Frank Salmon, OMI, A Model of the Francis Way, Marks 50 Years
St. Anne’s Catholic Indian Church on Tzouhalem Road near Duncan, B.C., is one of the most historic churches on Vancouver Island. Since the mid-19th Century…
Russian – Ukraine War Unprovoked?
I experience it as very disconcerting that the western media, including National Catholic Reporter online, start the current NATO/Russian War occurring in Ukraine – as…
Structural Shift
April 27, 2023 The Catholic Network for Women’s Equality welcomes the announcement from the Vatican Secretariat for the Synod that 70 non-bishop members out of…
Crucified Woman Statue Still Resonates Strongly
Back around 1986 we were living in the small apartment attached to Loretto College on St. Mary Street in the University of Toronto campus area.…
An Open Letter on Divesting as Protection of Creation
Bishop Gary Gordon of Victoria: You have said you would like each parish to have a Laudato Si’ Movement Animator. I, as a Laudato Si’…
Much To Be Done Before Reconciliation is Possible
This weekend marks both the coronation of King Charles and a Colloquium on Land, Law, Religion and Reconciliation co-hosted by the Anglican Diocese and the…
Bishop Remi De Roo 100th Birthday Symposium Features New Book
The new book of the selected writings and speeches of Bishop Remi De Roo (1924-2022) will be highlighted by its editor Pearl Gervais at the…
On 10th Anniversary of Francis’s Papacy, Critics Have Become More Brazen
If there is one thing that consistently defines the life approach of Pope Francis – born Jorge Mario Bergoglio – it’s his gift for spontaneity.…
Sweetgum Tree
It’s impossible not to think of stained glass a rose window at the end of the street a kaleidoscope of energy goldleaf mirroring the seasonal…
Vatican Formally Repudiates ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
The Vatican on March 30 formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” officially declaring that an historic policy used to justify colonial exploitation is “not part…