The Canadian Friend is the magazine of Canadian Yearly Meeting.

The Canadian Friend, 2020 Issue #1

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Spring 2020Cover of The Canadian Friend, Spring 2020

Volume 116, Number 1

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Table of Contents

 

            MESSAGES TO FRIENDS

4          Letter from the Clerks: Cancellation of Yearly Meeting

5          Editorial by Timothy Kitz, Ottawa Monthly Meeting
            Poem: Reckoning by Rachel Yordy, Vancouver Monthly Meeting

6          “I’m glad reconciliation is dead” by Jesse Wente, Serpent River First Nation

7          Letter from Continuing Meeting of Ministry & Counsel

            AROUND THE FAMILY   

8          Ottawa Monthly Meeting’s Retreat by Carol Dixon, Ottawa Monthly Meeting

9          Coldstream Monthly Meeting’s  Young Friends Program by Pat Moauro

10        Young Friends’ Post-Boxing Day Gathering by Steve Ginley, Peterborough Monthly Meeting

            QUAKER EDUCATION    

12        Clerking a Quaker Meeting for Worship for Business by Beverly Shepard, Clerk of CYM

14        Tradition & Continuing Revelation, Part III: William Penn by Maida Follini, Halifax MM

19      What is Capitalism? by Robert Kirchner, Edmonton Monthly Meeting

25        Devastation as Faith by John Samson Fellows, Winnipeg Monthly Meeting

27        Friendly Fire Collective’s Dissolution Reflections

28        Walking the Wildlife Park by Joy Belle Conrad-Rice, Kamloops Worship Group

            POETRY

29        Baby Calla Haikus by Caroline Balderston Parry, Ottawa Monthly Meeting
            I Hope Greta Would Approve of Me Doing Nothing by Roger Davies, Halifax Monthly Meeting

            ANNOUNCEMENTS          

30        The Role of Contributions Committee by Penni Burrell, Contributions Committee Clerk  

31        Rotary Peace Fellowships by Svetlana S. MacDonald, Coldstream Monthly Meeting
            Camp NeeKauNis Needs Your Help!

The Canadian Friend, 2019 Issue #3

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Autumn 2019Cover of Canadian Friend 2019 Issue #3

Volume 115, Number 3

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Table of Contents

        
Around the Family  

4     Letters to the Editor

5     Yarmouth Monthly Meeting by Jane Zavitz
       Saanich Peninsula Monthly Meeting by Ro Fife

       Bloomfield Worship Group by Robert Horwood

6     St. Lawrence Area Regional Gathering by Sybil Grace, Ottawa Monthly Meeting


7     Atlantic Half-Yearly Meeting by Maida Follini & David Millar


8     A Report from Atlantic Friends Gathering in Poetry by Lucy Aphramor, Church Stretton, UK


YEARLY MEETING IN SESSION


10     An Overview of Canadian Yearly Meeting 2019 by Judith Brown, Tim Kitz, and Dawn Rolke


11     Cree Elder Betty Ross’ Welcome (Day 1 Reflection) by Caroline Balderston Parry, Ottawa


12     Babies in Worship & the SPG Lecture (Day 2 Reflection) by Sarah Owocki, Yonge Street


13     A “What-If-Minute” on Climate Urgency (Day 3 Reflection) by Colin Stuart, Ottawa


14     Hiroshima Day in Winnipeg (Day 4 Reflection) by Caroline Balderston Parry, Ottawa

         The Committee of Joy (Day 5 Reflection) by Jeffrey Dudiak, Edmonton Monthly Meeting


15     A Journal of Business Meeting (Day 6 Reflection) by Caroline Balderston Parry, Ottawa


17     How a Senior Introvert Survived CYM 2019 by Anne Trudell, Peterborough Monthly Meeting


18     The Cost of Colonialism, the Joy of Jubilee by Sheila Havard, Coldstream Monthly Meeting


20     Themes & Concerns from Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business by Sheila Havard


21     Creating an Abundant, Sustainable CYM by Penni Burrell, Contributions Committee Clerk


22     Excerpts from the 2019 Report of Canadian Young Friends Yearly Meeting


24     Gleanings from Canadian Yearly Meeting 2019


REFLECTIONS & CONCERNS


26     Quakers, Equality, and Capitalism (Part II) by John Samson Fellows, Winnipeg Monthly Meeting


30     Change and Transition in Canadian Yearly Meeting by Virginia Dawson, Yonge Street Meeting


31     Introduction to Quakers and Friends’ Ways from Education & Outreach Committee


32     “Brexit, the EU and You” by James M. Turner, Vancouver Monthly Meeting


35     Oneness by Jennifer Kavanagh, Westminster Meeting (Britain Yearly Meeting)


36     Being Love by Caileigh Morrison, Winnipeg Monthly Meeting


38     Finding Peace in Troubled Times by Jay O’Hara, Sandwich (Massachusetts) Monthly Meeting


39     Motion Picture by Sylvie Schellenberg, Hamilton Monthly Meeting

The Canadian Friend, 2013 Issue #2

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May 2013

Volume 109, Number 2
Multi-faith / Inter-faith

In This Issue:

