Nature is Beauty
For as long as I can remember I have thoroughly enjoyed being in nature; on land, in water and in the sky; breathtaking beauty through…
Synod/Catholic Stance on Nuclear Weapons
What is the Catholic Church doing to implement Pope Francis’s teaching in which he condemns the “possession of nuclear weapons”? The Synod, now concluding its…
From Strong Words to Meaningful Partnership: A Renewed Catholic Commitment to Indigenous Reconciliation
Two years ago this month, Pope Francis stood before an assembly of Indigenous Elders and former residential school students in Maskwacis, Alberta. He offered a…
Experts Inquiry Needed in Ongoing Search for Indigenous Graves
No human remains were found in last month’s excavation of a Catholic church basement on Pine Creek First Nations lands in Manitoba, Canada, after the…
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
INTRODUCTION By Patrick Jamieson, Victoria The recent revelation that writer Alice Munro’s youngest daughter was sexually abused by the author’s second husband has left at…
St. Francis and The Wolf of Gubbio
Here is the background of the origin of the painting. There is a story of the Wolf of Gubbio in the annals of Franciscan literature.…
Timothy Radcliffe: A Wonderful Voice of Reason and Tenderness
The Dominican friar Timothy Radcliffe is a treasure of the Catholic Church. His gifts as a writer, spiritual master, and retreat-giver are considerable. One of…
La Plus Ça Change
It doesn’t matter what the year was Because in fact it’s all the same: Storm the ramparts – smash the cities Carry on the killing…
To Hope and Act With Creation
Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration that calls us together each year to pray and respond jointly to the cry of Creation: the…
Déjà Vue Again — (for Sandy Hook and all the others)
We freeze with shock, then hear the sirens And suddenly police appear They see the bloodshed, view the carnage While people scream and run in…