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Welcome to the Refugee Among Us
with Margaret Marquardt and Mambo Tabu Masinda
This is a course for those who have come to Canada as refugees. Participants will be invited to reflect on their lives back home and in Canada. These stories will be received with care and prayer and focus on the celebration of hope, not only for us as individuals but also for our families and all of humanity.
The context of this course is, as St. Paul wrote to the Christian community at Rome, to “welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God” (Romans 15:7). There will be opportunity to talk about Canada, the customs, the geography, the politics, and the voting system etc. We will have time to talk about what is important to the participants. We will pray and sing and celebrate. There will be a focus on building relationships between parents and children. We will take part in the life of Sorrento Centre including a visit to the farm.
Sponsorship: Any parish or individual who would like to sponsor a refugee family or individual to attend Sorrento and this program is welcome to call Sorrento Centre.
MARGARET MARQUARDT, an Anglican priest for over 30 years, served at St. Margaret’s Cedar Cottage in Vancouver, British Columbia, for much of that time. Since 2009 she has been an outreach worker with South Burnaby
Neighbourhood House, working with families with pre-school age children, many of whom have come to Canada as refugees.Margaret has served as Co-Chair of the Diocese of New Westminster Eco-Justice Unit and as a member of the Metro Vancouver Alliance, helping bring religious, community, union, and small business groups together to work for long term social change.
MAMBO TABU MASINDA lives in Surrey, British Columbia, where he works with new Canadians as a settlement worker with the Burnaby School Division. Originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mambo came to Canada as a refugee in 1988. He holds a PhD in political science from Laval University in Quebec City, Quebec, and has published numerous articles in the areas of health, literacy, mental health, science and technology and immigrant services.
Course Fee: $300
Sponsored by Sorrento Centre
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