Understanding Jean Vanier — A Wounded Healer
In 2020, this newspaper reviewed the original 2020 “L’Arche Report” alleging that Jean Vanier had sexually abused whom he was accompanying on their spiritual journey.…
Elevation Misplaced
When I first heard about Jean Vanier’s accusations from women who claimed sexual abuse, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing and reading. Surely this…
Major L’Arche Report Leaves Vanier Reputation in Tatters
At least 25 women were abused over nearly seven decades by Jean Vanier, the Canadian co-founder of L’Arche, a global organization for the intellectually disabled,…
L’Arche Worries After Vanier Revelations
INTRODUCTION By Patrick Jamieson One of our board members at ICN is from Ottawa where I have lived for a number of distinct periods: first…
My Sisters and Brothers
Sister, brothers all creation has its eye on us, is watching. Each blade, ev’ry tree, the peachbloom on its stem, ev’ry star that twins itself…
Paths to Forgiveness — Easter Confessions: An Evolving Process
As a child, growing up in a small parish in rural Ontario, I recall the confessional line-up to make one’s “Easter Duty”. Most Catholics, in…
New Lenses
The Editor: Please greet Gerry Archibald and especially Jack Madigan. We need new Cosmic and integrated outlooks, love and new lenses. Frank Vandersteen, Toronto
Murder of Anti-Vietnam War Monk Thomas Merton
INTRODUCTION By Patrick Jamieson Thomas Merton’s Betrayers 277 pages McCabe Publishing January 11, 2023 This is a book to read carefully and more than once.…
Keeping a Catholic Presence in Support for Palestinian Human Rights
This month illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in the west bank, under the watchful eye of the Israeli military. This was just one case of…
A Quick Note of Appreciation
The Editor: Here is a quick note, mid-afternoon, at my dining room table, after lunch, after just browsing through the Autumn 2022 issue of the…