For Manitoban Terry Doerksen, a Canadian Thanksgiving pilgrimage by oxcart in October was a way to say “thanks” — to God and to those who helped his Mennonite ancestors who came to the province from Russia in the late 19th century.
For Manitoban Terry Doerksen, a Canadian Thanksgiving pilgrimage by oxcart in October was a way to say “thanks” — to God and to those who helped his Mennonite ancestors who came to the province from Russia in the late 19th century.
This year has been busy for Canadian novelist Miriam Toews. Her latest novel, Fight Night, was released in August in Canada and October in the United States. A film version of 2014’s All My Puny Sorrows debuted in September at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Mennonite World Conference is calling on its members to love their neighbors by donating to UNICEF’s campaign to share coronavirus vaccinations around the world.
A plaque commemorating more than 2,000 Mennonite women who worked as live-in maids in Vancouver, B.C., between the 1931 and 1961 was unveiled June 17 by Vancouver Heritage Foundation.
Jeanette Bissoon of Kitchener, Ont., is Mennonite World Conference’s new chief operations officer. She succeeds Len Rempel, who is moving into a pastorate after 10 years serving MWC.
The Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference’s biennial conference, The Gathering, will take place both in person and online for the first time June 4-6.
