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Notes: "Six men were killed and 19 others wounded when a gunman opened fire on worshippers at the mosque as they prayed shortly before 8 p.m. January 29, 2017. Alexandre Bissonette, a university student, has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder in relation to the attack. The January 29 shooting was commemorated through different events January 26-29 [2018], said Bruce Myers, bishop of the diocese of Quebec". "Quebec City Anglicans have also been helping support victims of the attack. In the immediate aftermath, the diocese, Myers says, contributed to a widows' and orphans' fund set up to support family members of the victims. More recently, Anglicans have lent their support to Aymen Derbali, a member of the mosque who was shot seven times while reportedly drawing the shooter's attention to himself in an attempt to save others". "Myers said the cathedral parish has designated its Christmas Eve offering to the fund -- according to Facebook post by cathedra; Dean Christian Schreiner, this totalled almost $900 -- and a fundraising concert is being organized in the cathedral". "The diocese has been reaching out to Quebec's Muslim community since the shooting in a variety of ways, Myers said, hosting this fall, for example, a gathering of Muslim and Anglican families in the cathedral, with similar events planned for the near future".

Subjects: Bissonnette, Alexandre; Derbali, Aymen; Mass murder - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Mass murder- Quebec (Province) - Quebec City; Violence - Canada; Violence - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Myers, Bruce (Bruce Joseph Andrew), 1972-; Muslims - Canada; Islam - Relations - Christianity; Interfaith dialogue - Anglican Church of Canada

Notes: The author, a priest from the diocese of Quebec, reflects on a visit he made to the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau where he saw the cement block foundation of the camp barracks. "The bricks that make up those foundations, that build our society's capacity for mass murder, do not spring up overnight. They are laid gradually through many small actions and omissions of action -- ancient prejudices we fail to question, careless generalizations spoken to a friend, a family member or fellow practitioner whose discriminatory perspectives we will not confront. Over time, these acts and these failures to act accrue and solidify. They form the foundation upon which greater works of darkness can stand. In the aftermath of January's massacre at Quebec City's Grand Mosque, much has been said about the role that the media and identity-politicking politicians have played in cultivating a public discourse where discriminatory rhetoric is normalized and where violent acts become thinkable. It is right that this is so". "In the aftermath of such horrific violence, it is cathartic for us to repeat the words, 'Never again'. As time passes, as the outward appearance of those hateful acts seems to rot away, we may be tempted to believe that this evil has been closed down and emptied out. But it happened. It can happen. It can happen again".

Subjects: Good and evil; Good and evil - Anglican Church of Canada; Prejudices; Islamophobia - Canada; Islamophobia - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Mass murder - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Mass murder- Quebec (Province) - Quebec City; Violence - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada

Notes: "Anglicans and other Christian leaders expressed their 'sympathy and solidarity' with Muslims following a deadly attack January 29 [2017] on a mosque in the Ste-Foy neighbourhood of Quebec City. The attack which left six people dead and 19 others wounded, occurred just before 8 p.m., when a gunman opened fire while evening prayers were underway at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec. Police have charged Alexandre Bissonette, 27, with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder" (p. 1). "In a January 30 [2017] statement, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, said his heart 'goes out to all Muslims across Canada as they struggle with this terrible attack', and that the church holds in its prayers the victims of the attack, their families and their imams" (p. 1). "Coadjutor Bishop of Quebec Bruce Myers and Bishop of Montreal Mary Irwin-Gibson also issued a statement expressing their 'grief and repugnance at this brutal act of violence against another community of faith' in the midst of prayer'. When one is attacked, we are all attacked, and our whole society is diminished', the said" (p. 15). "The Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) expressed 'shock and sadness' at the attack, and in a statement signed by CCC president Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan, recommitted itself to 'opposing the hate and prejudice that disfigures our communities and leads to violence both at home and abroad' (p. 15).

Subjects: Mass murder - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Mass murder- Quebec (Province) - Quebec City; Violence - Canada; Violence - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Hiltz, Fred (Frederick James), 1953-; Myers, Bruce (Bruce Joseph Andrew), 1972-; Irwin-Gibson, Mary (Mary Catherine), 1955-; Canadian Council of Churches; Barnett-Cowan, Alyson (Alyson Mary), 1949-; Islamophobia - Canada; Islamophobia - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada