JUDITH SCOTT FERGUSON ROBERTS
Judy was a constant seeker of truth and understanding, possessed of the happy gift of humour, champion of the underdog (in fact of ALL dogs),…
SISTER GERARDA DE ROO, OSU
SISTER GERARDA DE ROO OSU — Very peacefully, on July 30, 2018 at Taché Centre, St. Boniface, Manitoba at the age of 95, Sister Gerarda met…
CONSTANCE MAY KURTENBACH
KURTENBACH, Constance May — Died at the home she shared with her beloved husband, Francois Brassard, in the very early hours of June 17th, 2018. Connie…
Raymond ‘Dutch’ Hunthausen, Archbishop and Peace Prophet of Seattle, RIP
Retired Seattle Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen, a disarming spirit who rejected war and embraced the pastoral reforms of the Second Vatican Council, died…
Abuse Revelations Expose Radical Flaws in Thought Systems
The recent disclosure of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and the extent of depravity reported in the news is symptomatic of…
Contemplative Society: An Evening with Matthew Wright
An image has stayed with me from the first retreat I did with Matthew Wright, in 2015. At 6:45 on a frosty…
Thomas Merton: He Wasn’t Electrocuted and He Didn’t Take a Shower
Book Review By Patrick Jamieson, Victoria THE MARTYRDOM OF THOMAS MERTON An Investigation By Hugh Turley and David Martin McCabe Publishing, Hyattsville, Maryland 310 pages…
Deirdre Kelly’s Transformative Spirit Will not be Lost
I wanted to write to the ICN to thank you for the beautiful tribute to Deirdre in the Spring issue of the…
The Radical Change Needed for the Catholic Church to Survive
One could be forgiven for thinking that the Roman Catholic Church, Peter’s barque, is not only in rough seas, but taking on…
Phoenix Project Report Part I – The Cross Canada Trip, June 7- July 27
Because I had visited the Prairies the previous fall to meet with people about the closure of the Prairie Messenger, my new…