There are several themes that emerge from watching the 1 Million Person March 4 Children in Ottawa on Sept. 20. Organized by Kamel El-Cheikh, an Ottawa-based Muslim father, this community was galvanized into action when a teacher in Edmonton criticized a Muslim student who had been absent for Pride activities in June. The audio recording went viral, largely because the teacher’s conclusion was that without agreement on issues of gender and sexuality, the student doesn’t belong in Canada. If that doesn’t galvanize protest, I don’t know what will. And it did.
September 21, 2023
Verbatim: Pastoral letter from Archbishop Lepine for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
A pastoral letter from Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross