21. Statements On Peace By Canadian Churches And Religious Organizations We call for peace. Statements on peace by canadian churches and religiousorganizations. Table of Contents. The Canadian Council of Churches. http://www.ploughshares.ca/content/WORKING PAPERS/wp943.html

WE CALL FOR PEACE Ploughshares working paper 94-3 We call for peace Statements on peace by Canadian churches and religious organizations Table of Contents Introduction The Canadian Council of Churches The Anglican Church of Canada The Catholic Church and organizations ... The United Church of Canada Introduction By Martin Rumscheidt, Project Ploughshares National Board member There is no peace to keep," said the blue-helmeted soldier. Such has been the experience of the United Nations in its nearly 40-year-long effort to find the way to peace. Was Mahatma Gandhi right when he declared that there is no way to peace but that peace is the way? It requires little analysis, and almost no sophistication, to recognize that security has to do with the safeguarding of interests. In the language of the powerful, the pursuit of security is called "peace." It may be undertaken by collectives, such as NATO and the former Warsaw Pact; by individual nations, such as the United States in relation to Cuba or Nicaragua; or even by a particular segment of a country’s population, as in the former Yugoslavia. In the pursuit of such particularist security, the peace that exists degenerates into security under the impact of violence. And the security promised in exchange for the peace that was becomes like a drug: one assumes greater and greater expense to have it. A high-ranking police official in Pinochet’s Chile once declared—with accurate perception—that security was like love: one can’t have enough of it.

22. Church Leaders Letter To The PM On Iraq Sept 25/02 canadian churches CRY NO TO IRAQ WAR. September 25, 2002. 235. Janet Somerville,General Secretary, Canadian Council of Churches 416972-9494, ext. 22. http://www.ploughshares.ca/CONTENT/BUILD PEACE/ChurchLeadersIraqPressRelSept25.h

CANADIAN CHURCHES CRY NO TO IRAQ WAR September 25, 2002 For Immediate Release September 25, 2002 Canadian churches cry NO to Iraq war, TORONTO Fifteen prominent church leaders representing a broad spectrum of Canadian church denominations The churches warn against supporting any Canadian churches have a long and close relationship with the Middle East Council of Churches, which includes churches in Iraq. Together they have been vocal in denouncing the devastating impact of eleven years of international sanctions against Iraq, sanctions they say have not weakened the oppressive grip of the Saddam Hussein regime but instead hurt ordinary and innocent Iraqi civilians. Canadian church personnel are also engaged in humanitarian relief efforts in Iraq. The church leaders conclude by urging the Prime Minister to press all countries to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions and to reconsider onerous compensation obligations imposed on Iraq after the Gulf War. CHURCH LEADERS Bishop Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V., President, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops;

23. Canadian Churches For Immediate Release canadian churches cry NO to Iraq war, urge PM 235 Janet Somerville,General Secretary, Canadian Council of Churches 416972-9494, ext. http://www.quakernet.org/Concerns/CanadianChurchesIraq.htm

This was sent to me by Jane Orion Smith, director of the Canadian Friends Service Committee. She invites recipients to share as led. I thought Iowa Friends might want to know how our brothers and sisters in Canada are responding. In peace, Deborah Fisch, clerk IYMC For Immediate Release Canadian churches cry NO to Iraq war, urge PM to pursue "genuine" negotiation and resist pressures for "a new invasion" (TORONTO) Fifteen prominent church leaders representing a broad spectrum of Canadian church denominations, as well as the ecumenical peace coalition Project Ploughshares and the inter-church justice coalition KAIROS joined together to send an urgent message to Jean Chrétien today, imploring the Prime Minister to resist growing "pressure" in favour of "a new invasion of Iraq". "This is a time for intense diplomacy and face-to-face negotiations, not for missiles and high-altitude bombing. This is especially a time for multilateralism," states a joint letter signed by Bishop Jacques Berthelet

24. Working Group On The Export Development Corporation - Canadian canadian churches launch national campaign to reform the EDC. sidebar, canadian churcheslaunch national campaign. to reform the Export Development Corporation. http://www.halifaxinitiative.org/hi.php/EDC-press/156/

