Clergy

Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the terms used for individual clergy are clergyman, clergywoman, and churchman. Less common terms are cleric, churchwoman, and clergyperson, while clerk in holy orders has a long history but is rarely used. In Christianity, the specific names and roles of the clergy vary by denomination and there is a wide range of formal and informal clergy positions, including deacons, elders, priests, bishops, preachers, pastors, presbyters ministers and the …

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Fraser Institute · 19 March 2024 English

Summary Economic growth in Canada remains sluggish, resulting in several negative consequences for Canadians, including slower growth in employment, incomes, and living standards. Reforming the federal personal income tax system …

First-Time Home Buyers’ Tax Credit 270 Deduction for clergy residence 100 Political Contribution Tax Credit


New Brunswick Department of Health · 6 March 2024 English

TREATMENT TOPIC ONE: SETTING GOALS This treatment program will suggest to you a number of techniques and strategies to help you This first topic will ask you to define your …

speak to a professional counsellor or therapist, clergy, family physician or the gambling information line


CPRC: University of Regina Press · 20 January 2024 English

Breaks the deafening silence of Indigenous women’s voices in academic leadership positions. Since the 2015 release of the report on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, new Indigenous policies …

2021) and have been associated with training clergy as part of the Indian residential school system residential school system, including training clergy. • 1867: First residential school in Canada opens uni- versities often focused mainly on training clergy, lawyers, and doctors RESEARCH AGENDAS Phase 1: 2021). Not only did many early universities train clergy as part of the residential school system, they


DDN: Dundurn Press · 31 October 2023 English

“The story of the Lucky Iron Fish is a great example of how business can be a force for good.”— MICHELE ROMANOW, Dragons’ Den host and CEO, ClearbancResearch into iron …

ment. This meant teachers, lawyers, doctors and clergy were the targets of the regime. Even people wearing


CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 26 October 2023 English

​Learn about payments to physicians, services provided and utilization. Data goes back to 1996–1997.

behalf of patients with allied workers, teachers, clergy, etc. • Individual psychotherapy • Group/family


Laidlaw Foundation · 17 October 2023 English

Acting as a conduit violates the Income Tax Act and could jeopardize a charity’s registered status.”2 The practical application of this CRA definition is that the charity should have a …

guest speakers, workshop facilitators, clergy and non-clergy guest worship leaders, and others providing


DAWN: DisAbled Women's Network of Canada · 5 October 2023 English

It is reported that a third of Canadian women 65 to 74 years old live with a disability, and almost half (49%) of Canadian women 75 years old and over …

other actors within the GBV field (family members, clergy, justice system, etc.). The scoping review uncovered


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 September 2023 English

We Need to Do This is a powerful reminder of the critical role grassroots organizations play in creating and sustaining societal change. Zabjek’s compassionate telling of women’s stories, often in …

Meanwhile, family members and sometimes even clergy would show up at the shelter to talk to the women—


Wilson Center Canada · 11 September 2023 English

It represents MEP’s commitment to explore the sociopolitical dynamics at play in the Islamic Republic, the role of young girls and women in mobilizing voices for change, the response of …

shopkeeper class have close relations with the clergy and in general have been supporters of the regime expected. The revolution consolidated the power of the clergy, the radicals and the violent. Almost immediately paralyzed the economy and government activity. The clergy, led by Ayatollah Khomeini from exile in Iraq,


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 August 2023 English

Pentecostalism is one of the fastest-growing religious movements in the world. In Canada, it is the most rapidly growing Christian group among Indigenous people, with approximately one in ten Pentecostals …

policies from those of implementing Indigenous clergy to those of assimilation, a process to be described


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