Mennonite Heritage Archives part of groundbreaking storytelling project
When we think of preserving history in archives, our first thoughts might be of digging through boxes of grandma's things in the attic or leafing through yellowing photo albums. But that is not the whole picture.
The Mennonite Heritage Archives (MHA), located on CMU's campus and supported by CMU, is calling on Mennonites and Anabaptists to share their experiences during the remarkable historical, biological, and social events of 2020 as part of Anabaptist History Today (AHT), a groundbreaking collaborative storytelling project.
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Pandemic brings together students in Canada and Philippines
When students enrolled in Wendy Kroeker's upper-level Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies (PACTS) course, they didn't expect to have classmates 12,000 kilometres away.
Kroeker, Assistant Professor of PACTS at CMU, is teaching Cultures of Violence, Cultures of Peace to 16 students at CMU and 11 students in the Philippines.
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Sunday@CMU: November 2020
Theme: Gathered at the Table
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing a new series of meditations from Kathy McCamis. Kathy is Associate Pastor at Bethel Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, and she is an alumna of CMU's Graduate School of Theology and Ministry. Her series explores who Jesus ate and talked with, and who we welcome to our table.
November 10 COVID-19 update for students, staff, and faculty from the President's Office
Dear CMU Students, Staff, and Faculty,
It is a beautifully sunny day, and the outdoor air feels crisp and clear. But, the air is not clean and safe in terms of shared breathing spaces, as has been made apparent with today's announcement of increased code red restrictions by the Province of Manitoba.
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CMU Student Awarded Third-Place Finalist in Bi-National Speech Contest
Current CMU student Jubilee Dueck Thiessen is the third-place finalist in the bi-national C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest. Her speech, titled "Stewards of Joy: Answering the Call of Ecological Shalom," employs the Christian creation narrative alongside indigenous voices to bring her point across that "disciples of joy" who seek to follow Jesus should pursue a "stewardship of creation in response to our need for ecological shalom." Rather than being overcome with grief, Dueck Thiessen, elaborating on her speech, suggests that "the core of this issue is one of love, we only fear for creation because we love it."
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