A voice for justice impossible to silence
OTTAWA - When I was a teen, Bob Carty asked me if I could drive his standard-transmission blue Corolla. “It’s a long way to Mexico,” he said, “and we’ll have to drive hard to get there as fast as the others going down by bus.”
- By Joe Gunn
The end of Western civilization is upon us
How vividly I can still hear them — as though it were recently — the raucous cries resounding across university campuses in the 1960s and early ’70s: “Hey ho, hey ho, Western civ has got to go.”
- By Ian Hunter
We owe our children a better discussion
This month 673,000 students were registered to attend English and French Catholic schools in Ontario. Their registration is a choice made by parents who value and acknowledge the importance of Catholic education for their children.
Parents are addicted to micro-managing
Early September found our family sitting in front of a university, again.
Could this be the end of Catholic education in Canada?
If Canadian author Malcolm Gladwell did not actually coin the term “tipping point” he popularized it in his book of that title.
- By Ian Hunter
Thou shalt not steal Church music
When I started my work in church music in 1976 in small-town Alberta, it really was the Wild West. We photocopied music and made Duo-Tang hymnals with words-only versions of copyrighted materials. We didn’t ask anyone for permission.
- By Glenn Byer
Faith and hope can help renew our relationship with God
The sawed-off four-metre wooden crucifix was carefully lowered to the ground at the entrance to the cemetery.
The misguided ‘mercy’ of euthanasia
The mainstream media has caused great confusion about the topic of euthanasia and has been extremely deceptive in its portrayal of human suffering and compassion.
A 50-50 proposition and Nova Scotia’s future
Like many Catholic parishes, our little flock smack in the middle of Nova Scotia is facing a financial crunch and Canada Day serves as one of our biggest moneymakers.
Malcolm Muggeridge’s words still ring true
In 1975 I was five years into a career teaching law and had written two law books. I had also struck up an improbable friendship with the internationally known British author and journalist Malcolm Muggeridge, who had recently written an unlikely bestseller called Jesus Rediscovered.
- By Ian Hunter