2011‑2022, and is preserved here for archival purposes.
Launched on Canada's Sesquicentennial Anniversary to capture Canada's stories of faith from coast to coast, the Voices from the Crowd initiative serves as a powerful collection of unique narrative. We continue to collect stories that reveal the depth and diversity of Canada's unique landscape of faith. Do you have a story to share? Add your voice to the collection today!
For Christian Horizons CEO, Janet Nolan, it is all about fostering a sense of belonging when it comes to caring for people with exceptional needs.
Since becoming CEO four years ago, and marking her own 25th anniversary with Christian Horizons, Nolan has her hands full with an organization that, while primarily Ontario centred, has grown to a global reach ...
Through her organization, Gather, Cathie Ostapchuk’s mission is to tell the “uniquely Canadian story of Christian women.”
That’s when Ostapchuk, along with Ellen Graf-Martin and Helen Burns, started Gather, a not-for-profit organization that seeks to unite and inspire Canadian Christian women to build a connected and vibrant community of their own north of the border ...
Even as the world was reacting in horror to the slaughter of innocents in Paris on November 13, Father John Walsh was moving past how and what to asking why.
Three days after the Paris murders, Father Walsh brought that emphasis on the “clarity of why” to an annual interfaith conference on extremism hosted by the Montreal chapter of the International Dialogue Institute Rabbi Avi Finegold, in fact, “deputized” all those present to combat fundamentalist ex...
541 Eatery and Exchange in Hamilton offers its neighbourhood delicious, affordable food along with a deeper sense of community.
The message made Jenn think about how 541 is part of God’s story in this community, and how this is just one of so many people whose lives have changed because of this place,” It reminded Jenn of the way God has been moving in the community as staff and volunteers offer their hands to serve ...
What most Ottawa residents don’t know about the city's first suburb The Glebe, is that it was first church land set aside for sustaining the minister and the congregation of St. Andrew’s, an old cathedral on the corner of Bank Street.
Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Ottawa underscores the indelible narrative link between faith and the founding of Canada ...
From the exterior, passersby might not see why Switchback Cyclery on Queen East in Toronto is one of the City’s most meaningful bike shops.
Alan Beattie, Executive Director of Sanctuary, says that Switchback responds to one of our primary God-given human desires, which is to do meaningful work— an opportunity that many street-involved people are never afforded ...
Carluci Dos Santos has been hugely encouraged by watching the Church of Latin America come North.
“I see immigrants coming [to Canada] bringing a very fresh faith, people who believe in the power of prayer, the power of God’s intervention in history—to change the course of history—personal history, and everything around us,” says Dos Santos ...
More than a story of arrival and survival. It lights the way for the flourishing of enduring faith in Canada.
However, a precursor event this week is emblematic of the deep roots the Sikh faith has developed in Canada, and the changes Sikh people have brought to Canadian society ...
Most appealing to me (is) the concept of mercy and love, not only for those inside the religions but for those outside.
"I'm not the typical face of Holocaust education or the Jewish community," Kim is quoted in the CJN ...
Kevin Vickers has demonstrated that serving Canada and serving God are not mutually exclusive.
Kevin Vickers, a servant of Canada and disciple of Christ, has lived a life made possible by the grandness of our history and the broad horizons of our faith Remarks to introduce Ambassador Kevin Vickers, on the occasion of the launch of Faith in Canada 150 ...