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Centre Place produces free original online content including history, philosophy, and theology lectures; meditation resources, music, and more. Our international community of learners and spiritual seekers is LGBTQ+ affirming, non-dogmatic, & interfaith. Our facility in downtown Toronto is currently not hosting in-person events. Find out more at www.centreplace.ca.

03/15/2026

How do we seek unity while acknowledging our diversity?

03/15/2026

How do we seek unity while acknowledging our diversity?

In 1 Corinthians, Paul addresses division in one of the earliest Christian communities, yet two millennia later Christia...
03/13/2026

In 1 Corinthians, Paul addresses division in one of the earliest Christian communities, yet two millennia later Christianity is more divided than ever. If Christ is one, how can there be division in the church? How do Christians seek unity while acknowledging diversity?

Nancy Ross will explore the first 3 chapters of 1 Corinthians in her sermon. Lanette Vawter, the new Director of Leadership Development for Community of Christ in Canada, will share the Living Church Lesson.

How did a medieval missionary to Ireland become one of Christianity’s major saints and the figure behind today’s St. Pat...
03/12/2026

How did a medieval missionary to Ireland become one of Christianity’s major saints and the figure behind today’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations? John Hamer examines the historical Patrick and the development of Celtic Christianity that shaped the traditions behind the modern holiday.

📅 Tuesday, March 17
⏰ 7:00 PM EDT

03/10/2026

Are the traditions that recognize Peter as the first pope rooted in history?

03/08/2026

Paul sends an enslaved man back to his master as “a beloved brother.” How does Philemon confront unjust systems then and now?

03/08/2026

Paul sends an enslaved man back to his master as “a beloved brother.” How does Philemon confront unjust systems then and now?

Daylight Savings time starts today in Toronto and most regions across North America. If time does not change in your are...
03/08/2026

Daylight Savings time starts today in Toronto and most regions across North America. If time does not change in your area, make sure you join our live streams one hour earlier than last week.

This week we turn to Paul’s shortest and most personal letter, the Epistle to Philemon. This text — which Paul writes fr...
03/06/2026

This week we turn to Paul’s shortest and most personal letter, the Epistle to Philemon. This text — which Paul writes from prison — suggests Onesimus was enslaved to Philemon, and that Paul is now sending him back to his master. Is Paul simply accepting slavery as part of social reality, or is he planting theological seeds that undermine this unjust system of oppression? Paul refers to Onesimus as “my heart” and urges Philemon to receive him no longer as a slave but “a beloved brother.” How do we reconcile this text with Paul’s proclamation that in Christ “there is no longer slave or free”? Wednesday Jones, from Moncks Corner, South Carolina, will be our speaker.

Pope Leo XIV is regarded as heir to St. Peter, who Christians remember as the leader of the Twelve Apostles and—accordin...
03/05/2026

Pope Leo XIV is regarded as heir to St. Peter, who Christians remember as the leader of the Twelve Apostles and—according to tradition—the first pope. Are these traditions rooted in history? Following last week’s lecture on “The Historical Peter,” John Hamer of Toronto Centre Place will explore extra-canonical sources, including early apocryphal books, and later Christian writers of the 3rd and 4th centuries. We will contrast these sources with other historical records concerning the development of the Papacy.
📅 Tuesday, Mar 10
⏰ 7:00 PM EDT

03/03/2026

What can we know about the historical Peter and what are the sources of our later traditions and legends about this disciple of Jesus?

03/01/2026

How can we know Christ and follow His example?

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