CPT - Centre for Practical Theology

04/28/2026

A pilgrimage begins with a single step and we want to support you.

Applications are open for the Crittenden Pilgrimage Bursary. Funding helps offset costs such as travel, food, and preparation.

Recipients are asked to share something from their journey upon return. This could be a reflection, video, or another form of storytelling.

Apply today! Link in bio 🔗

04/25/2026

Application deadline extended ❗️

The Crittenden Pilgrimage Bursary is offering $1,000 in funding to support your pilgrimage journey.

Your pilgrimage may be experienced through movement such as walking, cycling, paddling, or wheelchairing. Recipients are asked to share something from their journey upon return. This could be a reflection, video, or another form of storytelling.

Funding helps offset costs such as travel, food, and preparation.

If this has been on your mind, now is the time to apply.

Apply here:�https://unitedchurchfoundation.ca/grants/general-grant-opportunities/

03/28/2026

Feel called to pilgrimage?

The Crittenden Pilgrimage Bursary, created by The Rev. Dr. Jeff Crittenden and his wife, Katherine, reflects their shared commitment to the transformative power of pilgrimage and the communities it creates.

This bursary supports people in the United Church of Canada interested in undertaking human-powered journeys such as walking, cycling, paddling, wheelchairing, and more.

Applicants should demonstrate financial need, and recipients are asked to share their experience upon return through a reflection, video, or other offering. Funding helps offset costs like travel, food, and preparation.

🗓 Deadline April 15, 2026

Apply here:
https://unitedchurchfoundation.ca/grants/general-grant-opportunities/

03/22/2026

I’m pleased to be offering a course this spring through Huron’s Licentiate in Theology Program:

JESUS AND PAUL: The Gospel’s Power in a Roman Empire
Together, we will explore the New Testament within its first- and second-century Mediterranean context, engaging its narratives, letters, and poetry as witnesses to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. We will also consider how the earliest followers of Jesus proclaimed this message across the Roman Empire, and how these texts continue to shape faithful and compelling proclamation today.

Beginning April 11
Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (ET)
Hosted live via Zoom

$350 (Full Credit) | $175 (Audit)

If you are interested in deepening your engagement with scripture, particularly for preaching and teaching, I would be glad to have you join us.

Jeff

03/07/2026

Huron’s LTh Program is launching several upcoming Lifelong Learning courses, with registration opening early next week.

We are excited to share that Dr. Jeff Crittenden will be teaching Jesus and Paul: The Gospel’s Power in a Roman Empire, beginning April 11 (Saturdays, 10:00–3:30). This course explores the historical world of the first Christians and how the message of Jesus spread throughout the Roman Empire.

Learn more about all the courses and registration details next week:

https://huronu.ca/programs/theology/life-long-learning/

02/18/2026

📣 Announcement: Applications Are Now Open

The Crittenden Pilgrimage Bursary is now accepting applications.

The bursary offers financial support to help make human-powered pilgrimages possible, including walking, cycling, paddling, wheelchairing, and more. It will help offset expenses such as travel, food, and preparation costs.

Applicants should:
• Be planning a human-powered pilgrimage
• Demonstrate financial need
• Be willing to share reflections or learnings from their journey afterward (video, written reflection, presentation, sermon, etc.)

To apply, simply email:
📧 [email protected]

Interested in supporting future pilgrims? Donations continue to help this bursary grow.

02/18/2026

Thanks to the incredible generosity for the Crittenden Pilgrimage Bursary, we have now raised over $48,500 💛

We are deeply thankful to everyone who has supported and believed in our vision of making pilgrimage more accessible.

And tomorrow, we have some exciting bursary news to share 👀

Any guesses what it might be?

Stay tuned! 👀

02/11/2026

There is something deeply sacred about responding to the call to journey, whether across landscapes or within your own life.

The Centre for Practical Theology at Huron University’s Faculty of Theology is offering an innovative online certificate that explores pilgrimage as both history and lived experience.

🗓 Live on Zoom on Mondays, February 23 to March 23
🕖 7 to 10 pm EST

If this experience is calling to you, there is still space to join us.

Link in bio to register or DM us for the direct link.

02/06/2026

02/01/2026

It has been so inspiring to witness where people feel called to go on pilgrimage.

We already have participants planning to walk the Bruce Trail, along the West coast of Newfoundland, and the Great Divide out West. Others will cycle the Guelph to Goderich route, journey through Southern Alberta paddle and ancient trade route in BC and walk in Winnipeg.

Each pilgrimage is unique.
Each path holds meaning.

Anyone can participate. Your pilgrimage can be close to home or far away. It can be walked, wheeled, cycled, paddled, or shaped in a way that feels true to you.

This is where some are going. Where will your pilgrimage lead you?

There is still room for others to join our Certificate in Pilgrimage Studies.

Early bird registration ends February 6.

🔗 Register here: https://huron.jotform.com/260193737426966

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at CPT! 🎄

This season, we celebrate the spirit of love, joy, and peace that Christmas brings into our hearts and homes.

May your days be filled with warmth, your heart with gratitude, and your life with the blessings of family, friendship, and love.

Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful and meaningful holiday season. 🌟