The Mennonite Heritage Centre
in Winnipeg now has a copy of the 130,000-page collection of Mennonite-related
documents from the Zaporizhzhe Archive in Ukraine. Harvey L. Dyck
presented the microfilmed collection to the centre on April 27.
Dyck directs the Research Program in Tsarist and Soviet Mennonite
Studies at the University of Toronto. The Heritage Centre was
a key partner in the six-year project. The collection is a landmark
not only in the study of Mennonites, but of Tsarist and Soviet
policy toward minorities, says John Staples, who with Dyck prepared
the guide that accompanies the microfilm. Copies of the collection
are deposited at the University of Toronto and the project's other
partners: B.C. Mennonite Historical Society and the Institute
of Ukrainian Studies at Harvard University.-From release
Mennonite Church Canada has re-leased Going Gracefully, a collection of resources relating to death and funerals for pastors and caregivers. This collection grew out of a course on weddings and funerals offered by Canadian Mennonite Bible College in 2000. It is the first of an anticipated series of resources. The booklet, edited by Larry Kehler, includes guides for situations such as stillbirths, miscarriages, and suicides, as well as a step-by-step funeral planner and living will declaration. Going Gracefully is available in two formats from MC Canada or can be downloaded at www.mennonitechurch.ca/resources/caregiving.html.-MC Canada
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