Past Events 2017 |
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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
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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.
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:
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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
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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:
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METANOIA @ THE MARY WARD CENTRE
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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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