Jeffrey Metcalfe

Comics en 4 cases, intitulé "Nuns". Les case 1,2 et 4 sont relativement "terne". 1 : "Reading", la moniale lit un livre sur un chaise, une fenêtre esquissée comme seul décors 2 : "Praying", la moniale est agenouillée devant un autel surmonté d'une croix 3 : "Ecstatic visions" écrit sur fond multicolore avec des étoiles 4 : "Gardenning", retour au ton terne des 1 et 2, la moniale passe un râteau dans un parterre esquissé.

Absolument valable historiquement pour certains biographiques médiévales... par @emilyscartoons sur Insta

General Synod Learns of Leasing Scandal - The Living Church How was a $9 million five-year lease signed without the knowledge of the Anglican Church of Canada’s finance committee?

Massive financial scandal rocks the #Anglican Church of #Canada.

Because the misuse of NDAs is a social sin: anglicanjournal.com/buying-silen...

Anglican Diocese of N.S., P.E.I. adopts pledge banning inappropriate use of NDAs | CBC News The head of a Canadian advocacy group says this weekend marked an important step forward as the Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island passed a resolution not to misuse non-disclosur...

Really grateful for the moral leadership of the Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, which passed a resolution not to misuse non-disclosure agreements.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Pope Leo XIV leads a Holy mass for the beginning of his pontificate, in St Peter's Square in The Vatican on May 18, 2025

#BREAKING Pope Leo XIV condemns economic system that exploits nature, the poor, at inauguration mass

"Sin is for one man to walk brutally over the life of another and to be quite oblivious of the wounds he has left behind."

– Shusaku Endo, Silence

Picture of my jury, left to right: Dr. Leddy, Dr. Napolitano, Dr. Wigg-Stevenson, Dr. Jennings, Dr. Berkman.

Convocation today! 🎓 So grateful for the many folks who helped me to sneak into Mordor, climb Mt. Doom, and throw my PhD thesis in.

Buying silence is a social sin the church cannot afford - Anglican Journal If the cruelty of silence took a shape, it would be the scold’s bridle.

Just published an editorial in the Anglican Journal on the misuse of non-disclosure agreements in churches.

In short: "NDAs compromise our Christian witness in the aftermath of misconduct. It’s time to end them."

#NDAs #Church

anglicanjournal.com/buying-silen...

The Church is not some building made of concrete or adobe or any other material. The material temple is nothing more than the sign of a tent that travels about and gets set up wherever the pilgrim people happen to go —St Oscar Romero, 4th Sunday of Easter, 1978 #StOscarRomero

I've been waiting with baited breath for this to arrive. I can't wait to find out how he gets to yes.

All creatures great and small.

#CrestedGecko #herp #crestie

Praying at St. Anne's Basilica
for the Montreal episcopal election, the primatial election, and the coming conclave.

May justice, prudence, and the Holy Spirit guide the discernment.

#JusticeAndPrudence #EpiscopalElection #Conclave2025 #StAnnesBasilica

More disturbing still is how he does function as a pontiff for a particular subset of Christianity.

It's a hard day for some incumbents.

#Owl #Hawk #PredatorPolitics

A Liberal majority with a Conservative opposition is most likely. Libs are centrist at best, and without the NDP, they'll have absolutely no reason to pass socially just legislation.

I hate this timeline. I want the one where Jack Layton doesn't die and our left wing party is actually left.

I also wonder, as the economics of the institutions continue on their current trends, what role congregations and dioceses might need to play in taking up what universities might no longer be able or willing to carry 🤔

"The first level of social sin is made up of the injustices and dehumanizing trends built into different institutions – social, political, economic, religious, and others – that embody people's collective life." - Baum, Religion and Alienation, 174

NDAs used in situations of misconduct are a mechanism of what the theologian Gregory Baum called "social sin."

Our hope is built on nothing less “What is the meaning of hope in a period of history when things are getting worse?” This is a question the Canadian theologian Gregory Baum asked as he watched in helpless horror as the first Gulf Wa...

“What is the meaning of hope in a period of history when things are getting worse?” – Gregory Baum

This Easter, I find myself returning to this question, in dialogue with a Canadian theologian and St. Augustine’s City of God. I wish it felt less pressing—but here we are.

#Easter #Theology #Hope

This Ordeal is the Passion - Catholic Standard

‘When I was growing up in El Salvador, there was a man who was not afraid to speak out. His name was Óscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador. It seems to me that we need more Óscar Romeros today.’ —Bishop Evelio Menjivar, Archdiocese of Washington, who was born in Chalatenango, El Salvador.

The contaminated church Let’s not kid ourselves—we are living in the midst of ruins. Like a boreal forest that has been clearcut and replanted, the landscape might, at first glance, appear as if the trees we see now are the ...

I'm micro-dosing Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing's work to explore reforming churches in landscapes and with legacies shaped by extraction and toxicity. There's much more to unpack, but here are some early thoughts.

Read it here: www.littorallyspeaking.ca/the-contamin...
#theology #ecology #matsutake #church

Bishops Beyond Borders A time of conversation, fellowship, and prayer among the Anglican/Episcopal bishops of Maine, Montreal, New Hampshire, Quebec, and Vermont.

Also interesting to see what American faith leaders are saying about it. Here's a highlight:

"there is a vision at play of what society should be, and it is—let us say it—it is Satanic, it's demonic..."

- Bishop Rob Hirschfeld, Diocese of New Hampshire.

Loving this piece by @peaceloveangst.bsky.social "As Christians, what will enable us to live with integrity and faith in this moment?" That is exactly the question we all need to be asking.

Bishops Beyond Borders A time of conversation, fellowship, and prayer among the Anglican/Episcopal bishops of Maine, Montreal, New Hampshire, Quebec, and Vermont.

"there is a vision at play of what society should be, and it is—let us say it—it is Satanic, it's demonic... What we have now at play is this image of ... forces that are trying to reconstruct the Tower of Babel... to be of one language, one race, one mindset, one party..." - Bishop Rob Hirschfeld

Bishops Beyond Borders A time of conversation, fellowship, and prayer among the Anglican/Episcopal bishops of Maine, Montreal, New Hampshire, Quebec, and Vermont.

"...what do we owe our allegiance to? It's not, you know, these... crazy political boundaries and nations... and any of that. ... [It is] this love that knows no boundary, and that is what we owe our allegiance to, to Jesus, to God, to each other, and our baptisms..." - Bishop Shannon MacVean-Brown

Getting unstuck Hello there. Today Nanaboozho gets himself a caribou, or maybe a bear. The wolves eat his kill because he got stuck in a tree, then he gets his head stuck in a skull, and while he's stumbling around ...

Knowing who others are, their social and geographic location, can help us get unstuck. Think about what the social and geographic location of the authors, teachers, and speakers you rely on tells you about your own location. Is that, perhaps, why you are stuck?

www.thousandworlds.ca/getting-unst...

And it's only Tuesday.
#owl

For years we have spoken about the harms of being silenced by an NDA, we are proud of Jen for sharing her story.

Legislators- let this be an example of why legislation MUST be passed to ban the misuse of NDAs

L’agrandissement du parc marin du Saguenay–Saint-Laurent en voie de se concrétiser Québec et Ottawa prévoient une «annonce importante» pour les milieux marins ce vendredi.

Celebrating a small win 🐳 Still dreaming of the day the river is recognized as a person.