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The push to turn Canada’s closing churches into housing
When a house of worship closes its doors, a sense of emptiness and melancholy can inflect the final…
#Canada #affordablehousing #CanadianUrbanInstitute #churches #DowntownWinnipeg #Gerrard #HeidiGerrard #LutheranChurch #residentialblock #residentialcomplexforseniors #ShannonWiebe #UnitedChurch
https://www.europesays.com/canada/172265/
https://www.europesays.com/3186312/ Head of Estonian Lutheran Church: A cultured nation builds, not demolishes | Opinion #2027RiigikoguElections #AlexanderNevskyCathedral #Alexander'sCathedralOfNarva #ChurchCouncil #Churches #Ecumenism #eelk #Eesti #estonia #EstonianEvangelicalLutheranChurch(eelk) #EstonianOrthodoxChurch #LutheranChurch #ReligionInEstonia #ReligiousFreedoms #RussianOccupationOfEstonia #RussianOrthodoxChurch #SovietOccupationOfEstonia #StMary'sChurchTartu #Toompea #TsaristEra #Uudised
Confirmation still a rite of passage in Denmark but less Christian
At 15, like most Danish teenagers, Nora Pihl chose to get confirmed but for her, as for a…
#Denmark #Danmark #DK #Europe #Europa #EU #Christensen #ChristianChurches #Christianfaith #Danishculture #denmark #HenrikReintoftChristensen #LutheranChurch #NoraPihl #religiousconfirmation #religiousinstruction #riteofpassage
https://www.europesays.com/3086600/
https://www.europesays.com/dk/115854/ Confirmation still a rite of passage in Denmark but less Christian #Christensen #ChristianChurches #ChristianFaith #DanishCulture #Danmark #Denmark #HenrikReintoftChristensen #LutheranChurch #NoraPihl #ReligiousConfirmation #ReligiousInstruction #RiteOfPassage
https://www.europesays.com/3086600/ Confirmation still a rite of passage in Denmark but less Christian #Christensen #ChristianChurches #ChristianFaith #DanishCulture #Danmark #denmark #HenrikReintoftChristensen #LutheranChurch #NoraPihl #ReligiousConfirmation #ReligiousInstruction #RiteOfPassage
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH OFFERS SPACE TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
On Dec. 31 2025, Christ Lutheran Church proposed to add townhomes to its vacant lot at Anndale Rd. and Lexington Rd. to help move the Waterloo Region out of its current housing crisis. Christ Lutheran Church had a long-held vision for the future use of the site, which included an opportunity to explore new housing options. The proposal to add 57 rental townhomes to its three-acre lot has been put into action, with some challenge from residents.
“Neighbours and community members have continued to engage with us directly, and the city is also receiving input through its formal channels…We are taking all of this input into account through the ongoing review process of the application with our team and the city,” Carly Forrester, Director of Development and Planning at Kindred Works, said.
Kindred Works, a Toronto-based rental housing design firm, was engaged to evaluate what could be supported on the portion of the property identified for redevelopment. This work has informed the low-rise residential proposal currently advancing through the zoning process.
“Some residents have raised concerns about height—the proposal is for two-three storeys, similar to the nearby homes to the north and northeast, and much shorter than the six-storey retirement residence to the south across the street. Other concerns raised include the number of homes, potential impacts on traffic, parking and greenspace,” Forrester said.
The church has occupied the mostly vacant land since 1974. The plan involves retaining the original church building, while Kindred Works develops around it. Christ Lutheran Church transferred its property to its development partner for a total of two dollars in September 2025.
“We have also received support for the proposal, including the addition of purpose-built rental housing with non-market and family-sized units, adding much needed housing to the community, the fact the building is designed to be zero-carbon, and the retention of the existing community building,” Forrester said.
This project aligns with the Region of Waterloo’s Homes for All initiative, which is a part of the Waterloo Region’s 2023-2027 Strategic Plan.
“The project is still in the zoning process, and the timeline will be shaped by the results of this phase and the municipal review process. We are eager to complete this project as soon as practical to deliver much needed housing to the community,” Forrester said.
