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GiancarloZ said:
Toronto is somewhere my wife will probably never want to live. And if I persist in the ordination track in the ELCIC, I guess Toronto would be too far from Waterloo for a daily commute especially because I don't drive and I don't know if I'll ever be able to.
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I commuted to Toronto from Cambridge. It sucked. People do it though, every day, 5 days a week. ugh.
 
Pinga said:
@GiancarloZ & @Mendalla -- There is now the iexpress. If you pick your living area appropriately, you will find that there is transportation to the university. I hired co-op students, and they didn't mind it. They would do their reading on the bus. They would work in Cambridge (near the 401 / Hespeler RD) and stay in Waterloo.
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That's good to know!
 
Pinga said:
I commuted to Toronto from Cambridge. It sucked. People do it though, every day, 5 days a week. ugh.
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I commuted 60 min to go to work when I lived in Rio and I don't want to repeat it, too! It's too much time wasted.
 
Staying in waterloo, kitchener or cambridge and attending either of the waterloo universities would work. There is also a lot of student housing up that way. It would depend on budgets, how often you had to be at school, housing and work. Waterloo is preferred, but, Kitchener or cambridge would work, and as I said, there is a lot of Portuguese in Cambridge.
 
GiancarloZ said:
I commuted 60 min to go to work when I lived in Rio and I don't want to repeat it, too! It's too much time wasted.
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Amen. My commute can run to half an hour on a bad traffic or weather day and I find that too much. However, we picked the house to be close to Mrs. M's workplace, not mine, so I just have to suck it up.:oops:
 
Pinga said:
Staying in waterloo, kitchener or cambridge and attending either of the waterloo universities would work. There is also a lot of student housing up that way. It would depend on budgets, how often you had to be at school, housing and work. Waterloo is preferred, but, Kitchener or cambridge would work, and as I said, there is a lot of Portuguese in Cambridge.
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I'm googling Cambridge and it seems a beautiful city. More than Kitchener/Waterloo - is that true or it's just in the pictures?
Going to Seminary would mean a daily commitment I guess - what worries me because I'd have a household to support. My wife also works, but I worry how many hours a day I could work & keep up with studying.
That's the main reason I'm considering Luther Seminary, where they offer generous scholarships and bursaries.
 
Mendalla said:
Amen. My commute can run to half an hour on a bad traffic or weather day and I find that too much. However, we picked the house to be close to Mrs. M's workplace, not mine, so I just have to suck it up.:oops:
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30 min is bad but not that bad. I could do 30-40 min. From 50 up, it's too much for me.
 
So by bus from the mall in Cambridge to Wilfred Laurier University is 1 hr. (HASTINFO Web)

By looking at the route, you can see that Kitchener (which is generally cheaper than Waterloo), is about 1/2 the distance. Cambridge (Preston) area would be further than Kitchener, closer than Cambridge (Galt).

There is also a new ION transit light-rail, but, I don't know how it works.

Anyhow, way too much information,b ut, nice to visit Cambridge, if you lived in Kitchener.
 
Pinga said:
So by bus from the mall in Cambridge to Wilfred Laurier University is 1 hr. (HASTINFO Web)

By looking at the route, you can see that Kitchener (which is generally cheaper than Waterloo), is about 1/2 the distance. Cambridge (Preston) area would be further than Kitchener, closer than Cambridge (Galt).

There is also a new ION transit light-rail, but, I don't know how it works.

Anyhow, way too much information,b ut, nice to visit Cambridge, if you lived in Kitchener.
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Oh, boy! That's far!
Kitchener seems a good place, anyway.
 
Pinga said:
@DaisyJane lives in Waterloo (I think that is her address) and is doing doctorate work at one of the colleges -- ??Conrad Grebel?? maybe. (I should know this)
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Is she. Did not remember that. Grebel is a nice place. Never took courses there when I was at UW but walked through now and then.

Explanation for @GiancarloZ : the University of Waterloo has several affiliate church colleges. Conrad Grebel is Mennonite, St. Paul's is United Church of Canada. I think the Roman Catholics have one, too, but I forget the name. My grandfather helped start St. Paul's.
 
Mendalla said:
Is she. Did not remember that. Grebel is a nice place. Never took courses there when I was at UW but walked through now and then.

Explanation for @GiancarloZ : the University of Waterloo has several affiliate church colleges. Conrad Grebel is Mennonite, St. Paul's is United Church of Canada. I think the Roman Catholics have one, too, but I forget the name. My grandfather helped start St. Paul's.
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That's very nice! Was he a Minister?
 
Pinga said:
@Mendalla , my mother-in-law was Rev. Hall's admin when he was at St. Paul's. They remained friends for many years.
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Don't recall him. Francois Girard was principal when I took courses there. I even had him as a prof. He was also presbytery rep on the search committee I was on so I got to know him outside of academia, too.

But we're getting off topic here.
 
Giancarlo - you may find it interesting while in Winnipeg to check out the Centre for Christian Studies - it is affiliated with the United Church and the Anglican church (not Lutheran, sorry!) Their model is a little different, and those who graduate are diaconal minisiters - there is a slightly different focus than in many other seminar programmes. http://ccsonline.ca/about-ccs/ Maybe you could even consider enrolling in a single course - that would certainly get you out of the house and meeting interesting people.

Put Dec. 14 on your calendar & visit them for Cookies & Carols :-) http://ccsonline.ca/2018/11/cookies-and-carols-2018/
 
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Carolla said:
Giancarlo - you may find it interesting while in Winnipeg to check out the Centre for Christian Studies - it is affiliated with the United Church and the Anglican church (not Lutheran, sorry!) Their model is a little different, and those who graduate are diaconal minisiters - there is a slightly different focus than in many other seminar programmes. About CCS Maybe you could even consider enrolling in a single course - that would certainly get you out of the house and meeting interesting people.

Put Dec. 14 on your calendar & visit them for Cookies & Carols :) http://ccsonline.ca/2018/11/cookies-and-carols-2018/
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Great ideia, @Carolla !
I will check it out. Thank you!
 
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