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Past Events 2017

RISING TYRANNY: THE PHILIPPINES TODAY

Guest speaker:
​Bishop Reuel Norman Marigza,

General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP), Stop the Killings Network

Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm (Refreshments at 6:30pm)
Location: The Mary Ward Centre ​
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BLESSING OF THE ROMERO ROOM

You are invited to join us in welcoming Kathy Murtha to The Mary Ward Centre and in blessing The Romero Room.


Kathy will be offering the Scarboro Retreat program at The Mary Ward Centre.

Date: Tuesday, November 7
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Mary Ward Centre

Learn how we will keep the words of Oscar Romero alive in the hearts of all who enter the doors of the Romero Room at The Mary Ward Centre.

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SEEKING CONNECTIONS: NOURISHING ROOTS
EMERGING WISDOM AND SURFACING GIFTS

Radical Elder Wisdom: Maureen McDonnell will focus on ministry with maturing adults and spirituality in the second half of life.

This day will include good conversation, good food and continued visioning for an inclusive and contemplative community of spiritual directors.

Date: Saturday, November 4
Time: 10:00am-3:00pm (registration at 9:30am)
Location: The Mary Ward Centre
Suggested Donation: $20

Coffee, tea and lunch included. ​
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KATE HENNESSY: YOUNGEST GRANDDAUGHTER OF DOROTHY DAY TALKING ABOUT HER NEW BIOGRAPHY OF HER GRANDMOTHER

Date: Thursday, November 2
Time: 7:00pm (refreshment served at 6:30pm)
Location: The Mary Ward Centre

Kate Hennessy is the youngest of Dorothy Day's nine grandchildren, a writer and the author of Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved By Beauty.

Hennessy's widely acclaimed book is a family memoir, social history and intimate biography of Dorothy Day, found of the Catholic Worker movement.

Day has been called the "most significant, interesting and influential person in the history of American Catholicism". Her cause is currently being considered for canonization.
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​SEEKING CONNECTIONS: NOURISHING ROOTS
A DAY OF CONTEMPLATIVE DISCERNMENT FOR SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS

Facilitators:
Paul Miki
Christina Rybka-Miki
Maureen McDonnell
Jane McDonell, IBVM
Ann McGowan

Date: Saturday, September 23, 2017
Time: 10:00am-3:00pm
Location: Mary Ward Centre (70 St. Mary Street)
Suggestions Donation: $20
Lunch is included.

This day will include good conversation, good food and visioning for our future community, 

Please RSVP to Ann McGowan at mcgowan@marywardcentre.ca or 647-259-2951.
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CATHOLIC NONVIOLENCE INITIATIVE: ADVANCING GOSPEL NONVIOLENCE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pax Christi and The Mary Ward Centre invite you to meet with members of the Leadership Team of Pax Christi International introducing the new Catholic Nonviolence Initiative.

Date: Friday, June 23, 2017
Time: 12 noon-2:00pm
Location: Mary Ward Centre (70 St. Mary Street)

Guests are invited to provide a free will donation.

CRC JPIC NATIONAL GATHERING 2017:
SACRED WATER


Dates: June 6th - June 8th, 2017
Location: The Mary Ward Centre, 70 St. Mary Street
Cost: $195 by May 1st
RSVP: Please contact Nathalie Gauthier at 

ngauthier@crc-canada.org or 514-259-0856 ext. 107

Speakers:
Elder Josephine Mandamin, Ojibwe Grandmother and Water Walker; 
​Maude Barlow, Chairperson, Council of Canadians

Panelists from:
Ecologos
Development and Peace
KAIROS

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JUBILEE 50 YEARS OF SOLIDARITY- BOOK LAUNCH, PANEL DISCUSSION & RECEPTION
The Canadian Catholic organization for Development Peace (Novalis 2017)

Join us for an exciting exploration of 50 years of solidarity with our sisters and brothers of the Global South with a book launch and panel discussion. 

Panelists:
Fabien Leboeuf- former Executive Director of D&P
Mike Flynn- former Director of Education for English Canada for D&P
Mary Corkery-  former Director of Education for English Canada
Anne-Marie Jackson- former Director of Education for English Canada
Fr. Gonzalo Ituarte O.P- former Vicar General for Bishop Samuel Ruiz

Location: Ryerson University: ILLC Room A/B (240 Jarvis Street)
Date: Thursday, June 1, 2017
Time: 3:15pm: Panel Discussion; 4:45pm Book Sales

Reception
Location: Mary Ward Centre (70 St. Mary Street)
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Brief talks by panelists. hors d'oeuvres and wine will be served. 50th anniversary books available for $30.

For more information, contact Istocking@devp.org.
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IN CONVERSATION WITH FR. GONZALO ITUARTE, O.P

Fr. Gonzalo was Vicar General for Justice and Peace to the late Don (bishop) Samuel Ruiz of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas. Fr. Gonzalo was the co-founder of the diocese's human rights centre which became a long-time Development and Peace partner. He will speak on the legacy of Don Samuel including his peace mediation between the Mexican government and the EZLN (Zapatista movement) and his work to inculturate the Church's teachings in relation to its encounter with the Maya people of Chiapas. 

Location: Mary Ward Centre (70 St. Mary Street)
Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
No cost, light refreshments and Q&A
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For more information, contact Luke Stocking, D&P Animator at luke.stocking@devp.org.

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THE KAIROS BLANKET EXERCISE PROJECT

Dates: 
October 19th, 2016 - May 31st, 2017
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location: The Mary Ward Centre, 70 St. Mary Street
Registration: 
Registration is on a first-come-first serve basis. Teachers are permitted to bring one class of 30 students per school.