#AdrianQuijano #affordableHousing #CarlyForrester #church #homesForAll #housing #housingCrisis #KatWex #KindredWorks #lutheranChurch #property #WaterlooRegion20232027StrategicPlan
Ruby’s Pantry leaves lasting impact on Denmark church following closure https://www.byteseu.com/1911970/ #Denmark #FoodDistribution #FoodInsecurity #LutheranChurch #PastorAndrewZoerb #PlaceOfWorship #Ruby’sPantry
https://www.europesays.com/dk/53667/ Ruby’s Pantry leaves lasting impact on Denmark church following closure #Danmark #Denmark #FoodDistribution #FoodInsecurity #LutheranChurch #PastorAndrewZoerb #PlaceOfWorship #Ruby’sPantry
https://www.europesays.com/africa/127033/ Orphan Grain Train sends supplies to Ghana | News #33SouthMainStreet #Africa #BillAllread #Bristol #Ghana #HolyTrinityChurch #HolyTrinityLutheran #ImmanuelLutheran #LutheranChurch #MedicalSupplies #OrphanGrainTrainNewEngland #OutreachMinistry #plymouth #StevenAyers #terryville
The Lutheran Church of Norway apologises for not performing same-sex marriages sooner, Evangelical Focus https://www.byteseu.com/1474337/ #ChurchNews #ChurchOfNorway #DigitalEvangelicalNews #EvangelicalNews #LGBT #LiberalTheology #LutheranChurch #Norway #NorwayChristianNews #ReligionNews #Scandinavia #transgender
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary
This is 1 of the 4 Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII gave its definition on November 1, 1950 with his apostolic constitution named Munificentissimus Deus as the Assumption of Mary, body & soul, into Heaven. It’s celebrated on August 15th.
Munificentissimus Deus mentions several Holy Fathers, theologians, & Doctor of the Church who held to the Assumption of Mary are: Adrian I, Sergius I, Leo IV, John of Damascus, Amadeus of Lausanne, Modestus of Jerusalem, Anthony of Padua, Albertus Magnus, Thomas of Aquinas, Bonaventure, Bernardino of Siena, Robert Bellarmine, Francis de Sales, Peter Canisius, Francisco Suarez, etc.
It’s debated between theologians, clergy, & laypeople whether Mary actually died or whether she was raised up to eternal life without bodily death.
In Eastern Christianity, they have an equal belief called the Dormition of the Mother of God, or the “Falling Asleep of the Mother of God.” In Lutheran churches, August 15 is celebrated as the Feast of St. Mary. Some Anglican denominations observe August 15 under a variety of names, including the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin or the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
In the Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary, this is credited to Joseph of Arimathea, 1 of the apostles (often pictured as Thomas the Apostle, of Doubting Thomas fame), wasn’t there at the time of Mary’s death. But he gets there late. This brought about a reopening of Mary’s tomb. Only Mary’s grave clothes were found in the empty tomb. Just like her son, Jesus. Subsequently, Mary drops her girdle down to the apostles, from Heaven, as proof of the event happening.
The feast was commanded for Constantinople on August 15 by Emperor Maurice in 600. About 50 years later, it was introduced in Rome & is mentioned in a papal decree of Sergius (687-701), who started a procession for the feast.
Pope Leo IV gave the feast a vigil & an octave to solemnise it above all others. An octave is the 8th day after a church festival, including the day of the festival. Pope Nicholas I placed it on a par with Christmas & Easter. On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII declared the Assumption of the Virgin Mary as a dogma of faith.
In the 12th century, a German nun Elisabeth of Schonau was allegedly granted visions of Mary & Jesus. This had a far-reaching influence on the Western Church’s tradition. In her work Visio de resurrectione beaten Virginia Mariae, she tells how Mary was assumed in body & soul into Heaven.
On May 1, 1950, Gilles Bouhours, who was a Marian seer, reported to Pope Pius XII a supposed message that the Virgin Mary would have ordered him to tell the Pope on the dogma of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary.
It’s said that Pius XII asked God for a sign that could reassure him that the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was ACTUALLY wanted by God. This just happened to be during the Holy Year of 1950.
When Gilles communicated the message to Pius XII, the Pope considered this message the hoped for granted to Gilles by the Pope. Pius XII himself said the dogma of the Assumption of the body & soul of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven.
Some Catholics believe that Mary passed away before being assumed. But they believe that she was miraculously resurrected before being assumed. This is a moralistic interpretation. Others believe she was assumed bodily into Heaven without dying first. This is an immoralistic interpretation. Either interpretation can be held legitimately by Catholics, with Eastern Catholics observing the Feast as the Dormition.
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church on August 15th. The Eastern Orthodox & Eastern Catholics celebrated the Dormition of the Mother of God on this date. This is also called the Dormition of the Theotokos, the “falling asleep of the Mother of God. It’s preceded by a 14-day period of fasting.
