Enter As Guests; Depart as Friends
The Dutch Bakery on Fort Street is not far from the Cathedral. I popped in there for a cup of coffee after the Saturday morning…
Pope Francis Releases Encyclical on Sacred Heart
Pope Francis released a new encyclical Dilexit Nos (“He Loved Us”) on October 24, calling for a renewed understanding of devotion to the Sacred Heart…
Vancouver Catholic Worker: Rest in Peace Vikki Marie
On October 11, 2024 Victoria “Vikki” Marie died at home at Samaritan House in the company of friends. She had spent the last few months…
OMI Lacombe Canada Divests Financial Holdings in Fossil Fuel Companies
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate of OMI Lacombe Canada have decided to withdraw from a mutual fund that held its only remaining investments in…
Founder of Liberation Theology Passes – Age 96
As you may know by now, our esteemed author and friend, Gustavo Gutiérrez, died October 22, at the age of 96, in Lima. He had…
Art Book by Deirdre Kelly for Sale
Just completed this summer, Tsukiji Impressions is a new publication of the paintings and art work by Deirdre Kelly inspired by her travel to Japan…
Michael Fagan: 1929 – 2024
Michael was born in 1929 in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. He worked in Ireland and then England for a while, and then at the invitation…
In Memory of Bishop Patricia Fresen
Anne Marie and I met Patricia here in Ladysmith when she came for an ordination. We went for dinner along with Francois Brassard and Connie…
Brilliant Anglican Preacher Herbert O’Driscoll was Most Influential Figure
Rev. Thomas Herbert O’Driscoll, a mesmerizing Anglican preacher who moved from his native Ireland to Canada in the mid-1950s, was widely considered one of the…