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Join us for a public evening presentation

Friday, September 19, 2008

7:00p.m.

Mount Mary Immaculate Retreat Centre*

Ancaster, Ontario

The Geography of Hope

Featuring key note speaker

Chris Turner

author of The Geography of Hope: a Tour of the World We Need

“My goal was not merely to find a duplicate version of our current social order, minus the greenhouse gas emissions, but to find the right fragments to assemble a whole new way of life.”

Admission is $15, with option to pay what you can.

Shop before the lecture at our Fair Trade Craft Fair

This public lecture is the keynote presentation for a conference, hosted by KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives and is a part of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Regional Meeting September 19-21, 2008.

The theme for the weekend is hope. Together we will explore the hopeful options on climate change, trade and human rights.

For information about the public lecture, the full conference program and conference registration contact the conference registrar, Gail Turner at g_turner@rogers.com.

*Mount Mary Immaculate Retreat Centre

437 Wilson Street East, Ancaster, Ontario

www.mountmary.ca

To find out more details please see brochure

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At the 84th Annual Meeting of Hamilton Conference in May, a video message from the Moderator was played.

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