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BottlesandCans4Gaza is a grass roots, community-led bottle drive initiative based in Greater Victoria, BC. We collect refundable bottles and cans and turn them into direct financial support for families in Gaza – transforming everyday recycling into life-sustaining aid. What began as a simple idea has grown into a movement of neighbours helping neighbours across the […]

Details of upcoming “Celebrating Our Sacred Universe”

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Date & Time Details: Program begins at 10:00 AM on May 3rd, 2026 Lunch (served from 12:00 – 1:00 PM) Afternoon snack included Program completes at 4:00 PM on May 3rd Registration closes on April 29, 2026 Address: 2371 Arbot Road, Nanaimo, BC, Canada Contact: Maureen A. Wild mawild@telus.net Register at: https://bethlehemcentre.secure.retreat.guru/program/celebrating-the-sacred-universe/?form=1&lang=en

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Obituaries

Terry Gallagher, SFM

Obituaries

Rev. Terry Gallagher SFM died on Saturday morning, January 31 after a long struggle with cancer. This great soul and great light is now transitioning into a wholly new realm. Peace be upon him. (Jim Morin) We lament the passing of Father Terence Edmund Gallagher, S.F.M., who died on January 31, 2026, in Toronto, Ontario. […]

A Poem For the Shooting Victims of Tumbler Ridge

Poetry

Beautiful angels of the cold northern land lord time can be so unforgiving just a stream of grains of sand Mark Carney talks about the need for grace as the angels see Jesus Christ’s face A she male angry at her lot in life the RCMP see a family rife with strife […]

Jürgen Habermas Dies at 96; One of Postwar Germany’s Most Influential Thinkers

Obituaries

In dozens of books, he rejected postmodern cynicism about truth and reason, arguing that rational communication was the best way to redeem democratic society. Jürgen Habermas, a philosopher and public intellectual who was one of the most influential and cited thinkers in postwar Germany, died on Saturday in Starnberg, Germany, southwest of Munich. He was […]

Christianity and Socialism – The Continuing Relevance of Gregory Baum

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Introduction This paper is an effort to reconsider the relationship between Christianity and socialism. It treats of a question with which many people not that long ago in Canada, in Christian circles at least, did in fact struggle and that arguably are again struggling with in serious ways. In fact, I’m finding that many people […]

Touching Colour

Poetry

our common frequency can be felt with/through touch massaging touch be it soft or hard long or short paid for or not connects this frequency like a two-sided hug with a good squeeze stimulating the always- available miracles inside the touching igniting/uniting as one rarely felt place prepared inside normal frequencies of colour, scent, sound […]

This Porch

Poetry

In the wee hours night sits comfortable on my porch with me not hearing not seeing just/only feeling the stretch across day resting alongside crisp fresh ideas touching all over night-time playmates without faces/images/bodies enjoying the feel the how motionless dark provides simplicity/slowness/suchness moment after moment passing through — tight bellies, sleepy eyes, stuffy noses […]

Archbishop of Regina Reflects on New Pope Leo XIV

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A new Holy Father of the Roman Catholic Church has been appointed in Rome and has taken the name of Leo XIV. We spoke with Donald Bolen, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina, to get his reaction. The new pope is Robert Francis Prevost an American from Chicago who spent many years as […]

Ordination of Teresa Hanlon as Bishop

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Roman Catholic Women Priests Canada is delighted to announce the episcopal ordination of Teresa Hanlon, marking a profound moment in the ongoing journey toward justice and equality in the Roman Catholic Church. On September 20, 2025, Teresa Hanlon became the fourth Roman Catholic woman bishop in Canada, joining a growing circle of courageous women who […]

The Nazorean: How a Jewish Wisdom Sect Gave Birth to The Church

Reflection

Setting the context: Some months ago, Pat Jamieson, the editor of this publication and a figure known to me for some 34 years, asked if I would be kind enough to review a book by Kem Luther. (And yes, it’s Kem, and not Ken, it’s no typo.) After he provided me with a bit of […]

Canada’s Richest 1 % Nearly as Wealthy as Poorest 80 %

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Canada has become outrageously unequal, and three recent reports provide the gory details. Last September, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) updated its estimates of “the top tail of the family wealth distribution in Canada,” using its “high-net-worth families database” developed to address missing data about the wealthiest. In January, Oxfam Canada released “The Rise of […]

Celebrating Our Sacred Universe

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A State of The Church Discussion

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February 19 was the evening of a dinner discussion organized by Doug Roche and Pearl Gervais, with Archbishop Don Bolen as special guest, at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Victoria. The idea was to kick about ideas from experience on the state of the church and the ways ahead, from a mixed group on Vancouver […]

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