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Courtesy: Global News A Christian retreat has been scrapped. A Christian retreat planned for later this summer has been scrapped after severe criticism from the LGBTQ2 community. Vancouver-based Christian group, Journey Canada, had advertised a retreat at Villa Madonna Retreat House which its website says would have been focused on healing the “relationally and sexually …

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Courtesy: city news House Church is on the surge. A New Brunswick man said he believes organized religion is moving in a new and better direction with the advent of so-called house churches — groups of people who worship in living rooms and kitchens instead of parishes and pews. Dan Lirette and his wife left …

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Courtesy: CBC- Door-to-door is the standard for collecting candy on Halloween, but a church in downtown St. John’s is offering a Trunk-or-Treat event in the hopes of adding parishioners. “It’s where we fill our parking lot with cars, open up the trunks, have them decorated, fill them with treats and the children can come and …

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Courtesy: CBC News In “urgent” financial crisis, Saint John’s Trinity church must “make some important decisions within the next few months,” according to Rev. John Paul Westin. The spire of Trinity Church is a high gothic gem of Saint John’s skyline and according to lore, the gilt fish atop the church’s 67-metre tall steeple was …

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Courtesy: CBC News It’s been nearly two months since tens of thousands of people swarmed the Goulds neighbourhood of St. John’s for the dramatic finale of Chase the Ace, and now it’s finally time for St. Kevin’s Parish to share how much it made. During Sunday morning mass, the church distributed a highly anticipated balance …

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Courtesy: CBC Most of the churches in eastern New Brunswick that were in danger of closing are going to be able to survive at least a little bit longer, according to Archbishop Valery Vienneau. Last February, almost half of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton’s parishes — 20 out of 53 — were singled out …

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