): Antoniennes de Marie General chapter in May 2017. Elections results: Sister Ginette Laurendeau, Supérieure générale; Sister Gisèle Larouche, Assistante gé20nérale; Sister Andrée Lalancette, Conseillère […]
Read moreTo celebrate Canada’s 150, the Sisters of Saint-Joseph of Toronto have created a special video honouring Canada’s women & men religious and their contribution to the Country. Do not hesitate to share this video with your networks. The CRC warmly thanks the Sisters of Saint-Joseph of Toronto for this beautiful work. HAPPY CANADA DAY!
Read moreJoint ecumenical statement for World Refugee Day 2017 World Refugee Day, 20 june 2017 The Christian Bible tells the story of two men, Peter and Cornelius, utterly divided by religious belief and culture, who in encountering each other discovered a truth about God’s common will for them that neither had previously grasped. They learnt that […]
Read moreThe leaders of the Sisters of Charity Federation of North America, representing nearly 4,500 Sisters and Associates, strongly disagree with the decision of President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement regarding climate change. This decision places our world in extreme danger and threatens the life of the planet. We will continue to speak out […]
Read moreThe Franciscans Friars of Eastern Canada, members of the St-Joseph Province, held their Chapter in Granby, Quebec, from May 14 to May 19, 2017. The Chapter is a key moment in the life of the Franciscans. The friars had the opportunity to review the past years and to make plans for the future. During this […]
Read moreThe Most Reverend Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., Bishop of Hamilton and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), has joined other Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, and Bahá’í faith leaders in Canada in launching a national appeal to help address the famines in South Sudan and the extreme food shortages in Yemen, northeast Nigeria and […]
Read moreLast April, Sister Patricia Solomon was name the 2017 Pax Christi Teacher of Peace by Pax Christi Toronto. Sister Solomon, an Ojibway from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph. he is the Coordinator of her congregation’s Faith and Justice Ministry, dedicated to ecological justice, and […]
Read moreOn May 4th the UISG hosted the presentation of the Trinity Washington University/CARA Study on the International Sisters in the United States and the Implications on Religious Life throughout the World. “More than 70 religious men and women participated. They represented Religious Institutes, Conferences of Religious, Vatican Discateries, Centre of Studies. Sister Mary Johnson was […]
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