‘Looking Down’: Appreciating the Poetry of Crisis in the Book of Lamentations
I know I am not alone in feeling unmoored and disoriented these days. The world is mired in social and environmental crises, with…
Central Africa Refugee Association Sponsorship Receives Good News
The refugee sponsorship project of the Central Africa Refugee Association CARA) was given a great boon recently when the Anglican Diocese in Victoria…
Phoenix Project Report
Each February ICN sends out tax receipts to its supporters. This year nearly 160 were mailed along with the following letter of explanation…
Ensemble
A wash of rain and spring brings daffodils two weeks early, the earth resurrects itself in yellow, opens up one memory at a time, each…
Assisted Dying Issue Causes Revision of Procedures in Faith-based Hospitals
VANCOUVER — Two incidents in British Columbia have renewed a debate about whether faith-based health institutions that receive public funding should be allowed to opt…
We Soldier On
Editor: You got that right when you wrote: “We soldier on”. From where I sit everyone else is also;…
My Brother’s Ashes
I have just learned That when they asked to spread My brother’s ashes In the same woodlot As my mother’s My sister said Absolutely not…
Feedback on the Phoenix Project
Editor: Please continue your work on the Phoenix Project. The Prairie Messenger is by far the best Catholic paper in…
Feedback on ICN
Editor: Excellent informative publication. Thank You. Hélène Smith, Victoria Editor: I am…
Tribute to a Heroine
The Editor: It was very nice seeing you at David Burke’s big soirée. I hope my poem will be appreciated. I added a…