Peter Stockland: Living faith within the realities of life
Five minutes into a recent online retreat, I felt myself going spiritually backwards.
Glen Argan: Mother Mary is ‘our tainted nature’s solitary boast’
Marian devotion and the Church’s preferential option for the poor come together in the feast of the Visitation, celebrated May 31. The feast marks the beginning of Mary’s three-month visit to her cousin Elizabeth.
- By Glen Argan
Fr. Raymond de Souza: Symbols matter
Several Ontario Catholic school boards have decided to fly the Pride flag during the month of June. Many officials don’t want to talk very much about it; witness the briefest of stories which appeared in this newspaper.
Readers Speak Out: May 30, 2021
Worthy fight
RE: Lindsay Shepherd carries on fight for free speech (May 11):
Ms. Shepherd innocently “fell into” her situation at Wilfred Laurier University. Her mother suggested recording the meeting that she had been mysteriously called to by her supervisors. Otherwise, Ms. Shepherd would have left the meeting feeling guilty of misdirecting students on gender ideology. Instead, she blew open for all to see one of the biggest crimes of our time.
Editorial: Moving forward
There is a bit of irony, we suppose, that the year-long fifth anniversary celebrations of Laudato Si’ have come to a close just as the world is in the throes of trying to put “our common home” back in order.
Sr. Helena Burns: St. Joseph: Provider for those in need
Seeing as this is the wonderful year of the wonderful St. Joseph, I shall diverge from my usually grim cultural commentary and instead celebrate the greatest saint in Heaven after Our Lady!
Peter Stockland: Beware of Bill C-10 and the bureaucrats
What Ottawa won’t do for cats it might end up doing to Catholics, warns a former CRTC vice-chair and leading critic of controversial changes to the federal Broadcasting Act.
Luke Stocking: How can we put synodality into action?
“When something grows, it gets bigger, but when it develops, it gets different.” These are the words of ecological economist Herman Daly.
Leah Perrault: Holding tension with the God who waits
Holding, as an attribute of God, sort of fell out of the sky for me this month. I was looking out the window with wonder at just how many stars we can see without leaving the city in this new-to-us, small(er) city we now call home. As I juggle all the new things, I wondered why I hadn’t thought of it before. The Creator of the Universe is holding time and space in an eternal trajectory.
Readers Speak Out: May 23, 2021
Land rights
Re: As Israeli-Palestinian violence escalates, Christian leaders voice concern (May 16):
Editorial: Stewards of creation
As the story goes, St. Walstan, the patron saint of farmers and farm animals, was foretold of his death in a vision three days before it happened on May 30, 1016. Being a humble, pious man known for his charity, the English farmhand went to confession, then gave final instructions for his burial.