Salvation Army celebrates 125 years of service
General Shaw Clifton looks to the future
WINNIPEG, MB—To commemorate 125 years of dedicated social service, Shaw Clifton, General of the Salvation Army, arrived in Winnipeg just before graduation exercises
at William and Catherine Booth College on April 27.
The visit and celebration coincide with the 25th year anniversary of the College, Salvation Army’s only liberal arts institute in the world to offer Bachelor of Arts and Social Work degrees.
The Army also opened its College for Officer Training (CFOT) May 1, a seminary replacing older schools in Toronto and St. John’s, Newfoundland.
“Winnipeg has become an educational hub for the Canadian Salvation Army with the CFOT just down the street,” says college president Donald Burke.
The Salvation Army is the largest non-governmental social services provider in Canada. General Clifton was quick to thank the general public for generous giving.
“There is a role-modelling here in Canada for which I thank God,” said Clifton, who was accompanied by his wife Helen, and commissioner Christine McMillan.
“High on our agenda is the problem of human trafficking.”
General Clifton announced the Salvation Army will be setting up a New York office, headed by McMillan, called the International Social Justice Commission.
McMillan—described by the General as “a hard act to follow”—will leave duties of territorial commander of Canada and Bermuda to William Francis.
A larger anniversary celebration is due June 15 to 17, when Winnipeg will host Canadian delegates at William Catherine Booth College and Calvary Temple.
—ChristianWeek Staff
