Vanessa Santili-Raimondo: Plastic pollution a sign of failing stewardship
When I was 10 years old, I’d spend hours creating posters that screamed out in bold letters: “Save the Whales!”
A trip of peace, protest and patience
OTTAWA – Prodded by an increasing intolerance for those who profess pro-life convictions — most pointedly and menacingly by no one less than our prime minister — my wife and I decided it was time to walk the walk and made our way up to Ottawa for the 21st annual National March for Life. I had attended one of the very earliest of these marches back around the turn of the century and had a pretty good idea what we were in for.
God's word on Sunday: Our path to God lies in service
Ascension of the Lord, May 13 (Year B) Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1:17-23; Mark 16:15-20
Glen Argan: Alberta narrative heads for unhappy end
Forty years ago, I moved to Alberta from Saskatchewan imbued with the stereotype that my new province was full of cowboys, fundamentalists and wealthy oil barons who cared nothing about the environment. It didn’t take me long to realize that while there was truth in the stereotype, Alberta had numerous people who fell outside this cartoonish caricature.
- By Glen Argan
Peter Stockland: Faith is alive and well in our mainstream
Calls for reinvigorating religious public life within our seeming secular monoculture have traditionally relied heavily on morally grounded arguments.
Fr. Raymond J. De Souza: Ave Verum stirs the soul and memories of Rome
A former student sent me a notice that caught my attention, for both artistic and pious reasons. The Cantata Singers of Ottawa will be at St. Joseph’s Church later this month where the entire program will consist of settings of the brief Eucharistic and Marian hymn, Ave Verum, including those of Lassus, Byrd, Mozart, Elgar, Liszt, Saint-Saëns and Poulenc.
Church on the Street: Restaurant served big plate of humanity
When I started out on the Church on the Street, I gave little thought to some of the logistics of such a ministry apart from determining that it would be 8 p.m. onwards every Thursday evening.
God's word on Sunday: What matters is what’s in the heart
Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 6 (Year B) Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Psalm 98; 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17
Mary Marrocco: We’re called to pour out the spirit of our lives
It’s normal to return anger with anger, bitterness with bitterness, cunning with cunning.
Bishops’ actions a blow to reconciliation efforts
When we arrived here, we took their land. Then we took their children. In 2018, we’re taking away the hope of sincere reconciliation.
- By Joe Gunn