Canadian churches launch national campaign to reform the EDC Action Alerts Publications Press Links ... Join Us MEDIA RELEASE Canadian churches launch national campaign to reform the Export Development Corporation Oct. 4, 2000 – OTTAWA Members of the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative (CEJI) concerned about the negative impact that EDC-supported projects have had on people and the environment, launched a campaign today to reform the Export Development Act, the statute governing the Export Development Corporation (EDC). The campaign was launched at a press conference co-hosted with the NGO Working Group on the Export Development Corporation, a working group of the Halifax Initiative, after which both organizations brought their concerns to MPs at a meeting on Parliament Hill. “The EDC financed a mine near my village. Improper dumping of tailings into our bay have killed the fish and led to severe health problems for our children. We are pleading with them to clean-up the mine site so we can once again live in a clean environment”, said Vilma Piguerra, a teacher and member of the Calancan Bay Fisherfolks Association in Marinduque, Philippines at a press conference organized by CEJI to launch the campaign. Ms. Piguerra is speaking of the Marcopper mine, co-owned and operated by Canada’s Placer Dome until 1997, to which the EDC lent US $1.36 million. Church awareness of problems with the Export Development Corporation increased with the EDC investment of US $18.2 million in the Urra hydro-electric project in Colombia. The dam was challenged in court because failure to consult with Embera Katio communities who live upriver prior to construction violated the Colombian constitution and international treaties to which Canada is a signatory.

25. Communique From Canadian Churches For Justice And Peace canadian churches FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE. 129 St. 2.1 The areas of work for thecanadian churches for Justice and Peace over the next threeyears will be http://www.web.ca/~tendays/CCJPfuture1.htm

CANADIAN CHURCHES FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE 129 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, Ontario M4V lN5 February 13, 2001 Inter-Church Coalition Program Committees Inter-Church Coalition Staff ARC CAWG ECEJ ICA ICCAF ICCHRLA ICCR PLURA TCCR TEN DAYS Communique to our colleagues on all inter-church coalition committees and to the staff: 1. The First Board of the Canadian Churches for Justice and Peace met on February 9, 2001 immediately following a day of consultation with all coalitions. The Board made a number of decisions that we want to convey to you. Our decisions relate to the priority areas of ecumenical justice work over the next three years as identified by the churches and by the consultation on February 8, the resources that are available to apply to these areas, the structures by which we can organize our work and involve staff and volunteers, and timelines for implementation of these decisions 2. The Board reviewed the priority areas of ecumenical justice work as identified by the churches and by the February 8 consultation, and decided that: 2.1 The

26. Untitled Document The canadian churches which sponsor TEN DAYS for Global Justice and ten other ecumenicalcoalitions have begun a process of considering a major restructuing of http://www.web.ca/~tendays/restrucupdate.htm

Update on Restructuring The Canadian churches which sponsor TEN DAYS for Global Justice and ten other ecumenical coalitions have begun a process of considering a major restructuing of ecumenical social justice work. They have formed a new board with the working title of "Canadian Churches for Justice and Peace" which has begun functioning as of December 2000. Existing coalition boards are continuing to function as program committees during a transitional period. The following documents and updates will help to keep you posted on these developments which will have a major impact on the future of the TEN DAYS for Global Justice program. Communique announcing launch of KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Jusitce Initiatives (July 1, 2001) New Execitove Director Appointed (June 4, 2001) Communique from Canadian Churches for Justice and Peace Board (February 13, 2001) Restructuring Update from TEN DAYS Update Newsletter (Dec. 2000) Former TEN DAYS National Coordinator Jeanne Moffat named interim Executive Director of new Coalition (Dec. 13, 2000) Pym Report on Restructuring the Ecumenical Coalitions (Sept. 2000)

27. 'Stop The War' With Iraq, Canadian Churches Urge - Bob Harvey, Ottawa Citizen - 'Stop the war' with Iraq, canadian churches urge. canadian churches wantan end to the Gulf War launched against Iraq 10 years ago tomorrow. http://www.web.net/~icact/mewg/jan01_ottawac1.html

