Campaign to Save Bethlehem Retreat Centre
Bethlehem Retreat Centre, on Westwood Lake in Nanaimo, one of the last of its kind on Vancouver Island, is slated to close its…
‘Accompanying’ Padre Melo or Why I Wear ‘GILDAN’ Religiously
A few months ago for my birthday I was gifted with a lovely “hoodie” – dark blue and warm, ideal for the damp cool weather…
Correction to Spiritual But Not Religious
In the last issue of ICN, I wrote that Siobhan Chandler who has her Ph.D in the rising SBNR (Spiritual But Not Religious)…
Jim Fitzpatrick Died Prematurely in March
Jim Fitzpatrick, stalwart parishioner at St. Patrick’s, Oak Bay died prematurely in March of cancer. Jim was a great favourite in whatever he did which…
Lillian Joan Barker Segger Passes
Joan died peacefully March 31, 2014, at Victoria, after a long life, well-lived. She is survived by three sons (Martin, Timothy and Hhuli) and their…
Heroine of Canadian Literature Passes
It was an audacious decision to sell only Canadian books at The Double Hook Book Shop. Mary Keating, who worked at the Montreal store…
Cosmic Pilgrim Reviews Rupert Sheldrake’s Latest
INTRODUCTION
Flannery O’Connor: The Writer’s Early Letters to God
In January, 1946, while studying at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Flannery O'Connor began keeping a journal in a ruled Sterling notebook. O'Connor, who had left…
James Gray — Bush Dweller Par Excellence
Review of Bush Dweller, Essays in memory of James Gray, OSB, edited by Donald Ward, St. Peter’s Abbey, Muenster, SK, 2010 I…
Logan McMenamie: Bishop For All Victorians
On May 10, Victoria’s Multifaith Society held its annual general meeting. The key note speaker was Victoria’s newly elected Anglican bishop Logan McMenamie.…