New Children’s Book Published
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Report on the Empowerment of Local Church Communities
The 2023 Synthesis Report encourages more involvement of the laity and the entire community in discernment and decision making within their own community. To further…
Invitation to Sign in With Catholics for Justice and Peace in The Holy Land
INTRODUCTION We are members of a small group of Canadian Catholics called Catholics for Justice and Peace in the Holy Land (CJPHL). We were formed…
Tom Forrestall, Beloved Nova Scotia Artist, Pioneer of Atlantic Realism, Dies at 88
Celebrated Nova Scotia artist Tom Forrestall died at the age of 88 on Friday. Forrestall’s art won critical acclaim in the 1960s for inspiring a…
Abbot Peter Novecosky, former Prairie Messenger Editor, dies at 79
Abbot Peter Novecosky, OSB, who for more than a quarter century shared the news, and the good news, with Catholics in Western Canada through The…
Margaret Craddock
Loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend Margaret Craddock passed away peacefully on November 10th at her home at Mount St. Mary’s in Victoria. Mom…
Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity by Diarmaid MacCulloch
The worry was the Virgin Mary’s vagina. Early Christians were very clear on some things. They knew that the Holy Spirit had made the Virgin…
Social Justice Warrior Lois Marcoux Passes
I was able to attend Lois Marcoux’s funeral service December 12 at Sacred Heart in Victoria. Lois had served as one of the earliest volunteers…