About ICA News Exchange Updates Contact Us ... Links 'Stop the war' with Iraq, Canadian churches urge Sanctions are immoral, unjust and have killed more than 1.5 million, leaders say years later, 'we need to stop the war' Bob Harvey, with files from Janet Hunter The Ottawa Citizen January 16, 2001 Canadian churches want an end to the Gulf War launched against Iraq 10 years ago tomorrow. In a statement marking the anniversary, Canada's major churches say the continuing economic sanctions against Iraq have killed 1.5 million of Iraq's 23 million people by disease and malnutrition, and are simply an extension of the war. "The U.S. and its allies are still at war with Iraq. We need to stop the war," said Dale Hildebrand, executive director of Inter-Church Action. The death toll in Iraq is greater than the 1994 massacre in Rwanda, or the massacres in Cambodia's killing fields by the Pol Pot regime in the 1970s, said Mr. Hildebrand. The churches have demanded an immediate end to the sanctions against Iraq, which they say are both unjust and immoral. But Foreign Affairs says the the dire humanitarian situation in Iraq is not the result of sanctions which it says are appropriate and necessary but the result of the regime's bid to elicit sympathy, in the hope that world governments will be pressured to lift sanctions without Iraq complying with its disarmament obligations.

28. Canadian Churches Call For Extradition Of Former Chilean Dictator Gen. Augusto P Press Release. canadian churches Call for Extradition of Former ChileanDictator General Augusto Pinochet. TORONTO, DEC. 2, 1998 (For http://www.web.net/~icchrla/Chile/PR-Pinochet-Dec98.htm

Press Release Canadian Churches Call for Extradition of Former Chilean Dictator General Augusto Pinochet TORONTO, DEC. 2, 1998 ( For immediate release ) In a strongly worded letter sent today to Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, the Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America (ICCHRLA) called on the government of Canada to speak out publicly in support of efforts to extradite General Pinochet to Spain for prosecution. The letter, signed by ICCHRLA co-chair Joe Gunn, was sent in the wake of the historic ruling last week by the British House of Lords that General Pinochet cannot enjoy immunity for crimes against humanity. The final decision whether or not to extradite the former dictator to Spain - where he faces criminal proceedings for his involvement in thousands of cases of torture, killings and disappearances - is now in the hands of British Home Secretary Jack Straw who has until December 11 to announce his decision. "The extradition proceedings against General Pinochet are the most important assault on the wall of impunity that has protected the former dictator from prosecution" says Gunn. "The arrest of Pinochet and his possible extradition to Spain has renewed hope among the relatives of his victims who, until now, have seen their efforts to seek justice blocked at every level". The letter to Minister Axworthy recalls the important work Canada did earlier this year in establishing an international criminal court to address the issue of impunity for human rights violators. Indeed, it was at the Rome Conference that Mr. Axworthy affirmed that "without justice there can be no reconciliation, and without reconciliation, no peace."

29. CANADIAN CHURCHES -- Christian Science In British Columbia, Canada HOME PAGE BC CHURCHES. READING ROOMS. BROADCASTS. RELATED LINKS. Churches of Christ,Scientist ALBERTA First Church of Christ, Scientist WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. http://www.christianscience.bc.ca/canada.html

in Canada HOME PAGE BC CHURCHES READING ROOMS ... Christ, Scientist ALBERTA First Church of Christ, Scientist WINNIPEG, MANITOBA University of Victoria Christian Science Organization VICTORIA, BC

30. Canadian Churches Push Summit Leaders On Human Rights canadian churches push summit leaders on human rights. Maxwell Ryan CW Staff. TheCanadian Council of Churches (CCC) defines such an economy as incuding http://www.christianweek.org/stories/vol15/no03/story2.html

Canadian churches push summit leaders on human rights Maxwell Ryan CW Staff The Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) defines such an economy as incuding: UN human rights standards; people in the Americas; communities; and education; lectual property rights do not block access to life-saving medicines. At the first Summit of the Americas in Miami in December of 1994, leaders identified a number of social issues that would need to be addressed including strengthening democracy, sustainable agriculture, eliminating poverty and ending discrimination. Pfrimmer says these are all laudable and necessary goals but that political leaders have not shown the public how these goals will be achieved. David Pfrimmer expects that the churches will hear from at least some of the delegates who, he says, agree with the substance of the communique.

