Corona Corona
What kind of crown bears death? What kind of queen hefts quarantine? Parasitic in a liminal zone you are spikey shell unaware of the damage…
Love Virus
love flicks around as it will infecting one killing another crippling a third for life. the other two thirds consider themselves lucky but are they…
The Perspicacious Aster (For Esther Jedynak 1932 – 2021)
(Your funeral today, in your beloved temple, No Father John. Tony your mentor died twenty seven years ago now. Night noise Last night. Invited to…
Robert Fisk: Neutral and Unbiased on the Side of Those Who Suffer
Robert Fisk, a dauntless journalist who was widely praised by colleagues and competitors alike for relentlessly chronicling the Middle East’s many agonies, but who was…
Susan McCaslin’s Heart Work
This is a great little book of poetry by probably the most prolific and successful Christian literary writer in Canada, Susan McCaslin, much reviewed and…
Musings on the Pope’s Motu Proprio on Women’s Role
“Holy Mother Church, ever deepening her contemplation and understanding of the mysteries of human salvation over the long course of history, has always taught in…
Joe Biden and Catholicism in the United States
It is often observed that U.S. president-elect Joe Biden wears his emotions on his sleeve. His capacity for empathy is on ready display. But it…
Tigray Province of Ethiopia: Its Current Refugee Plight
Introduction In the first week of December, ICN received a call from an old family friend Moges Kebede who wanted to explain the plight of…
COVID Wisdom – Spiritual Resources
INTRODUCTION With their Christmas Letter to friends and colleagues, Pearl Gervais along with Bishop Remi De Roo lent the wisdom of their reflections on the…
Charles Brandt, Historic Hermit, Model Ecologist, 98, R.I.P.
Comox B.C. — Rev. Charles Brandt, noted environmentalist, hermit monk, spiritual guide and inspiration to many beyond the Catholic Church and priest of the ,…