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 [...]
Acting Principal’s Message, Summer 2017
Dear friends, With the end of the 2016-17 school year, and preparations for the upcoming year well underway, my own time as interim principal is [...]
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
2018 M.Div. Graduate Profiles
Profiles of our 2018 M.Div. graduates, setting off for ministry in the church and world.
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 [...]