Archbishop Michael Miller asked that the following letter – regarding a clergy abuse report due November 22 – be read aloud in all Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Vancouver last weekend: Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Although the… Read more →
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Statement on the Legalization of Marijuana in Canada
by Bishops of BC & the Yukon • • 2 Comments
The Catholic Bishops of BC and the Yukon issued a joint statement November 30 on the issue of legalized marijuana. The pastoral statement distinguishes between using cannabis for health purposes and using it simply for pleasure. While the letter is… Read more →
St. Francis Xavier Relic Pilgrimage: Rare chance to appreciate missionary in public
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
How often do missionaries garner serious press attention these days? Never, unless they are held prisoner for years in some totalitarian nation. Good works and sacrificial living don’t make the front page. But the St. Francis Xavier Relic Pilgrimage is… Read more →
Angus Reid addressed the Canadian ‘spectrum of spirituality’
by Lloyd Mackey • • 1 Comment
Veteran 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 annual Carr Lecture in the… Read more →
How I found Luhombero: BCBookLook adopts an African village
by Alan Twigg • • 0 Comments
Alan Twigg is probably best known as publisher of the ubiquitous BC BookWorld, but he also runs BCBookLook, (“dedicated to continuously promoting the literary culture of British Columbia”) and ABCBookWorld (“the Wikipedia of BC Literature”). Though Twigg notes that he… Read more →
Pastoral statement on Vancouver’s overdose crisis
by Archbishop Michael Miller • • 1 Comment
Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller released a pastoral letter February 16 urging Roman Catholics to look for ways to respond to the region’s drug overdose crisis. Though it was aimed at Catholics, it is also valuable for the whole Christian… Read more →
Around Town: Marilynne Robinson fever, former Catholic HQ, Killarney seniors …
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
It should have come as no surprise, but tickets for Marilynne Robinson were snapped up as soon as they became available earlier this year. Regent College is hosting her for their annual Laing Lecture Series, February 8 – 10; her… Read more →
Vancouver Consultation: A Catholic-Evangelical Conversation
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
A Catholic-Evangelical Conversation was held earlier this year, as part of the Vancouver Consultation. Following is the article I posted after the event. ************** Coastal Church hosted a Catholic-Evangelical Conversation March 1, as part of the Vancouver Consultation process. The… Read more →
Silence: Wrestling with the experience of apostasy
by Margaret Ritchie • • 3 Comments
A couple of months into retirement, I was asked to cover a maternity leave in a West Vancouver high school. It included what turned into the sweetest assignment ever – teaching three young men an International Baccalaureate Japanese course. These… Read more →