31. HNRC.CA - Canadian Churches And Groups Served By HNRC Pastors canadian churches and Groups Served by HNRC Pastors. Bradford, OntarioHeritage Reformed Church Services held at 81 John Street, Bradford http://www.hnrc.ca/churchescdn.asp

Canadian Churches and Groups Served by HNRC Pastors Bradford, Ontario Heritage Reformed Church Services held at: 81 John Street, Bradford Pastor: Rev. R. DeRuiter 1 Walter Ave. Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 2T2 P: E: RichDeRuiter@altavista.com Contact: Mr. D. Fintelman R.R.#1 Uxbridge, Ontario L9P 1R1 P: E: davidanddebbie.hopkins@sympatico.ca Burgessville, Ontario Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation 685 Main Street S., Burgessville Pastor: Rev. M. Kelderman 685 Main Street RR#1 GB2 Burgessville, Ontario N0J 1C0 P: E: mkelderman@hnrc.ca Contact: Mr. J. Otten 285733 Airport Road Norwich, Ontario N0J 1P0 P/F: E: jotten@execulink.com Fort Macleod, Alberta Heritage Reformed Church 609 18 Street, Fort Mcleod Pastor: Rev. J. Greendyk P: F: E: jmalg@juno.com Contact: Mr. D. Vanee P: F: E: dandale@telusplanet.net Jordan, Ontario Heritage Reformed Congregation 4171 Fifteenth Street, Jordan Pastor: Rev. B. Elshout P: E: belshout@vaxxine.com Contact: Mr. H. Heikoop P: E: fnrcniag@mergetel.com London, Ontario Burgessville HNRC London Mission 1240 Fanshawe Park Road E., London Worship Times: Sundays: 2:00 p.m.

32. Canadian Churches Urge Court Not To Allow Extradition - Christianity Today Magaz Today Magazine Hot Issues Life Ethics Christianity Today, Week of February26 canadian churches Urge Court Not to Allow Extradition Canadian Council on http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/109/26.0.html

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33. NORTH AMERICAN REPORT: Canadian Churches Seek To Resolve Abuse Cases - Christian Home Christianity Today Magazine Christianity Today, July 9, 2001 canadian churchesSeek to Resolve Abuse Cases By Ferdy Baglo, Ecumenical News International http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/009/13.21.html

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34. Canadian Churches canadian churches. http://www.tfwm.com/cats/4_Churches/991100Title.html

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35. Canadian Churches - Listings Centre Street Church 4120 Centre Street North Calgary AB, T2E 2Y7 (403)5201230 Fax(403)230-2775 jack@centrestreetchurch.ab.ca My department encompasses all http://www.tfwm.com/cats/4_Churches/991100.html

Centre Street Church 4120 Centre Street North Calgary AB, T2E 2Y7 Fax: (403)230-2775 jack@centrestreetchurch.ab.ca My department encompasses all technologies in the church: sound recording, lighting, software development, networking, telephones and video CONTENTS

36. Canadian Bankruptcy canadian churches Overwhelmed by Abuse Claims. ChurchesFace Financial Ruin over Residential Schools. http://www.thelinkup.com/canada2.html

