Larry Rumsby ‘The Bishop of Sooke’: An Appreciation
The Bishop Of Sooke, Sooke Electric. Larry Rumsby spoke with such a quiet authority and conviction that he earned these lighthearted soubriquets in church and…
Sensitization, Then Action: Trust Challenge for Faith Communities
The impact of trauma and abuse can take years to heal even with supports in place. When enough healing hasn’t occurred, the wounds readily become…
Sisters Influence City to Support Nuclear Weapons Ban
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Two Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception recently influenced the Saint John mayor and council to endorse the Cities Appeal…
Regarding Same-sex Unions, Pope Francis Must Navigate a Divided Church
Pope Francis delivered a disappointment to Catholic LGBT communities Monday, with a decree reaffirming that priests should not bless same-sex unions. The move stood in…
Historic Apologies for Residential Schools Deemed Insufficient
All of the dioceses that had residential schools and the religious orders involved apologized decades ago, and those expressions have been renewed in recent days…
Bodies of 215 Indigenous Children Found Buried at Former Kamloops Residential School
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 (Chief) said the deaths were spoken about but never documented Indigenous leaders across B.C. are voicing their grief, sadness and support…
The Beekeeper’s Daughter
Her father’s words droned into her ear on the tail of those bees, whirling like tornadoes, saturating the sky with their dark premonitions, of floating…
215 Children
215 children Born into a world of beauty, relationship, struggle, hardship The ancestors blessed them The parents welcomed them The grandparents adored them The aunties…
The Missing Dreams of Dennis
fame is a by-product, fame is a tool says Dennis Macon from his spot on Douglas; tanned and pitted he spends most of his time…
Haiku Poems
Not here yesterday Where will you be tomorrow? Maybe somewhere else Time did not start here She strolls, looks around waiting Time weighs down on…