https://www.convivium.ca Convivium seeks to be a space for news to know, views to share, and fidelity to trust in honouring the role of faith in our common life. Wed, 30 Aug 2023 19:03:52 +0000 en-Ca hourly 1 https://www.convivium.ca/articles/the-mission-continues https://www.convivium.ca/articles/the-mission-continues Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:00:05 +0000 Convivium publisher, Ray Pennings, writes the last Convivium column as a tribute to this unique platform, expressing the gratitude we feel for all of you who have breathed life into it for over a decade. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/science-can-strengthen-faith https://www.convivium.ca/articles/science-can-strengthen-faith Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:00:02 +0000 Kyelle Byne attended a talk by renowned Christian author Philip Yancey in which he borrowed centuries-old lessons from John Donne to frame the challenge and opportunity for Christian scientists in our pandemic context. Suffering can uncover contours of our faith and motivate a Christian witness of care and understanding. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/humanitarian-crisis-adds-to-burdens-of-afghan-religious-minorities https://www.convivium.ca/articles/humanitarian-crisis-adds-to-burdens-of-afghan-religious-minorities Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:00:43 +0000 Media attention may have shifted away from Afghanistan, but suffering families and religious minorities remain in the country. On-the-ground relief efforts are in dire need of support, writes Susan Korah. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/covid-and-the-tears-of-christ https://www.convivium.ca/articles/covid-and-the-tears-of-christ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:00:55 +0000 We must not let fear of this pandemic stop us from trusting God and praying through our doubt and frustrations, writes Father Tim McCauley. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/home-is-more-than-just-a-place https://www.convivium.ca/articles/home-is-more-than-just-a-place Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:00:30 +0000 Do younger Canadians lack a strong sense of home? Is that why they tell pollsters they’re more willing to pack up and leave for another country? Abigail Sefzik, a young writer herself, takes up these questions for Convivium. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/remembering-cairine-wilson-canada-s-mother-of-refugees-on-holocaust-remembrance-day https://www.convivium.ca/articles/remembering-cairine-wilson-canada-s-mother-of-refugees-on-holocaust-remembrance-day Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:00:01 +0000 In time for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Susan Korah writes a commemorative piece on Canada’s first female Senator—Cairine Wilson— a “firm but gentle voice” who advocated for refugees entering Canada after WWII. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/the-trial-of-big-porn https://www.convivium.ca/articles/the-trial-of-big-porn Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:00:23 +0000 Cardus NextGen Fellow Maxime Huot Couture summarizes important progress in 2021 towards cancelling porn culture. He hopes both the law and the culture will continue to make anti-porn progress in 2022. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/unlocking-the-doors-of-education https://www.convivium.ca/articles/unlocking-the-doors-of-education Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:00:06 +0000 Life’s circumstances have a way of reintroducing us to grace, writes Joseph McDaniel. His personal journey refreshed his perspective on his vocation and encourages us to be open to the expansion of our own horizons by the grace of God. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/why-so-vindictive-mr-mandate-man https://www.convivium.ca/articles/why-so-vindictive-mr-mandate-man Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:00:23 +0000 The increasingly heated rhetoric towards the unvaxxed is designed to assuage the feelings and retain the confidence of the vaccinated. At least, so argues John Jalsevac, a FAST Fellow and PhD student at the University of Toronto, who is concerned the current trajectory will not end well. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/defining-canada https://www.convivium.ca/articles/defining-canada Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:00:39 +0000 In his most recent Insights newsletter, Cardus Executive Vice-President Ray Pennings emphasizes the need to recover a sense of vision and national purpose as Canadians, especially as we think about the future of young Canadian leaders. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/chicken-little-and-teens https://www.convivium.ca/articles/chicken-little-and-teens Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:00:17 +0000 Author and educator Paul Bennett reviews recent books and articles by Dr. Erica Komisar that have stirred a viral hornet’s nest. Komisar, a New York psychoanalyst, highlights the importance of parent-child attachment and argues that believing in God is so important to parenting, that those who don’t should “lie about it.” https://www.convivium.ca/articles/remembering-ted-byfield https://www.convivium.ca/articles/remembering-ted-byfield Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:00:58 +0000 Ted Byfield was no quitter and until his passing over the holidays, he was a front-line culture warrior in the journalism, publishing, and Christian education spheres, Jonathon Van Maren writes. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/time-to-challenge-and-comply https://www.convivium.ca/articles/time-to-challenge-and-comply Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:00:51 +0000 When it comes to Canada’s recently passed ban on “conversion therapy," Don Hutchinson argues that it’s bad legislation, not good faith religious counselling, that should be put on trial. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/stockland-moving-on-but-not-out https://www.convivium.ca/articles/stockland-moving-on-but-not-out Fri, 24 Dec 2021 10:00:01 +0000 Convivium's co-founder says goodbye to become publisher of the Catholic Register but Ray Pennings, Cardus Executive Vice-President, welcomes Peter Stockland home as a Senior Fellow.   https://www.convivium.ca/articles/true-north-interview https://www.convivium.ca/articles/true-north-interview Thu, 23 Dec 2021 11:00:36 +0000 Reading the Canadian storyteller’s posthumous new book, Jonathon Van Maren retraces in imagination his travels from his own driveway to the main streets of small towns and cities across the land. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/the-need-for-a-stable-influence https://www.convivium.ca/articles/the-need-for-a-stable-influence Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:00:36 +0000 Christians who cherry-pick Scripture for particular purposes, like the politicians who abuse Parliament by rushing through legislation, need to consider what they’re celebrating, Don Hutchinson writes. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/what-to-do-after-the-deluge https://www.convivium.ca/articles/what-to-do-after-the-deluge Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:00:23 +0000 Daniel Dorman argues each of us has an obligation, as soon as it’s safe, to assert individual freedoms lost to the pandemic. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/the-irreplaceable-place-of-parents https://www.convivium.ca/articles/the-irreplaceable-place-of-parents Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:00:34 +0000 Marking the 30th anniversary of Canada ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Peter Jon Mitchell examines how much it has put the State between children and their families. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/chief-concern-with-conversion-therapy-law https://www.convivium.ca/articles/chief-concern-with-conversion-therapy-law Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:00:41 +0000 Drawing on history and imagination, André Schutten “interviews” former Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker about Conservative Party failure to properly oppose the new legislation.   https://www.convivium.ca/articles/christian-women-doubly-vulnerable-to-persecution https://www.convivium.ca/articles/christian-women-doubly-vulnerable-to-persecution Mon, 06 Dec 2021 13:00:33 +0000 On a day that will live in infamy to mark violence against Canadian women, Susan Korah reports on a global study of gendered religious persecution.