Giving what we have to build the church
Dear colleagues, This summer, I visited Manitoulin Island, the island that separates Georgian Bay from the rest of Lake Huron. Manitoulin is important to me [...]
Priestly ministry and party membership? An election day reflection
Dear colleagues, When he was Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu instituted a policy that prohibited clergy from being members of a political party. The [...]
Lancelot Andrewes and the integration of scholarship and prayer
Dear friends, As the weather turns and the school year shifts into a new gear, I find myself thinking about the integration between the life [...]
“Thus chosen, now, O Lord, we ask…”
Dear colleagues, One of the hymns at our recent retreat had the refrain: “Thus chosen, now, O Lord, we ask for faith in your unfailing [...]
“Before we can evangelize people, we need to teach them about the sacred”
Dear colleagues, This spring, I had the chance to spend a little time with my seminary classmate and friend Steve Blackmer. Steve is now the [...]
“The church is a safe place to take risks”
Dear friends, One of my favourite definitions of church is this: “The church is a safe place to take risks.” (It’s not clear where this [...]
Training for ministry in an age of global migration: Principal’s message, summer 2018
The school year in Montreal began with a sharp reminder that we live in a world of global migration. In August, a large number of [...]
New Life for the Reading and Tutorial Program
Thanks to a grant received from the Anglican Foundation of Canada in November 2017, Montreal Dio is redesigning its long-standing distance-education program. For over 40 [...]
Building a Creative Learning Community
Montreal Dio completed a long process of organizational review in September 2017 when the college Corporation adopted a new constitution that places greater emphasis on [...]
Student Placement Reflections
Students reflect on their ministry placements in the past year: at a Lutheran church in downtown Montreal and a cathedral in Paris