The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is a unique partnership between KAIROS, Toronto Catholic District School Board and The Mary Ward Centre.

The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an interactive learning experience that explores the Indigenous rights history rarely taught. Developed in response to the 1996 Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, which recommended education on Canadian-Indigenous history as one of the key steps to reconciliation, the Blanket Exercise covers over 500 years of history in a participatory workshop.

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​MARY WARD WOMEN ON MISSION TODAY:
COMBATING 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING - THE THEOLOGY AND THE STORIES
Sponsored by IBVM/JPIC

Date: Thursday, May 18th, 2017
Location: The Mary Ward Centre, 70 St. Mary Street
Guest Speaker: Imelda Poole


Imelda (IBVM English Province), on mission in Albania for
11 years, established Mary Ward Loreto Foundation to combat trafficking in persons. She is President of RENATE, a European network seeking to end human trafficking and rehabilitate victims. Imelda is part of efforts to strengthen and coordinate a global response, and was on a panel of experts at a Vatican sponsored Conference in Rome and at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

As members of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an international and multicultural congregation of women religious, we pledge to work for the eradication of all forms of human trafficking and its causes, particularly among women and children, wherever we live and minister.
-IBVM Corporate Stance on Human Trafficking, September 2014

For more information, please contact Ann McGowan at mcgowan@marywardcentre.ca or 647-259-2951.
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A NEW DIALOGUE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING: EXPLORING THE SPECTRUM OF EXPLOITATION

Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 
Time: 9:00am - 4;00pm
Location: Sam Sorbara Auditorim, University of St. Michael's College, 81 St. Mary Street
Cost: $30
RSVP: Registration required by May 1. Please register online at www.newdialogue.eventbrite.ca.

Speakers:
Sue Wilson, CSJ — Human Rights and Human Trafficking: How is a focus on human rights challenging anti-human trafficking work?
Imelda Poole, IBVM — What is My Narrative? An anti-human trafficking approach taken from the perspective of storytelling.
Laurie Hermiston, Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto
Deepa Mattoo, Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
Fay Faraday, Labour and Human Rights Lawyer, Coordinator of the Migrant Women's Rights Project

For more information, please contact Faith Alliance at info@faithalliance.ca or 416-4678070 ext 2676.
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​ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME:
A DISCUSSION GUIDE FOR LAUDATO SI'.


Dates: Monday, December 5th, 2016: Chapter 1 Monday, February 13th, 2017: Chapter 2 Monday, March 20th, 2017: Chapter 3 Monday, May 15th, 2017: Chapter 4
​Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm, followed by tea and coffee
Location: Loretto Abbey, Sister's Dining Room

IBVM/JPIC invites you to join us for input, discussion and conversation on Laudato Si'.

Using the Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice Dialogue Guide, each session will be devoted to one chapter of Laudato Si'.

You are welcome to attend any of all of these sessions!

Register with Eunice by Tuesday, November 15th to receive your Dialogue Guide for reading before the first session.

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METANOIA @ THE MARY WARD CENTRE

Dates and Times:
  • Wed. October 12th, 2016 @ 9:00am - 2:30pm
  • Wed. November 23rd, 2016 @ 9:00am - 2:30pm
  • Wed. February 8th, 2017 @ 9:00am - 2:30pm
  • Wed. April 19th, 2017 @ 9:00am - 2:30pm

​Location: The Mary Ward Centre, 70 St. Mary Street

Metanoia @ The Mary Ward Centre introduces students to the realities of some of our world’s injustices, with the hope that students may not only change their own hearts and perspectives about injustices, but that they may move to action to help transform our world.  This innovative program enables participants to recognize and thus move into action.
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AN EVENING WITH PHILIPPINE LEADER AND ACTIVISTS

Join KAIROS and the Mary Ward Centre for a discussion about mining justice and the peace process in the Philippines.

Date: Tuesday, April 4
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Mary Ward Centre, 70 St. Mary Street

Speakers:
Anie Bautisa, 
the National Coordinator of Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights in the Philippines
Bishop Antonio Ablon of the Angelican Church
Eufemia Campos Cullamat, an Indigenous youth leader from Mindanao
Nenita Condez, an Indigenous woman leader from Mindanao
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​JOINT ECOLOGICAL MINISTRY (JEM): DIVESTING AND REINVENTING IN THE FUTURE WE WANT

Date: Monday, March 6th, 2017
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Location: The Mary Ward Centre, 70 St. Mary Street
Registration: 
Register by February 17th at jemcanada@outlook.com

Keynote speakers:
Jeanne Moffat & Walter Whiteley, Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church
 
Speaker on Impact Investing:  Laurence Loubieres XMCJ, Sustainalytics
 
Panel speakers:  Moving from Divesting to Reinvesting
The Jesuits in English Canada
Desmond Wilson – Catherine Donnelly Foundation
J.P. Harrison – Genus Capital Management

Joint Ecological Ministry (JEM) is a collaboration of religious communities and partners using their resources to promote caring for Creation and living within planetary limits.
 
Representatives of religious communities are invited to attend.  We particularly encourage communities to send representatives from their leadership teams, investment and financial committee members, as well as JPIC personnel.
​Please share this invitation and information with other religious communities who may wish to participate.  A resource table will be available if you have any printed information to share.

 
A freewill offering of $20 cash at the door is requested to help cover the costs of the event.  (Lunch and refreshments are provided.)
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