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John S. Burton: Former CCF, Member of Parliament, Potash Expert

Obituaries

John Stratford Burton was born in Humboldt Saskatchewan to Joseph W. and Marjorie Burton. He is survived by his loving wife, Zenny; daughter Christine; son...

Gerald Michael Weeks

Obituaries

Gerald passed away at home in Burnaby, B.C. A kind and generous person he was born in Vancouver, the son of William Weeks and Marion...

Reginald McQuaid

Obituaries

Reginald “Reg” McQuaid was born on July 9, 1935 in Richmond, Prince Edward Island and passed away on June 2, 2023 in Toronto, ON, at...

Just About There

Literary / Arts

I owe Dave Gallant this CD review of his first collection of songs. After all I was there when he wrote quite a number of...

How Irish Famine Refugees Impacted Early Ottawa Health Care

Literary / Arts

Reading the lives of the saints to learn about the saints is short changing yourself. Whatever glimpse of a saint may peek through the frequently...

The True Story Behind ‘Jesus Revolution’

Literary / Arts

A quick synopsis: The true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies living...

Time For a Name Change?

Lead story

The Editor: The “National Catholic Reporter” has its address – Kansas City, MO (Missouri). It could have called itself the “Missouri Catholic Reporter”, but it...

Threat of Vanier’s Humanity Lost in Big Study

Other Features

INTRODUCTION This is the second part of Island Catholic New’s review of the two-year Study, commissioned by L’Arche International, into the founding of L’Arche at...

Janet Somerville, a Woman of Many Firsts

Obituaries

INTRODUCTION As this obituary makes plain, Janet Somerville was an extraordinary individual by any measure. Her bright spirit and acute intelligence made an immediate and...

‘Amazing Church’ of Gregory Baum and Bernard Lonergan

Main Feature

The two theologians mentioned in the title have been important influences in my life. I got to know them when I was a seminarian studying...