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The Wedding of Catherine Jane Manson and Charles Clifton Perry

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10th October 1910. – On this day I had great pleasure in presenting my granddaughter, Miss Catherine Jane Manson, Nanaimo, British Columbia, with an upholstered...

On Kamloops and Küng: Two Books Reopened

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Executive Summary The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's “Missing Children and Unmarked Burials project” is a systematic effort to record and analyze the deaths...

Genine Hanns: Homage to a Poet and Artist

Obituaries

Genine Hanns, poet, author and artist died in Kelowna of kidney failure in January. A close friend of mine, and lifelong resident of Victoria, she...

Hans Kung, Catholic Progressive Theologian Dies at 93

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Hans Küng, a Roman Catholic theologian and priest whose brilliantly disputatious, lucidly expressed thoughts in more than 50 books and countless speeches advanced ecumenism and...

Larry Rumsby ‘The Bishop of Sooke’: An Appreciation

Obituaries

The Bishop Of Sooke, Sooke Electric. Larry Rumsby spoke with such a quiet authority and conviction that he earned these lighthearted soubriquets in church and...

Sensitization, Then Action: Trust Challenge for Faith Communities

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The impact of trauma and abuse can take years to heal even with supports in place. When enough healing hasn’t occurred, the wounds readily become...

Sisters Influence City to Support Nuclear Weapons Ban

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SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Two Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception recently influenced the Saint John mayor and council to endorse the Cities Appeal...

Regarding Same-sex Unions, Pope Francis Must Navigate a Divided Church

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Pope Francis delivered a disappointment to Catholic LGBT communities Monday, with a decree reaffirming that priests should not bless same-sex unions. The move stood in...

Historic Apologies for Residential Schools Deemed Insufficient

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All of the dioceses that had residential schools and the religious orders involved apologized decades ago, and those expressions have been renewed in recent days...

Bodies of 215 Indigenous Children Found Buried at Former Kamloops Residential School

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Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 (Chief) said the deaths were spoken about but never documented Indigenous leaders across B.C. are voicing their grief, sadness and support...