Francis Campbell
Francis Campbell: We have the time … let’s use it well
I can’t find time for that.
COVID-19 has laid bare many of the popular excuses we use to appease ourselves for skipping the things we know we ought to be doing.
A Saturday afternoon walk seemed a healthy idea during the social distancing edicts foisted on citizens everywhere to fend off COVID-19 risks.
Francis Campbell: Fact and fiction of Lenten fasting
Families lived frugally in the rural Nova Scotia community I called home until early adulthood.
Francis Campbell: A history brewed in faith and fortitude
The old teapot is steeped in history, fortitude and faith. If it could talk, whistle or chatter, what a tale this 200-year-old china cauldron might tell.
Francis Campbell: Doing your best is 2020’s best resolution
The early days of 2020 have already relegated many best intentions and New Year’s resolutions to the try-again-next-year bin.
Francis Campbell: Time to say a prayer for more praying
Prayer books, prayer groups, prayer meetings, prayer beads, prayer mats, common prayer, the Lord’s Prayer, a wing and a prayer.
Francis Campbell: Devil travels down an easier road today
To characterize our adult son as a film fanatic might fall short of the mark.
Diocese of Antigonish celebrates 175 years
HALIFAX -- The town of Antigonish and its majestic St. Ninian’s Cathedral has long cast a significant shadow over much of northeastern Nova Scotia.
Sleeping late on a Sunday morning a few weeks back, I decided to substitute the 9 a.m. Mass at the church just down the road in our home parish for an 11:30 Mass in a nearby parish.
Canadians ought to reflect on the summer of 75 years ago with an equal measure of pride and sadness.