Mary Ward Centre

10/03/2026

💧This Sunday, join us for Where Two Seas Meet, an afternoon bringing Muslim and Christian voices together to reflect on Living Water, faith, creation, and our relationship with the natural world.

🎟️ Register: https://lnkd.in/ge2ervtB

As the Season of Creation meets Islamic History Month in Canada, come discover what can emerge when different traditions meet with curiosity, respect, and a willingness to listen.

📅 Sunday, October 4 | 2:30–4:30 p.m.
📍 Mary Ward Centre | 70 St. Mary Street, Toronto

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Two traditions. One conversation. Come discover where they meet.

09/30/2026

REMEMBER. 🧡
The children who never returned home.
The Survivors.
Their families.
Their communities.

Today, across Canada, people are gathering for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Learning is part of reconciliation. Explore the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s resources:
🔗trw-svr.nctr.ca

Every Child Matters. 🧡

09/29/2026

Cross-Border Strategies to Prevent Human Trafficking. The Ancillary Event for the 15th Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice by the CJ International Network to prevent human trafficking, led by the office in New York, Loreto Ibvm Ngo
in partnership with VIVAT International, and the great participation of the CJ ministries around the world working on preventing human trafficking, supporting and protecting victims and survivors: Mary Ward Loreto Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre- Loreto Mary Ward Centre TO

Geopolitical machinations and high-profile sit-downs amid a tense global landscape are, as expected, commanding the spotlight during the ongoing 81st session of the UN General Assembly that concludes Sept. 28 in New York City.

09/25/2026

What does water mean to a Muslim and a Christian? 💧
More than we might imagine.
Join us at: bit.ly/2seasmeet

For Where Two Seas Meet, Muslim and Christian speakers come together to explore Living Water through their different faith traditions—finding connections through spirituality, creation, and our relationship with the natural world.

And the encounter goes beyond conversation: we’ll share refreshments inspired by both traditions.

Join us as Season of Creation meets Islamic History Month in Canada for an afternoon designed to bring people, faith, and creation into conversation.

📅 Sunday, October 4 | 2:30–4:30 p.m.
📍 70 St. Mary Street, Toronto
🎟️ $10

Two traditions. One conversation. Come discover where they meet.

09/23/2026

Join us for our retreat: Discovering Spiritual Treasures in the World’s Religions. 🌎

09/23/2026

Today, we welcomed students from St. John Henry Newman Catholic High School in Scarborough for our World Religions Retreat: Discovering Spiritual Treasures in the World’s Religions. 🌎

Through reflection, stories, music, meditation, and dialogue, students explored the spiritual treasures that can bring us together and inspire justice, peace, and care for our common home.

Thank you to the teachers for making space for this meaningful experience and for accompanying their students on the journey.

09/21/2026

Walking together for peace. 💙🕊️

A moment from yesterday’s Blue Scarf Peace Walk, when we joined KAIROS, MIC, Camp Micah, Intercultural Dialogue Institute, and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto to make our shared commitment to peace visible on the streets of Toronto.

Thank you to our partners and everyone who walked with us for your effort, courage, and commitment to peace.

The walk ended. The commitment continues.

09/21/2026

Today, we celebrate the International Day of Peace. 🕊️💙

Yesterday, that celebration began with a simple but meaningful action: walking together for peace.

People from different cultures, generations, and faith traditions came together for the Blue Scarf Peace Walk. We listened to stories of displacement, peacebuilding, education, and community, and then walked together to Queen’s Park carrying the message of the Blue Scarf Movement—a vision that began with young Afghan Peace Volunteers in Kabul: “A border-free world, without war, under one blue sky.”

We are deeply grateful to KAIROS, MIC, Camp Micah, Intercultural Dialogue Institute, and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto for their partnership, effort, and courage in helping create a space where people could come together and make peace visible in our city.

And thank you to everyone who joined us, wore the blue scarf, listened, walked, and chose to stand for peace.

Today, as we mark the International Day of Peace, we are reminded that peace does not end when the walk ends. It continues in how we listen, how we respond to one another, and the choices we make every day.

The walk ended. The commitment continues. 💙

09/18/2026

What if, for one afternoon, Toronto walked together for peace? 💙

This Sunday, we invite you to be part of the Blue Scarf Peace Walk.

Inspired by a movement that began with young Afghan Peace Volunteers in Kabul, we’ll come together across cultures, faiths, and communities and walk from the Mary Ward Centre to Queen’s Park.

One city. Many communities. One blue sky.

📅 September 20 | 4:00–6:00 p.m.
📍 70 St. Mary Street, Toronto

Spaces are still open. Register and join the walk:
bit.ly/blue-walk

09/18/2026

The 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is taking place from September 26 to October 1, 2026.

In light of this, the Loreto Ibvm Ngo in New York—in collaboration with VIVAT International, Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre- Loreto, Mary Ward Loreto, and Mary Ward Toronto—is hosting an ancillary webinar event titled “Cross-Border Strategies to Prevent Human Trafficking.”

Event Details:

Date: September 28, 2026
Time: 7:00 a.m. EDT (New York/Toronto); 6:00 p.m. GMT+7 (Indonesia); 4:30 p.m. GMT+5:30 (Kolkata); 1:00 p.m. GMT+2 (Rome)
Speakers & Participants: Panellists from Rome, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Albania, New York, and Toronto.