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Palliative care is less about medical science than about giving time to say what needs saying before life ends.
Depending on our station in life, some may feel the impact of our death, not just in terms of our absence, but also from the loss of our care So what does any of this have to do with palliative care and the end of life? Imagine how much less stressful, and less terrifying, anyone’s last days would b...
Editor in Chief of Convivum Father Raymond J. de Souza reports on the National March for Life that will take place in Ottawa today touching on the meaning of suffering and the importance of upholding the sanctity of life.
Hence their right to life is compromised by premature suicide and, amazing to behold, the right to life therefore includes a right to assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia Each religious believer and, for that matter, any person who offers a philosophy of life must confront the reality of suffer...
In the past 20 years, Muslims have had to deal with varieties of attention, stigmas, and stereotypes. As a response, they’ve had to develop mature ways to carve out and articulate their Canadian identity while maintaining their faith. Imran Ally, a faith leader who is deeply involved in his community in Toronto, lives out what it means to be a Canadian Muslim.
Imam Ally being among the longest-standing Imams in the GTA speaks volumes to his abilities and approval ratings from Muslims in Toronto In a typical address to Muslim gatherings, the Imam is popularly known for saying “if you’re not making a positive difference in your community – there is a defici...
Convivium Publisher Peter Stockland reflects on the recent Our Whole Society conference held at St. Paul University and the need for faith communities to ensure secular society respects both spiritual and civil religion.
Absent the prospect of rich interplay between robust religious institutions and the secular world, obviously including the political sphere, how will they find their way to Canadian civil religion, to Canada’s primacy of emphasis on civility, compassion, and dignified diversity? Here is where the co...
Crowds at the annual March For Life on Parliament Hill this Thursday will echo the spiritual joy that filled Ottawa streets 70 years ago.
Devout Christians might lament that it is no longer possible to assemble 100,000 people for a religious celebration, but can we not discern a spiritual dimension to the March for Life? In 1947, Catholics celebrated the living Presence of Jesus among His people with a public Eucharistic procession, ...
Data unearthed by the Cardus Religious Schools Initiative at the University of Notre Dame debunk popular caricatures of religious schools as sinkholes of anti-science obscurantism.
Controlling for family background and parental education, Schwartz and Sikkink found that “students at private religious schools enrol in science classes at a similar rate to public school peers in Canada In fact, when it comes to taking science courses, you’d be hard-pressed to find much difference...
Hearing the seductive, loon-like call of so-called postnationalists who claim Canada is without identity, political philosopher John Von Heyking insists the Fathers of Confederation would have seen the “ironic pose of non-identity as infertile soil for heartfelt protection of rights.”
If we genuinely want to be a self-governing people under the regime of responsible government, I can think of no better way of celebrating Canada 150 by than rereading and thinking about what the Fathers of Confederation can teach us about our regime But responsible government is predicated upon pol...
In a lecture at the University of British Columbia this week, Canada’s eminent pollster, Angus Reid, dug deep into the intriguing data from recent polling commissioned by the think tank Cardus.
Veteran Canadian pollster Angus Reid used results of recent research to encourage people of faith to exercise good communication skills, link together across the faith spectrum and exercise leadership rooted in hope, when he delivered the Father Henry Carr Lecture in the chapel of St The basis for t...
Leonard Crimp was a visible leader, always present. Able to cast vision and to inspire others, he took the long view; he led by example. Through the H. J. Heinz Company his influence was felt across Canada and in several other countries; in The Gideons it was felt around the world.
Leonard provided leadership in the Heinz Company and the wider business world during the difficult and challenging years of the Great Depression and WWII, and also through the great post-war expansion In July 1932, the company moved Leonard and his family once again, this time to Montreal as branch ...
Convivium Editor in Chief Father Raymond J. de Souza reflects on a moment of unity during Pope Francis' visit to Egypt last week that received relatively little attention, but is certainly a highlight.
In obedience to the work of the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies the Church, keeps her throughout the ages, and leads her to full unity – that unity for which Jesus Christ prayed: Today we, Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros II, in order to please the heart of the Lord Jesus, as well as that of our sons and ...
Little did we know that vacations in the beautiful Dominican Republic beginning in 2006 would lead to the establishment of a humanitarian foundation, the Dominican Starfish Foundation.
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Explorer Brianna Vyn reminds Sacred Spaces viewers of the importance of pause and praise.
Write Convivium reader Brianna Vyn in response to this photo, "Just as we don't love the moon less when it is not whole, our Creator does not love us less when we miss the mark time and time again ...
There are so few spaces here on earth in which we realize that we cannot be afraid. In those places particularly, the presence of God is palpable.
It is a special place where I brought a dear friend whose days of life were numbered, and she had never visited that area ...
In January 2015, the unemployment rate in Alberta was hovering around 4.6 per cent. Today, it is almost double that at 8.8 per cent. The Canadian Poverty Institute at Ambrose University is searching for solutions to end poverty.
Derek Cook, director of the Canadian Poverty Institute, hopes the Summer Institute will “create a dynamic community that will energize people and build a network ...
Practicing what Tony Carnes calls “sympathetic objectivity,” reporters with the Journey through NYC Religions project find stories in every church, synagogue, mosque and place of worship in New York City. His article below is part of Cardus’ Religion and the Good of the City publication released this week.
Practicing what Tony Carnes calls “sympathetic objectivity,” reporters with the Journey through NYC Religions project find stories in every church, synagogue, mosque and place of worship in New York City We are constantly pushing to show more and more religious details in every crevice of the city s...