1 Sacred Universe – Roger Davies
2 Editorial – Sherryll-Jeanne Harris
4 Open Letter to Friends – Margaret Slavin
5 Sunderland P. Gardner Lecturer – Caroline Balderston Parry
5 CYM Bible Study – Ben Pink Dandelion
6 The Flowers and the Bees – Keith R. Maddock
7 Around the Family
8 I was a Teenage Fundamentalist – Catherine Novak
10 Insight – Bruce Sanguin
12 Multifaith Unity and the Great Story – Gerald Harris
12 In the Beginning – Mark Jokinen
15 Report – Sybil Grace
16 Book Review – Eric Schiller
17 QBS
18 Interview with Charles Taylor – David Summerhays
20 In Faith, Between Many Faiths? – Ellen Pye
22 The Ecumenical Challenge – John Myhill
23 Report: Unity and Diversity
24 A True Christian Divinity – William H. Mueller
25 Are Quakers Christian? – Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta
26 Notice Board
28 2012 Youth Challenge!
29 Yonge Street Half Yearly Meeting – Jean Claridge
30 Report on New Meetings Project – Marilyn Manzer and Stephanie Deakin
31 WHYM 2012 Report
31 Last Words – Daphne Davey

The Canadian Friend, 2006 Issue #5

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Portraits of Canadian Friends

Summer 2006
Volume 102, Number 5Cover of 2006 Issue 5

In This Issue:

4 Sarah Chandler –  Jesse Thompson
5 An Interview With Betty Peterson – Donna Smyth
6 A Conversation With Betty Polster – Celia Cheatley
7 Gianne Broughton – Gianne Broughton
8 Dana And Vernon Mullen – Erik A Koe Nig-Sheridan
10 Friends In The Family – Sue Starr
11 Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta – Rose Marie Cipryk
12 Getting To Know Margaret Slavin – Carol Leigh Wehking
14 Connie Mungall’s Commitment To Every Living Thing – Joy Newall
15 The Inevitable Plea For Money
15 On This Day – Roger Davies
17 Update On The Foxfell Project – Ed And Vivien Abbott
18 Reflections On Marriage – Rob Hughes
19 African Summer Workcamps 2007
20 Friends And Electronic Media – Gale Wills
21 CYM Finance Committee And VOIP (“voice over internet
protocol”) – Adrian Dolling And Pauline Mckenzie
22 Thoughts On Running The Half-Marathon At The Outgames – Nathalie Brunet
23 Canadian Yearly Meeting Listeners
24 Friends United Meeting Report – Signy Fridriksson
25 Epistle From Western Half-Yearly Meeting
25 Classified Advertisements
26 Around The Family
27 Be A Part Of The Canadian Friend
28 Credits, Upcoming Themes, And Deadlines

The Canadian Friend, 2006 Issue #4

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October 2006

Volume 102, Number 4
Canadian Yearly Meeting 2006Cover of 2006 Issue 4

In This Issue:

2 From the Editor’s Desk
4 Experience of the Spirit in our lives – Margaret Slavin
5 Returning, after a long time away – Kelly Ackerman
6 The power of positive anger – Phillippa Hajdu
7 My first Canadian Yearly Meeting – Fiona McMurran
8 CYM statement “Toward a culture of peace”
9 Déclaration des Quakers canadiens « Vers une culture de la paix »
10 Letter to government concerning the crisis in the Middle East
11 Bible study at Canadian Yearly Meeting – Deborah Fisch
12 Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM) Trustees and CYM funds – Barbara Horvath
13 Atlantic Yearly Meeting?
14 Quaker initiative to end torture (QUIT) – Anne-Marie Zilliacus
18 Photos of Friends in Winnipeg: Canadian Yearly Meeting
20 Poetry – E. Madeline Campbell, Bert Horwood, Muriel N. Bishop Summers
21 The big maze at Canadian Yearly Meeting – Paul Barko, Ahren Klaassen-Wright, and Liam Watson Barber
22 Book reviews – David Millar, Bert Horwood, June-Etta Chenard
25 Quaker Book Service: newly arrived titles
26 The City of Remembrance (continued) – Amy-Jean Singleton-Polster
28 Advertising (FWCC / TMM)
29 Report from Canadian Yearly Meeting archives – Jane Zavitz-Bond
30 CYM national listeners for Adult and Young Friends
30 A report from Canadian Yearly Meeting’s food co-op
31 Susan Bax Fund Update
32 EcoPeace, EcoJustice and the Earth Charter: QEAN update – Bill Curry
33 Some gleanings from 2006 Canadian Yearly Meeting in session
34 Around the Family
36 Credits, Upcoming Themes, and Deadlines