2011‑2022, and is preserved here for archival purposes.
Charity is greater because it "manifests God's love in human relationships [and] it gives theological and salvific value to all commitment for justice in the world Does such a suggestion imply an obligation for those who work with charities to give their time for what would, in other circumstances, ...
"Given the state of Quebec's bridges, roads and other infrastructure, I was under the impression construction workers have been on strike for the past 40 years," the comment writer wrote under a news story when the strike began June 17 ...
A state of emergency and the evacuation of 75,000 people from their homes; dramatic video of a home being washed away into a river and smashed against a bridge; and the iconic symbols of the city forlornly pictured in the midst of giant puddles, dirty and inaccessible—these are images not easily set...
From the small jokes that disarm the fear of pretentiousness to the hand written note I received in the mail today, I am reminded that amidst all our grandiose posturing, it is the little human touches that separate ordinary from extraordinary ...
One need only look to religious schools, an obvious manifestation of the "false" public and communal type of religion outlined by Sullivan, to see how unaccommodating the Rest of Canada can be The accommodation of religion in the "Rest of Canada" is not that stellar ...
What seems, on the surface, to be simply fear of outsiders "diluting" French culture is the more complex response of those who have long ago emptied their lives of truly lived faith and now face others whose faith is the fulfillment of life itself ...
On our current street, most homes are owner-occupied and there is a desire to maintain and better our surroundings They see our education system (particularly higher education) as creating a culture of 'homelessness': by being so focused on upward mobility, it "produces career-oriented consumers who...
For those of you that resonate with these ideas and approaches, there is an October 7-11 event in Edmonton, Alberta called Accelerating Impact that will bring together great thinkers, community leaders, and neighbourhood champions—you can see more about it here One of the key ideas that framed the g...
Why would we be surprised that a society which seems contented to live with contradictory opinions regarding what will happen to them after they die are comfortable living with similar contradictions regarding how they should live? Although the debate about faith is often framed in light of a contra...
When we accepted such hostile intrusions as necessary tradeoffs between security of the person and collective safety, did we really think they would end with snooping about in our creams and lotions? Did we truly imagine, when State apparatuses began inspecting our private bits with X-ray machines a...
Peter's Church in East Sussex England sells a CD called The Sound of Silence, which is not (to my disappointment) a choral arrangement of the Simon and Garfunkel hit ...
As an educator, how do I develop these habits of heart and mind that anticipate life in the new world here, now? How do I guide our children to desiring to live magnanimously, beyond pursuing goals of personal fulfillment and happiness? So, if rules and classrooms are not sufficient to develop good ...
In God we trust. Capitalism? Ummm, these days not so much. Mark Carney, Roger Martin and Father Raymond J. de Souza on restoring faith in the financial world.
de Souza joined Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada, and Roger Martin, dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, for a Convivium forum on the fundamental threats that still beset global capitalism almost five years after the 2008 financial crisis If the task of financi...
Former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein kept a lot of sky between himself and religious faith. Licia Corbella talks to the man who brought him to Christ at the very end.
Matheson says during their final prayer together, he shared with Ralph verses from Chapter 14 of the Gospel of John in which Jesus describes Heaven, saying: "In my Father's house there are many rooms "I also shared with him how in that same chapter Jesus said: 'I am the way and the truth and the lif...
He then wonders what would happen if you "make a bunch of atheists turn up in person someplace every seven days, to perform various non-believing rituals and maybe have some coffee, and contrast those who stick closely to the regimen with equally assiduous church attendees Perhaps the benefits of re...