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Victoria is a very funny place, even when it rains It’s chockful of bizarre characters with all their aches and pains The roads change names...

Katherine Stevenson Died Peacefully

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STEVENSON, Katherine  (nee Hutchinson)   STEVENSON, Katherine  (nee Hutchinson)   Died peacefully February 8, 2015 at Kiwanis Pavilion in Victoria, BC. She was born April...

Peter Vezza Died with Dignity and Grace

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In the early hours of November 23, 2014 Peter Vezza, after being diagnosed with cancer five weeks previously, died at home with dignity and grace....

Sister Helen Gertrude Worth (Sister Mary Gertrude) Mourned

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Born April 27, 1916 in Devonport, England died February 17, 2015 at Mount St. Mary Hospital, Victoria, BC. Born of English-Irish parentage, Helen was the...

Ben Caron Passes

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Nov. 16, 1926 - Jan. 18, 2015 Nov. 16, 1926 - Jan. 18, 2015 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of...

My Friend, Marcus Borg

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        Marcus Borg died this morning after a prolonged illness.  I received a phone call this afternoon from a Cathedral parishioner and...

Spiritual But Not Religious Proves a More Than Tricky Category

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the barricades of heaven Pages turning, Pages we were years from learning Straight into the night our hearts were flung Better bring your redemption when...

Conference Seems in Transition, Stumbles Over Change Theme

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        I don’t know, perhaps it was the early announcement of Marcus Borg’s passings (see obit page 14), but something seemed to...

Seven Ways Thomas Merton Changed Our World

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        Is it a stretch to say that the Trappist monk and spiritual master Thomas Merton, who died in 1968 but whose...

Mourning the Parisian “Humorists” Yet Challenging the Hypocrisy of Western Media

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        As the editor of a progressive Jewish and interfaith magazine that has often articulated views that have prompted condemnation from both...