New Anglican Bishop: A Man For All Seasons
When most eight-year-old Scottish boys were fixated on soccer, Logan McMenamie was pondering God. So it’s not much of a stretch to learn…
Groundswell Support Letter Surfaces to Pope Francis Regarding De Roo
Introduction The following is a letter written to the papal nuncio in Ottawa in support of Bishop Remi De Roo. It is hoped that…
Steve Bentheim Remembered — Part 2
Island Catholic News board member Steve Bentheim died unexpectedly in September. He was 65 years of age. I wrote something about his death in…
Claddagh Ring
Today I wear a Claddagh ring, A ring of love, they say. Two hands encircling heart and crown, worn in a special way. It takes…
Victoria’s Pair of Peerless Poets: Mike Doyle and PK Page
I first met Mike Doyle after I moved here in the mid-1980s. He and his wife at the time were leaders in the Catholic…
The Palestinian Perspective on Zionism and the State of Israel
It is a shame that the Canadian Government hasn’t learned yet from Canada’s colonial past. For over a century, the Palestine question has…
Christine Jamieson’s New Book
Christian ethicist Christine Jamieson's new book Christian Ethics and the Crisis of Gender Violence is available from Island Catholic News for $25 (250-381-6851). …
The Bard of Powell River: Allan Brown’s “Before the Dark”
Powell River resident Allan Brown has published his twenty-fourth volume of poetry, tellingly titled Before The Dark, and issued by Leaf Press of Lantzville…
‘Spiritual But Not Religious’ – A New Phenomenon
If, at any time, you enter a yoga studio, or a health food store, or an eclectic bookstore or coffee shop and you ask…
At Home in the Universe: The Divine Milieu
Some years ago, while I was living in Thunder Bay, I used to go out to our cottage on One Island Lake. One winter…