Eastern Christians believe Mary died a natural death, that he soul was received by Christ upon death, that her body was resurrected after her death, & that she was taken up into a Heaven bodily in anticipation of the general resurrection.
Views differ within Protestantism. They are those with a theology closer to Catholicism sometimes believing in a bodily assumption. Most Protestants don’t believe this.
The Lutheran Church kept the Feast of the Assumption of Mary after the Reformation. They designated August 15th as a lesser festival named “Mary, Mother of Our Lord” or “St. Mary, Mother of our Lord.”
While in Anglicanism, the Assumption of Mary is accepted by some & rejected by others. It disappeared from Anglican worship in 1549. It partially returned to Anglo-Catholic tradition during the 20th century under different names.
A Marian feast on August 15th is celebrated by the Church of England as a non-specific feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast is called by the Scottish Episcopal Church it’s a feast called “St. Mary the Virgin.” Other Anglican provinces have a feast of the Dormition. The Anglican Church of Canada’s Book of Common Prayer (1962) marks the day as the “Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
Assumption Day on August 15th is a nationwide public holiday in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chile, Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, East Timor, France, Gabon, Greece, Georgia (the country), Republic of Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of North Macedonia, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Montenegro (Albanian Catholics), Paraguay, Philippines (Maragondon, Cavite), Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, To go, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tahiti, & Vanuatu. It was also in Hungary until 1948.
It’s also a public holiday in parts of Germany (parts of Bavaria & Saarland), Switzerland (in 14 of 26 countries), & Bosnia & Herzegovina. In Guatemala, it is observed in Guatemala City & the town of Santa Maria Nebaj. Both cities claim her as their patron saint. In Costa Rica & parts of Belgium, the day is combined with Mother’s Day.
Prominent Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, & Oriental Orthodox countries in which Assumption Day is an important feast day but isn’t a public holiday recognized by the state include the Czech Republic, Ireland, Mexico, the Philippines, & Russia. In Bulgaria, the Feast of the Assumption is the biggest Eastern Orthodox celebration of the Holy Virgin. In Eastern Orthodox churches following the Julian Calendar, the feast day falls on August 28th.
In the Maronite church, the Assumption of Mary is known as the “Assumption of the Holy Mother of God.” It’s celebrated on August 15th.
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Church of Norway formally apologizes to LGBTQ+ community https://www.byteseu.com/1464007/ #apology #bishop #ChurchOfNorway #discrimination #Europe #EvangelicalLutheran #GayClergy #GayPastors #GunViolence #harassment #LondonPub #Lutheran #LutheranChurch #lutheranism #MarriageEquality #MassShooting #Norway #OlavFykseTveitat #Oslo #OsloPride #PresidingBishop #pride #SameSexMarriage #SameSexWeddings #scandanvia #World
https://www.europesays.com/2466419/ Oktoberfest brings fun, German food and local vendors to Topeka #bierocks #germany #LutheranChurch #october #OctoberFest #Octoberfest #Oktober #OktoberFest #Oktoberfest #PrinceOfPeace #PrinceOfPeaceLutheranChurch
“Kill the Indian in him, and save the man.”
White Christians denounced Apache cultural practices as "satanic". Not the 19th century: this is 21st-century Arizona.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/jun/24/apache-students-school-reservation
#FortApache #LutheranChurch #NativeAmericans #ReligiousDiscrimination #Apaches
Anti-Trans Lutheran Thinks Personal Pronouns are a “Sinful Delusion”
For my own sake, I do my best to avoid the LCMS entirely, but sometimes the world likes to tempt
https://sheseeksnonfiction.blog/2023/07/30/anti-trans-lutheran-thinks-personal-pronouns-are-a-sinful-delusion/
#LGBTQ+Equality #SocialJustice #TheLutheranChurch—MissouriSynod #anti-translutheran #bible #christian #Christianity #lcms #lutheran #lutheranchurch #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #trans #transphobia #transphobic
The Lutheran Church Goes ‘Woke’: Will Start Excommunicating White Supremacists/Neo-Nazis
Missouri Synod, its president, vice-presidents and all 35 district presidents, along with its ministerium and congregations, categorically reject the horrible and racist teachings of
https://newsviews.online/2023/02/27/the-lutheran-church-goes-woke-will-start-excommunicating-white-supremacists-neo-nazis/
#Religion #ChristianNationalists #hate #LutheranChurch #MAGAts #neo-Nazis #WhiteSupremacists