The Necessary Angel – By Wallace Stevens
“A society must assume that it is stable,” James Baldwin wrote in his timeless treatise on the creative process, “but the artist must know, and…
Spirituality and Polarization in Religion and Politics Part 2
Pentecost Sunday Insights Politics is well-known for being a school of hard knocks. While we recognize this to be intuitively true, how exactly do we…
New Hope Emerges in Israel/Palestine Crisis
“The trouble is that once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And once you’ve seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an…
Spiritual Direction and the Jungian Haden Institute
Spiritual direction is a term and practice familiar enough to Roman Catholics, who have embraced it at least since St. Ignatius of Loyola and his…
Canada and Ireland: Synod Critically Needed
While I’ve believed church reform was critically needed for many years, I’ve come to the point where I wonder if it is too late for…
Six Things The Media Got Wrong About The Graves
When it comes to the coverage of graves identified near residential schools in three First Nations communities, the legacy media in Canada has done a…
Distorted History
The Editor: I just finished reading ICN Summer of 2022, and as a teacher, I have to thank you for including the article on the…
Genocide Understood
The Editor: After the Pope’s visit to Canada, I am left with something I find troubling. The term ‘genocide’ seemed to bubble up in the…
The Brandt Oyster River Hermitage Society – Our Ongoing Achievements and Plans
The Brandt Hermitage and the Brandt Oyster River Hermitage Society (BORHS) is evolving, slowly though surely. The forest and hermitage land transfer is still a…
Laudato Si’ Action Plan
[I have abbreviated Laudato si’ to LS in the following] The Season of Creation 2022 makes me wonder where is my local plan? Does your…