Regional News

Values, new horizons, connection and hope – KAIROS regional gatherings

December 2, 2025

In a world where our news platforms increasingly show us stumbling from one crisis to the next, where personal isolation is an at an all-time high, and it can feel like we’re all alone in our fight for a better…

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Feeding a Movement

December 3, 2024

Four unique gatherings fed the faithful movement for justice this fall. Like twigs and bark lay the foundations of a warming fire, ideas of new stories, old stories, a place of retreat, a conversation on spirituality, a commitment to solidarity,…

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Honouring Ruth Cruikshank and her three decades of service

November 5, 2024

After three decades, Ruth Cruikshank is retiring as a KAIROS volunteer. A foundational member of the local group Dufferin KAIROS near Orangeville Ontario, Ruth served as co-chair of the KAIROS Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region from 2013 to 2015. Staff and…

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A tribute to Rev. Alison Etter, KAIROS local and regional volunteer

March 5, 2024

Rev. Alison Louise Etter (May 22, 1982, to February 14, 2024) died too young. She leaves behind a loving husband, Prof. Tom Urbaniak and young son, Oliver, along with parents, family and friends. We ache for their loss and the…

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KAIROS bids farewell to its Ottawa office

May 1, 2023

The Ottawa office at the Bronson Centre closed its doors for the last time on April 30. The space served KAIROS for 22 years, generating fond memories and serving as headquarters for important initiatives such as KAIROS’ Let Justice Roll…

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Never a Better Time

March 31, 2023

KAIROS Regina invites you on a journey of faith, one that challenges our comfortable lives and changes the very buildings we worship in. On October 15, 2022, they hosted a workshop called, “Creation Care in our Places of Prayer: Energy…

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Everybody Needs a Home

February 28, 2023

Toronto city started tracking deaths of homeless people in 2017, when an average of 1.9 died per week; in 2021, an average of 4.3 of the unhoused died each week. This was one of the stark statistics researchers Sandra Fawcett…

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