eNews - April 2015    

 

Anthroposophical Society in Canada 

 

(♦ ♦ ♦ aussi disponible en francais♦ ♦ ♦)

   

2016 Conference
Encountering Our Humanity
Money For A Better World
A new study group is being formed to explore innovative ideas around money and economics. The focus will be mostly on ideas arising from the work of Rudolf Steiner and anthroposophy. Starts April 6 at Hesperus in Thornhill. Poster
Network Updates
Montréal

  

Frederick Amrine
Rudolf Steiner The Artist: Architecture, Eurythmy and Music.  15-17 May
 
♦ Other IRSQ Programs.  Calendar 

 

 

Annual Meeting of the Economics Conference 

24 - 28 June

Open to anyone who takes earnestly the indications of Rudolf Steiner and the work of the School of Spiritual Science as regards modern economic life. Details

 
Thornhill Group


 

FOUNDATIONS OF MEDITATIVE PRACTICE

With Lisa Romero

June 19-21

Friday evening beginning at 6:30pm, Saturday 10am-3pm and Sunday 1-5pm

Details

Nova Scotia

THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILD
May 2,16 & 30th
This 12-hour introductory study offers an opportunity to discover more about the thinking behind Waldorf education, about anthroposophy in general.
NATURAL BEEKEEPING WORKSHOP FOR BEGINNERS based on Biodynamic Principles
Bello Uccello Honey Bee Sanctuary (Demeter Certified Biodynamic Apiary)
June 17 - 18, 2015                  or         June 20-21,2015
For details contact:  Klaus and Shirley Langpohl  
THE DELICATE BALANCE OF GAIA - developing a new consciousness of earth and water.  6-10 August, 2015 at Oakdene School, Bear River
LEADERS: Jennifer Greene, Duncan & Maggie Keppie,
Jonathan Swan and Monika Wildemann.  Details 
Membership Update
Siegrun Price crossed the threshold March 6. See obituary.

Hannah Hidson (Duncan, BC)
has joined the Society.  
 
Welcome! 
Editorial Notes
 
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Contact Info
Anthroposophical Society    in Canada 
# 131 - 1 Hesperus Rd.
Thornhill, ON
L4J 0G9

Administrator
416-892-3656


Council 

Dorothy Lebaron (ON) Interim President
Judith King (NS), Secretary
Douglas Wylie (ON), Treasurer 
John Bach (BC)
Arie van Ameringen (QC), General Secretary

School For Spiritual Science 

For list of Class Holders,
click here.

For a list of Collegium members, click here.

Annual General Meeting and Conference

May 15 - 17, 2015


 

Solve et Coagula?

 

Once a year, we the members, have the opportunity to meet together in a formalized setting. In one sense this is a worldly demand placed upon us through our registration as a Not-for Profit Corporation. This legal form places us deeply in the material world demanding responsibility as well as opening us to public scrutiny and accountability. That's the Caesar part! However, within this skin woven of regulations and by-laws lives the spiritual impulse behind our shared mission. Meeting together as members enables those present to be the mediating soul force between the earthly and the heavenly poles. This of course leads from the 'business'aspect to the conference theme of "And the darkness becomes light."That's the soul spiritual part!

 

Truly a wonderful opportunity to take these two days to breathe in and then take the next 12 months to breathe out into the world with our work, vocation and mission. We hope to see you there!

 

Ed.

 Click here for flyer & registration

Reminder: AGM

If you are attending the AGM, please remember to bring your pink card.

If you are attending the AGM & Conference and require meals at Hesperus these must be booked with your conference registration before May 8th.

For those who would like to attend the AGM but are hindered by high travel costs, there are still some travel awards available. Please apply to the administrator. 

Reminder: Membership Contributions

Just a simple reminder,that under our by-laws, all annual contributions are due by the date of the annual general meeting, that is May 16th.

Please note that only members in 'good standing', that is have paid there membership contribution by May 16th can vote at the AGM.
Introduction - Jef Saunders
 
 As your new administrator I'm looking forward to meeting or engaging with members as I settle in to this new role. Or should I more correctly say, re-entering this role? Before Mark McAlister took on this task seven years ago I spent six months bridging the administrator's position between Timothy Cox's and Mark's tenure. I'm a resident of Hesperus Fellowship Village, an anthroposophically inspired seniors residence adjacent to the Toronto Waldorf School. I see the administrator's role as an exciting opportunity to provide information, communication and connectivity for all members of the Society and movement. To this end I welcome your questions, queries, information, feedback and news both from you personally and your local communities.
Upcoming Events

THE LEMNISCATE MOVEMENT IN POETRY AND MUSIC THROUGH EURYTHMY: 
2 May, Ottawa with Christina Beck Flyer

ANTHROPOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN CANADA.  Annual members meeting and conference,, Thornhill, ON.  Flyer

ANTHROPOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN CANADA.  Annual class holders conference, 15-17 May, 2015Thornhill, ON.

FINDING HOPE IN DARK TIMES:  an Exploration of Human Connection will be held June 26th , 27th, and 28th, 2015 in Shelburne, Vermont. Information

AWAKENING TO NATURE'S OPEN SECRETS: Pathways in Science and Art 
June 21 - 26, Sunday 6:30 pm to Friday 5:30 pm 
with Craig Holdrege, Henrike Holdrege and 
the faculty of the Hawthorne Valley Alkion Center. 
Alkion Center Website

MIRACLES OF LIGHT AND COLOR
July 9 - 14, Thursday 7:00 pm to Tuesday 4 pm 

with Henrike Holdrege and Jennifer Thomson 

The Nature Institute Website

WEST COAST INSTITUTE for studies in anthroposophy, Waldorf Grades Teacher Training, July, 2015Flyer

WEST COAST INSTITUTE for studies in anthroposophy, Waldorf Early Childhood Educator Training, July, 2015.F lyer

GOETHEANUM SUMMER CONFERENCE.  30 July - 2 August.

FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND EDUCATION at the Rudolf Steiner Centre Toronto.6-24 July.  Website

TOUR WITH BODO VAN PLATO.
♦ Vancouver: 24-26 July. 
Contact John Bach

♦ Toronto: 31 July - 2 August. 

♦ Montreal: 7-9 August.  
Contact Jean Balekian

VISIT BY JOAN SLEIGH September (more details in June e-news)
Deepening Anthroposophy 

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OBITUARY
Siegrun Price

1941 - 2015 

Siegrun was born on September 3rd, 1941, in Plöhnen, East Prussia. Her family fled south to Olbersdorf, near Dresden, two years later, to avoid the advancing Russian army. She grew up in what became East Germany. Her family then escaped to the west on the very last train out of  East Berlin. In 1961, she was ledto the Camphill Homes in Aberdeen, Scotland, where she trained under Dr. Karl Konig.  She was so inspired at what she received that she immediately became a member of the Anthroposophical Society. When she returned to Germany, she came into contact with Waldorf Education, and soon afterwards became a trained Waldorf Class Teacher in England, together with her husband Colin, whom she met on the same course. In 1980, she and her family emigrated to Canada, where she continued her professional Waldorf teaching career. During these years, she became a member of the First Class, and also of the Pedagogical Section. Her last five years were spent suffering increasingly from Parkinson's Disease and dementia, and she passed across the threshold on March 6th, in the early hours of the morning, with great relief.

 

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