This 3-5 day annual program of ecumenical education and networking is an opportunity for training and continuing education in the area of current ecumenical events, documents, dialogues, and projects both international and local. Each year there will be a component of formation for those newly arrived in ecumenism, a component of networking and sharing news and views from across Canada, and a component of continuing education. It will be hosted by various communities across the prairies, in liaison with the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism.

Beginning in 1982, the Summer Ecumenical Institute has been a national program coordinated by the two Canadian ecumenical centres. Beginning in 2001, the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism has had sole responsibility for the project.

The Institute is open to participants from across Canada and around the world. The Ecumenical Institute is attended by ecumenical officers, church leaders, and lay people concerned about ecumenical issues. Normally 5 days in length, the Institute explores a variety of themes related to contemporary church life. Each theme is explored in such a way as to seek insights into the nature and practice of Christian unity.

For further information, contact the Prairie Centre by phone (306-653-1633) or email: .

Past Institutes:

Institutes passé :

2008 Montréal, Québec Is Christianity still relevant today? How to respond effectively to a postmodern culture
June 4-6, 2008
2007 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Making Peace in the Household of God
June 26-29, 2007
Keynote speakers: David Brubaker & Dale Lang
2006 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Gifts to Each Other: exploring our treasures of worship and prayer.
2005 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Collaborative Ministries: Ecumenism in Action
"Ministering together when we're small and scattered."
2004 Winnipeg, Manitoba Be not Afraid: Common Christian Witness in a Culture of Fear
Keynote speaker: Tom Yoder Neufeld
2003 Regina, Saskatchewan The Faces of Religion -- The Faces of Jesus
2002 Calgary, Alberta At the heart of Christianity
2001 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan From Dialogue to: Shared Mission and Network
2000 Montréal, Québec cancelled
1999 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Through the looking glass: faces and phases of Christian unity
1998 Ville de Québec, Québec Le prêtre catholique dans un monde pluraliste
(à l'Université de Laval) (cancelled)
1997 Calgary, Alberta Covenants & Covenanting Churches
1996 Montréal, Québec Food for the Journey -- Ecumenism & Spirituality
1995 Montréal, Québec À la recontre des autres chrétiens et des grandes religions
1994 St. John's, Newfoundland The Household of God: One Heart, One Spirit
1993 Edmonton, Alberta "God's Ministry and Ours": A New Look at Ecumenism -- Meeting God Together in the World
1992 Montréal, Québec
1991 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan post-Canberra
1990 Halifax, Nova Scotia
1989 Montréal, Québec Oecuménisme: historique et défis actuels / relations interreligieuses
1988 Toronto, Ontario
1986 Edmonton, Alberta All Are One in Christ Jesus
1983 Edmonton, Alberta
1982 Pickering, Ontario
1982 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Reconciliation in Truth, Justice and Love