Canada’s Richest 1 % Nearly as Wealthy as Poorest 80 %
Canada has become outrageously unequal, and three recent reports provide the gory details. Last September, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) updated its estimates of “the…
A State of The Church Discussion
February 19 was the evening of a dinner discussion organized by Doug Roche and Pearl Gervais, with Archbishop Don Bolen as special guest, at the…
Universally Dancing
Even though we are completely enveloped in universal energy comfortably embracing bodies unprejudiced to beliefs or cultures, simply providing all the riches we need to…
Food, Faith and Agriculture
A significant minority of Canadians are “food insecure”—they may not have enough to eat today or perhaps they are unsure whether they will have enough…
Peace Poem
Multitudes are addicted to bad news However I avoid it as it causes me the blues For decades I have watched crime increase What does…
Zen and The Mystic Impulse by Arnie Lade
Introduction The theme of Arnie’s book is encapsulated in its very title: being human is to have an innate desire, or impulse, to know the…
Sisters of Saint Ann – Sister Patricia – (Dec. 6, 1924 – Jan. 21, 2026)
Sister Patricia Dickinson, SSA lived to an incredible 101 years old and had celebrated 80 years as a professed Sister of Saint Ann. It was…
War No More: A Communal Approach
We live in a world that seems to be thriving on negatives; such as anger, death and war. Media captures people’s attention by urgent headlines…
Martyrs to the Unspeakable – The Assassinations of JFK, Malcom, Martin and RFK
Though it happened in the USA, most Canadians were shocked at the assassinations of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert…