Welcome to this edition of the Diocese of Montreal's E-news
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact me (Nicki Hronjak) at editor@montreal.anglican.ca. If you have anything to share please continue to use the submit content button at the bottom of this page...
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Hurry! Deadline to register is this Friday! The Anglican Diocese of Montreal is inviting you to be a part of our family Christmas party includes story time, pizza and bowling!
When: Friday, December 9th from 5-6:30pm
Where: St Philips Church 7505 Sherbrooke West (near train and bus)
ALL are welcome. The event is free but donations to the Bishop's Action Appeal are encouraged.
RSVP by Friday, December 2nd
Learn more: mtlyouth@montreal.anglican.ca
Register HERE Join our Facebook event HERE to stay in the loop
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The Mile End Community Mission is calling upon your generosity again this year to help us make the holiday season and year ahead a more joyous time for our members.
With your help, the Mission can:
- Include special treats, personal/ homecare items and grocery store gift cards in the 150 Christmas baskets that we distribute.
- Provide gifts from Santa for 80+ children.
- Prepare 50 special Christmas stockings for our most vulnerable & homeless members that include warm winter clothing, coffee & sandwich gift cards, etc.
- Provide a traditional take-out Christmas dinner for over 100 individuals and families.
- Serve 150+ free hot & healthy take-out meals each week.
- Distribute over 200 bags of groceries at our weekly Food Bank.
- Help our members with any needed Covid-19 follow-up.
Donations:Online here or 99 Bernard Ouest, Montréal H2T 2J9
Please know that your kindness goes a long way in helping to Nourish our community, especially during these challenging times! Thank you!
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The St Michael & All Angels Anti-racism Circle (ARC) in partnership with the West Island Black Community Association (WIBCA) are pleased to be able to offer the screening of the film Dear Jackie on December 2 at 3pm & 6pm in DDO.
This tells the story of Jackie Robinson who was the first African American man to break into professional baseball having begun his career in the minor league Montreal Royals. The film explores his career and his relationship to Little Burgundy.
Tickets are $10 at the door. This is a great opportunity to support the anti-racism work going on in our Diocese. I encourage you to advertise and bring a group!
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On the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, you are invited to an ecumenical virtual prayer service and prayer activity, on Tuesday, December 6th .This event is co-organized by Direction Chrétienne and La Conférence Religieuse Canadienne et l'Assemblée des évêques catholiques du Québec.
Christians from evangelical, catholic, and protestant churches will lead the prayer times. This prayer gathering will take place in French.
Please register here. A zoom link will be sent upon registration.
The order of service:
12- noon : welcome and brief presentation of the Rapha Québec research project
Prayer time
12:40 Conclusion
There will be time for a period of questions (optional) on the Rapha project after the concluding prayers.
Did you complete the Rapha survey? Help us in our research on domestic violence and the Church in Quebec! Take the survey now https://fr.direction.ca/rapha
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St Jax Lessons & Carols
Saturday, December 10 at 4:30 pm at 1439 St Catherine west
Please enter through Bishop door
Metro: Guy/Concordia
This wonderful service is the perfect occasion to invite your friends, sing carols and share a bit of Christmas cheer.
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The Rev. Lawrence Mascarenhas, a retired priest in the Diocese of Montreal, has started a foundation to fund the education of disadvantaged young people in India. Read more: https://www.educate2change.org/
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Open Enrolment Courses at Montreal Dio, Winter 2023
These courses are aimed at anyone who is interested in deepening their Christian faith and knowledge, and cultivating leadership skills in the church. There is no homework or written assignments. All you need is a desire to learn and a willingness to participate.
Collaborative Ministry Leadership in a Constantly Changing World
Thursdays, February 2, 9, and 16, 2023, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
This course will give church leaders (clergy and lay) the theoretical and practical knowledge to lead their congregations faithfully and well – now and into God’s unfolding future.
Read more
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Open Enrolment Courses at Montreal Dio, Winter 2023
These courses are aimed at anyone who is interested in deepening their Christian faith and knowledge, and cultivating leadership skills in the church. There is no homework or written assignments. All you need is a desire to learn and a willingness to participate.
Paul the Apostle
Wednesdays, March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2023, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
This course addresses some key questions about Paul and his influence on the formation of early Christianity. Almost everything we thought we knew about Paul is wrong. Come discover what’s new.
Read more
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We at Christian Direction have been working for the past year on the Rapha Quebec Project, a study into domestic abuse and the Church in Quebec. We are thrilled to announce that our survey is now open and online. The objectives of the survey are to:
1. Identify the beliefs and attitudes of Québec Christians and churches with regard to domestic abuse.
2. Determine whether domestic violence is a problem currently being experienced within Christian communities and churches in Québec.
3. Understand why victims do or do not disclose their experiences of domestic abuse to other churchgoers or church leaders, and to reveal how the church has responded to such disclosures of domestic abuse.
Who can take the survey? The survey is open to all current or former churchgoing adults (18 yrs+) of all genders who have participated in Christian community in Québec. A respondent does not have to have been a survivor of domestic abuse to participate!
We need your help! We want 1001 people to take this survey. For this to happen we need a broad circulation, and for people to recommend this survey to their networks.
Here are some ideas of what you can do to support this project:
1. Take the survey. Follow this link: https://www.direction.ca/rapha
2. Pass the link along to your networks.
3. Grab a poster and some project cards from Jenna or Emily and bring them to your churches.
4. Post a link from the Rapha webpage to your social media.
5. Pray for this project.
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As we start opening up offices, parishes may be looking to update their computer software. The Diocesan offices order a number of our Microsoft Software and Adobe products from a company called TechSoup Canada that offers great discounts to non-profits. They also sell a limited number of refurbished laptops and Computers.
Here is the link for you. It explains what they are about, who would qualify for their services and how to sign up with them.
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Image showing heat loss (lighter colours) with the temperature scale showing on the bottom of the picture. Fixable problems are often around foundations and doors/windows, but sometimes in the middle of wall, due to damaged insulation.
“ Do you wonder where your church is losing all its heat? Send an email to sec@montreal.anglican.ca for information on an energy assessment (we hope we can keep it free), including thermal imaging."
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Attention parishes! This link has information on applying for funding from the government for security infrastructure.
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Webinar for online giving for your church. Watch here.
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