Trust

  • The Human Face of Health Care

    The Human Face of Health Care

    Timothy deVries

    October 23, 2020

    Through the painful season of his wife’s death, Timothy deVries saw past caricatures of faceless health systems to recognize the rich culture of care surrounding patients, families and medical professionals.

    One day in May, 2017, a doctor at St. Joseph’s hospital in Hamilton had the awful task of delivering an incurable cancer diagnosis to a pregnant, 40 year-old, mother. It was an appointment she had been dreading, since very few people are subject to a biopsy...

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  • The Barometer of the Heart

    The Barometer of the Heart

    Hannah Marazzi

    June 25, 2019

    In an age marked by distraction and fragmentation, the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal are choosing a life marked by deep joy, service to the poor, and a community of faithfulness. Convivium's Hannah Marazzi sits down with Father Emmanuel Mansford, vocations director for the New York chapter to discuss vocation, trust, and deep community. 

    Photo by Patrick Dunford 

    Convivium: For those who are unfamiliar, who are the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal? 

    Father Emmanuel Mansford: We are a new religious community, fou...

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  • Cloudy Ways

    Cloudy Ways

    Peter Stockland

    February 11, 2019

    Allegations of political interference in the prosecution of engineering giant SNC-Lavalin cast a shadow over the Trudeau cabinet’s ability to function in solidarity and confidence, argues Convivium Publisher Peter Stockland.

    Well, I guess one thing Canadians can all agree on is that it’s not 2015 anymore.

    Certainly, a certain Canadian prime minister knows it as a matter of fact. He doesn’t need to look at the calendar. He can just lick the serious wounds he suffered in o...

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  • Giving Thanks, Living Faith

    Giving Thanks, Living Faith

    Raymond J. de Souza

    November 22, 2018

    Father Raymond de Souza sees in the kerfuffle around U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s claim to Native heritage an example of truth being an act of faith for which we should be thankful.

    On this American Thanksgiving, as our neighbours reflect upon the blessings of their bountiful land, and their debt to those who went before them, it is a fitting occasion to ask what we know about our own ancestors. What we know is an act of faith, and tea...

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  • Putting Christ In Perspective

    Putting Christ In Perspective

    Keith Dow

    December 22, 2017

    The glories of Renaissance painting have given us an image of Jesus at odds with the Saviour who walked beside the poor and dispossessed, writes Convivium contributor Keith Dow. 

    Leonardo da Vinci was a master of perspective. So Walter Isaacson, American journalist and author of a 2017 da Vinci biography, reminds us in his entry for the Washington Post. Isaacson reflects on the recent record-shattering $450 million sale of da Vinci’...

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