Canadian Churches Overwhelmed by Abuse Claims Churches Face Financial Ruin over Residential Schools Nightmare in Canada HOME ARCHIVES OTTAWA - Quietly, very quietly, the Anglican Church here is going bankrupt, possibly by the time this article is read. Meanwhile, some Roman Catholic dioceses and religious orders are in peril, and the United Church of Canada is facing similar, if not immediate, financial ruin. And no one seems to care. In fact, most of the commentary about the slew of litigation that has resulted from abuse at native residential schools seems to run along the lines that the churches deserve to go belly-up. Former students have claimed they suffered severe physical, emotional and sexual abuse at the schools. Some lawsuits also allege cultural genocide. An interesting defense offered by the Catholic Archbishop of Halifax, Terrence Prendergast , is that some of the discipline meted out at native residential schools was no worse than at white boarding schools. He said white children got the strap too in his day, but shrugged it off as part of their culture. It was probably a "wrenching" experience for natives in church-run residential schools because they never got it at home. The Anglican Church administered 26 "Indian residential schools" between 1820 and 1969. It, along with the Catholic and United Churches, is now involved in numerous lawsuits arising from alleged physical, sexual and "cultural" abuse during the operation of those schools. 6,200 people have already sued. The figure could reach 10,000 if the courts accept seven class-action suits now pending. The potential liability is estimated at $(C)1 billion.

37. CWNews: Canadian Churches Apologize To Natives The story on this page is canadian churches Apologize To Natives. CanadianChurches Apologize To Natives ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Sep. http://www.cwnews.com/Browse/2000/09/13762.htm

Catholic World News is available for daily delivery by email and news stories may be browsed and searched online. For details, visit the Catholic World News web site Canadian Churches Apologize To Natives ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Sep. 6, 00 (CWNews.com) - The leaders of four Christian churches in Canada apologized on Tuesday to native tribes in Newfoundland and Labrador for suffering they endured from Christians. Archbishop James McDonald of St. John's told a gathering of about 150 people, "We ask your forgiveness" for abuses suffered "since the arrival of our ancestors 500 years ago." He was joined in the apology by Anglican, United, and Presbyterian church leaders. The event was organized by a Sister Emma Rooney, and held in a converted elementary school. Representatives of the Labrador Inuit Association, the Innu Nation, the Conne River Mi'qmaq band, and the Labrador Metis Association had been invited to attend, but the crowd who gathered was almost all white and there appeared to be no further action contemplated beyond the reading of the statement, which was quickly criticized by some of those present. Before the reading, a native chief, Misel Joe, said he was unsure "if anybody knows what they are apologizing for."

38. A260 - CANADIAN CHURCHES FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE (CCJP) Resolution A260. canadian churches FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE (CCJP). Thisresolution was carried. moved by Ms. Dorothy DaviesFlindall http://www.anglican.ca/gs2001/rr/resolutions/resolution.php?res=a260

39. Canadian Churches Call For Unilateral Moratorium On Nato Bombing Ecumenical News International ENI News Service / 26 April 1999 canadian churchescall for unilateral moratorium on Nato bombing By Ferdy Baglo Ottawa, 26 April http://home.goarch.org/worldnews/frames/Canadian_churches_call_.htm

27 April 1999 12:03 Global Orthodox News Item From: orthodoxnews,Access Subject: Canadian churches call for unilateral moratorium on Nato bombing To: Global Orthodox News orthodoxnews@list.goarch.org,INTERNET ORTHODOX WORLD NEWS LISTSERVER http://www.goarch.org/worldnews To become a member, send an e-mail to: majordomo@list.goarch.org In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe orthodoxnews Ecumenical News International ENI News Service / 26 April 1999 Canadian churches call for unilateral moratorium on Nato bombing By Ferdy Baglo Ottawa, 26 April (ENI)Canadian church leaders have met Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy to urge them to demand "an immediate, unilateral moratorium on the Nato bombing campaign" in Yugoslavia. Canada is a member of the Nato alliance which launched a bombing campaign against Yugoslavia last month. The government leaders were told at the 15 April meeting: "Nato bombing has only escalated the tragedy [in Yugoslavia] and created a starker humanitarian catastrophe." The president of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC), Anglican Archbishop Barry Curtis, told ENI: "We had originally asked for this meeting to talk about nuclear issues. In a sense we were ambushed by the Kosovo situation."

40. Visionledd Ministries: Our Canadian Churches Partners List Visionledd Ministries Our canadian churches Partners List. BayviewGlen Alliance Church. Toronto, ON. The People's Church. Toronto, ON. http://www.ewefindit.com/vision/site/partnerslist.cfm

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