Former Diocesan Administrator Dies
RICARD, Gerald B.A., M.A., PH.D 1914 – 2012. Dad was born in Montreal and educated in Quebec and later in France where his father headed…
Ma Petite Maman
The call comes from Chateau Westmount. The numbers stare out from the screen on my cell phone, “There’s been a change in your mother.” It’s…
Bullying the Nuns
The Vatican has issued a harsh statement claiming that American nuns do not follow their bishops’ thinking. That statement is profoundly true. Thank God,…
“Demeter Goes Skydiving” by Susan McCaslin
The great wind of the spirit blows vigorously through this new poetry collection by Susan McCaslin on her old/new theme of the abduction and recovery…
“Dr. Mary’s Monkey”, and Other Pertinent Publications
Starting with Susan McCaslin’s excerpt from her essay ‘The Problem with Perfect’ from her book Arousing the Spirit, this issue threatens to be something…
How & Why Quebec Students are Changing the World
I have tried over many years to act in solidarity with those who suffer poverty and repression. In Peru during the 1980s I found myself…
Communique From Palestine
As readers learned in the Feb/Mar '12 edition of Island Catholic News, I was a pilgrim to Palestine/Israel with 11 others from April 24th to May…
The Problem with Perfect
Introduction
Anglicanism: When Religion and Spirituality Collide
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the leader of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion, recently announced that he would step down by…
Veni — Video — Vici — TV or Not TV
Having had a very bad back for a dozen long years, pushing sixty, there’s something to be said for slumping in the big comfy chair…