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…
Pope Francis, Incrementalist Takes on the Curia
There aren’t many things Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Pope Francis have in common, but they do both face a demanding 2014 for the…