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…
What We Can Learn from a Catholic Worker Life
I consider Jeff Dietrich one of the best spiritual writers in the nation as well as one of our most faithful Christian witnesses. Alas, too…
Poems — A Tribute and Attribute to Father Jack
The bold-faced prose at the start of each poem was written in letters, journals or articles by Jack Sproule over thirty plus years, followed by…
Enhancing Voices From Below
I think it is fair to say that as 2011 came to a close, one of the most frequent comments from the media was to…
Conservative Climate Change Heartbreak Continues
As a young person from Canada, it was really hard to be at the climate negotiations in South Africa and see our government, which is…
Citizens for Public Justice — Light in a Dark Time
Poverty in Canada: How Can the church respond? was a presentation and discussion sponsored by Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) at Cadboro United Church on…
Vatican II at Fifty: The Church in Dialogue
At Vatican Council II the bishops of the Catholic Church engaged in dialogue among themselves. In preparation for the Council they had listened to the…
Maryknoll Split on Bourgeois’ Removal From Order
The leadership of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers has voted on whether they will dismiss Rev. Roy Bourgeois, a longtime peace activist who has come…
Bishops Get Earful at Vatican Sex Abuse Summit
Rome — Though a four-day summit in Rome on the sexual abuse crisis was, in a sense, directed at everyone, its primary audience was composed of…
Nuala Kenny in Victoria: Healing the Church’s Sexual Abuse Wound
When you look closely at her credentials, if anyone in the Canadian Catholic Church is equipped to take on the huge challenge of re-establishing confidence…