Celebrating the Abrahamic Faiths
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Catholic Bishops' apology to Indigenous People
Statement of Apology by the Catholic Bishops of Canada to the Indigenous Peoples of This Land
Remembering Residential Schools
A social media post from a non-Indigenous friend who works in a northern Ontario community as a doctor
We Won't Forget You
A song from the children of Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation (Kamloops) where the 215 bodies at the Indian Residential School were discovered last week.
"I have gone to prepare a place for you"
Yesterday, the 40th day of Easter, was the feast of the Ascension of Jesus to heaven, often celebrated at Church this Sunday. It seems like a strange feast where we celebrate Jesus apparently leaving us.
Pope Francis' May prayer to Mary for the end of the pandemic
"We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God”
May the 4th be with you. And with your spirit.
By now, most Catholics are aware of how the Star Wars greeting for May the 4th has been connected to the standard blessing of the priest and our response. Stars Wars certainly has spiritual themes and celebrating it May 4 reminds of how important it is to celebrate things we have in common.
Ethical vaccines
Some have expressed concern about a possible connection between Covid vaccines and abortion. Here is a statement from pro-life Catholic scholars that addresses those concerns.
50 Countries affected by Covid-19 sing Amazing Grace
As we endure what is hopefully the final challenges weeks of this pandemic, here is a song of hope from last year that reminds us that Covid, like all suffering, is universal, but so is hope
Sleeping St. Joseph
As today is the feast of St. Joseph and this liturgical year has been declared the Year of St. Joseph, a short reflection on the restful example of the father of Jesus
On the importance of casual friendship
As we pass the year anniversary of Covid being declared a pandemic, a reflection on the casual interactions we have lost
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On Lent and “being alive when we die”
"But whatever our Lenten discipline this year ... the point and purpose remains: for all of us to allow brightness and liveliness to mark us and playfully to prepare us not just for Christ’s death and our own, but for the resurrection also."
Celebrating the sun
With spring and longer days coming, celebrate the blessing of the sun with these beautiful pictures