Sister Mary Ellen King, SSA: 1931 – 2023
Born May 1, 1931 in Arnaud MB, died at Mount St. Mary Hospital, Victoria, BC on May 10, 2023. Sister Mary Ellen was the sixth…
John S. Burton: Former CCF, Member of Parliament, Potash Expert
John Stratford Burton was born in Humboldt Saskatchewan to Joseph W. and Marjorie Burton. He is survived by his loving wife, Zenny; daughter Christine; son…
Gerald Michael Weeks
Gerald passed away at home in Burnaby, B.C. A kind and generous person he was born in Vancouver, the son of William Weeks and Marion…
Reginald McQuaid
Reginald “Reg” McQuaid was born on July 9, 1935 in Richmond, Prince Edward Island and passed away on June 2, 2023 in Toronto, ON, at…
Just About There
I owe Dave Gallant this CD review of his first collection of songs. After all I was there when he wrote quite a number of…
How Irish Famine Refugees Impacted Early Ottawa Health Care
Reading the lives of the saints to learn about the saints is short changing yourself. Whatever glimpse of a saint may peek through the frequently…
The True Story Behind ‘Jesus Revolution’
A quick synopsis: The true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies living…
Time For a Name Change?
The Editor: The “National Catholic Reporter” has its address – Kansas City, MO (Missouri). It could have called itself the “Missouri Catholic Reporter”, but it…
Threat of Vanier’s Humanity Lost in Big Study
INTRODUCTION This is the second part of Island Catholic New’s review of the two-year Study, commissioned by L’Arche International, into the founding of L’Arche at…
Janet Somerville, a Woman of Many Firsts
INTRODUCTION As this obituary makes plain, Janet Somerville was an extraordinary individual by any measure. Her bright spirit and acute intelligence made an immediate and…