Past Events

The Place of Memory: Reflections on the Russlaender Centenary

Date: 

Monday, July 10, 2023 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm

Location: 

Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 Erb Street West, Waterloo

Event type: 

  • Public meeting

A program of music, singing, reading, and reflection on the 100th anniversary of the migration of Mennonites from the former Soviet Union. Featuring the premiere of “The Place of Memory” composed by Leonard Enns and performed by DaCapo Chamber Choir. Admission by cash donation at the door.

MHSO Annual Meeting featuring Len Friesen

Date: 

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church, 15 George Street, Waterloo

Event type: 

  • Public meeting

Questions Asked and Answered:On writing the history of Mennonites in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union

Annual Meeting and Book Launch

Date: 

Saturday, October 15, 2022 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

Conrad Grebel University College

Event type: 

  • Public meeting

We are pleased to announce our in-person annual meeting with guest speaker Richard Lougheed, author of the new book Menno's Descendants in Quebec: The Mission Activity of Four Anabaptist Groups, 1956-2021.

Annual Meeting: The Society's Year in Review

Date: 

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

Virtual (Registration to follow)

Event type: 

  • Public meeting

Join us to take stock and celebrate what our Society has accomplished in this pandemic year. This meeting is open to the public. Please register here to join the meeting via Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Annual Meeting: Signs of Change

Date: 

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration required)

Event type: 

  • Public meeting

  Signs of Change: Telling the Brubacher House Story at 40 Years  

Expanding Our View of Cemeteries: Places of Tradition, Ritual, Stories & Community

Date: 

Saturday, October 5, 2019 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Wilmot Mennonite Church, 2995 Bleams Rd, New Hamburg

Event type: 

  • Public meeting

NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION TO WILMOT MENNONITE CHURCH Join us to hear about two unique local projects exploring Mennonite funeral and burial traditions, and how cemeteries can be places of learning. Marion Roes Mennonite Funeral & Burial Traditions: Researching, Writing, Self-Publishing

Living History: Indigenous and Mennonite Stories of Encounter

Date: 

Saturday, October 27, 2018 - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Location: 

Great Hall, Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Road N, Waterloo, ON

Event type: 

  • Public meeting

  How did you arrive here? What is your history on this land? Join the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario for a day of conversation about Mennonite settler stories and Indigenous histories.   Program 10:00 - OpeningWelcome and AnnouncmentsLand Acknowledgement - Mennonite Historical Society of OntarioIndigenous greetings - Led by Mim Harder

Mennonites in Revolutionary Russia

Date: 

Saturday, June 16, 2018 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Great Hall, Conrad Grebel University College

Event type: 

  • Public meeting

  Mennonite Historical Society of OntarioAnnual Meeting Guest speaker: Aileen Friesen "Searching for an Identity: Mennonites in Revolutionary Russia" Dr. Aileen Friesen is a scholar of Russian history, with an emphasis on religion in the Russian empire. She is the inaugural recipient of the Fretz Fellowship at Conrad Grebel University College. Photo: Mennonite students in Leningrad

Celebrating a Century of Mennonite Sewing Circles in Ontario

Date: 

Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Community Room, 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener (Mennonite Central Committee Ontario, 2nd floor)

Event type: 

  • Public meeting

In 1917, Ontario Mennonite women were encouraged to "take hold" of addressing needs in their communities and supporting missionary efforts by forming sewing circles.

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