
Peter Stockland
Peter Stockland is the publisher of The Catholic Register.
Peter Stockland: In praise of Prine and calls to grace
Given his bad-boy-again half-smile and love for re-playing clichés as humourous surprises, it’s understandable to hope word of John Prine’s death during Holy Week is a prank of cosmic timing that he okayed with God first.
Peter Stockland: Serving up a hearty helping of faith
In his recent letter to Register readers, Publisher-Editor Jim O’Leary reminded us all that “the need has seldom been greater for us to unite spiritually as communities of faith.”
Peter Stockland: Pandemic forces sacrifice of Mass
The Church in Quebec, many parts of Ontario and even in Rome appeared late last week to say “No Más” in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Peter Stockland: There’s no mystery to this deception
Friends, acquaintances and the general commentariat have all been roiling over the revelations about Jean Vanier as a serial sex abuser.
Peter Stockland: No quick fixes on this long road
Esteemed theological thinkers will doubtless spend the coming months scratching their parses on the latest exhortation from Pope Francis, Querida Amazonia.
Peter Stockland: Don’t lose sight of ‘bigger picture’
It’s true there’s a challenge, to say the least, in seeing the “bigger picture” when the picture’s focus is life and death itself.
Peter Stockland: Good news during Quebec’s secular winter
In the week when the Quebec government announced cancellation of the last substantial religious element of provincial school curriculum, Concordia University’s Catholic Students Association was reaching out to those starting the winter term.
Orphans of history: The Irish refugees of The Great Famine of 1847
MONTREAL -- Unlikely as it might seem, the Irish are once again in the eye of a controversy storm, this time over the naming of a Montreal commuter rail station in historic Griffintown neighbourhood.
Peter Stockland: Neighbourly advice on changing lives
During a pre-Christmas trip to Toronto, New York Times columnist David Brooks offered a small vignette that can provide us with a new year’s resolution but, more, a spiritual shift for life.
Peter Stockland: Take a moment to live outside the moment
Earlier this month, I was reading about the fathers of three modern Irish literary geniuses — Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats and James Joyce — when I came upon a fascinating fact about Wilde’s mother.