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Epiphany Explorations Gears Up For its 13th Run with Expanded Video Features

Registrations are flowing in for Epiphany Explorations 2015, the annual faith-based Victoria conference that has participants and presenters talking. And now there’s an increased opportunity…

Saving Bethlehem, Before Christmas

The signs are propitious. The pieces to the puzzle are all falling in place. The Benedictine Sisters of Nanaimo have granted an extension of time…

Francis the Pope Acknowledges Remi the Council Father

April 27, 2014 Bishop Remi De Roo visited Rome to witness the canonization of Popes John XXII and John Paul II. At the close of…

William (Bill) Rumsby Passes

RUMSBY, William Robert (Bill) With sadness we announce the death of William Robert (Bill) Rumsby of Sooke, BC. Predeceased by his parents; Nettie and Frank…

Peter Boles – Remarkable Individual Passes

Peter Boles was an extraordinary person in my experience. Like Mr. Blue, according to author Myles Connolly (see article pp 14-15) he set…

Saint John’s Bible to be Displayed at Cathedral

Join Bishop Remi De Roo for the public presentation of all seven volumes of the Saint John’s Bible, Heritage Edition at St. Andrew’s…

On Shakespeare, Robin Williams and A Stage Far Away…

It was a perfect theatrical moment. The first act had been a bit ragged and uneven, I had payed way too much at…

The Trials and Tribulations of Goyo de la Rosa

As reported in the"Other News" tab — story by Louise Dickson of the Times Colonist, Victoria resident Gregory Hartnell was found guilty by…

Blogger Fined $2,500 for Breach of Publication Ban

A Victoria blogger has been fined $2,500 for breaching a court-ordered publication ban on evidence at the preliminary inquiry of a Roman Catholic…

Remembering Mr. Blue

Introduction Prior to the Second Vatican Council, North American Catholicism celebrated a form of Christian heroic individualism as the way of living…