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Workshops, Study Day and Retreat Calendar for 2025 and 2026

Here are the events planned for 2025. These events are all considered as continuing education for Lay Readers of the Diocese of Montréal.


Next Event -

   

Friday April 25 to
Sunday April 27

Annual Retreat
Theme: Our Pilgrimage of Life in the Shadows
Leader: Rev. Dr. Jeff Crittenden, D. Min., Ph.D.,
Assistant-professor in Practical Theology at Huron University
(at Western, London, ON)
Location: Manoir d'Youville, Châteauguay

For more details  (revised March 17, 2025)

  • Description of the Retreat in English
  • Description of the Retreat in French
  • Registration form (English)
  • Registration form (French)
 

 
   

Planned Events for 2025

 

Saturday May 24

Annual General Meeting and potential seminar
(subject to be determined)

 
     

Saturday September 27

Subject to be determined

 
 

Saturday October 25

Subject to be determined

 
 

Saturday November 22

Study Day and Commissioning Service
Subject: Biblical origins and the two-god confusion
Speaker: Rev. Patricia Kirkpatrick
Location: Church of All Saints by the Lake (Dorval) and online

 

 

Planned Events for 2026

 

Saturday January 24

Subject to be determined

 
     

Saturday February 28

Subject to be determined

 
     

Saturday March 28

Subject to be determined

 
     

Friday April 24 to
Sunday April 26

Annual Retreat
Location and theme to be determined

 
     

Saturday May 23

Annual General Meeting and potential seminar
(subject to be determined)

 
     

Saturday September 26

Subject to be determined

 
     

Saturday October 24

Subject to be determined

 
     

Saturday November 21

Study Day and Commissioning Service
Subject to be determined
Location: Church of All Saints by the Lake (Dorval) and online

 

 
   

 

 

 

 

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