UN Sex Abuse Report Seen as Missed Opportunity
The U.N. committee report on the Vatican’s role in sexual abuse was a missed opportunity. It could have played an important role in improving…
Bishop Marks 90th with Bible Project
Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus Remi J. De Roo turned 90 on February 24. In typical leadership fashion he pre-empted the usual birthday celebration for…
Action Committee of People with Disabilities Society
The Action Committee of People with Disabilities Society is located at 948 View street in Victoria. ACPD is a charitable cross-disability society that has been…
Saanich Priest Given Conditional Sentence for Sexually Touching Teenage Boy
Philip Jacobs has been handed a five-month conditional sentence, followed by two years probation, for sexually touching a teenage boy while serving as a Catholic…
Sisters of St. Ann Celebrate Jubilees
Five Sisters of St. Ann celebrated significant anniversaries, since first professing their religious vows, when they gathered with the rest of the Community and guests…
Long Time Cathedralite Passes
Sylvia de Dood of Salmon Arm, BC died October 28 in Victoria. Much of her adult life was spent in Victoria, coming here to work…
Sister Mary Audrey Mable Beauvais, SSA Passes
(Sr. Mary Rose Dorothy) Born February 17, 1922, in Montreal, Quebec, the third of four children, died September 26, 2013, at Mount St. Mary Hospital,…
Sister Mary Audrey Mable Beauvais, SSA Passes
(Sr. Mary Rose Dorothy) Born February 17, 1922, in Montreal, Quebec, the third of four children, died September 26, 2013, at Mount St. Mary Hospital,…
ICN Board Member Passes Suddenly
Island Catholic News board member Steve Bentheim died unexpectedly in September. He was undergoing an operation in Kelowna and did not survive the procedure. He…
Canada’s Humanities Teacher
He had the piercing look, chiseled features and authoritative delivery to tell you what was up. Even his name conveyed strength. Roy Bonisteel was…