Salvation Army Major Barb Pritchett is responsible for chaplaincy duties at the hospitals in St. John’s, N.L. Now 70, she struggles to lay down the mantle of ministry that she took up so many years ago. “It’s been a wonderful life,” she recalls. “I recently purchased a pillow that reads true for me: ‘Can’t stop, won’t stop.’ I am always very mindful of the fact that I represent God in these situations. There isn’t a lot I can say but my presence and prayer seem to comfort and support these families. It is indeed a privilege.”

Abubakar (not his real name), his wife and their five children immigrated to Canada in September 2024. As practising Christians in Nigeria, they had found joy in attending church back home. Now, they were looking for the same in Saskatoon, where they had settled. They found it at The Salvation Army’s Saskatoon Temple church.