Care of Youth V
"Those present at the Synod have many matters to address and difficulties to face with courage but there are signs of hope"...
15
Sep
Gill Goulding is an Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Spirituality at Regis College, Toronto.
9 posts
23
Aug
Care of Youth IV
"I would like to share with you the calls to action from the Declaration of Rome signed by Pope Francis at the end of the Congress and in addition raise a question that perhaps we can reflect upon both as individuals and in our various friendship, work and community groups."...
14
Jun
Care of Youth III
"Last October I was privileged to be invited to take part in the World Congress: Child Dignity in the Digital World held at the Gregorian University in Rome and bringing together 140 participants from around the world."...
23
Oct
Care of Youth: Two
"I believe there is a deep desire amongst young people to commit themselves to a cause often amidst a cultural context within which there is ingrained hopelessness despair and hedonism."...
16
Oct
Care of Youth: One
"Incorporated into the Jesuit vow formula which is also the vow formula I professed as a young member of my own congregation is a particular focus which is of vital significance in the mission of both religious bodies. It is what we call the ‘care of youth’."...
14
Aug
Canada 150 & Me – One, Five, Zero
For the "Canada 150 & Me" series, igNation asked writers what being Canadian means to them.Today a reflection on the numbers one, five and zero....
12
Apr
A Church of Passion and Hope – A Review
Eric Jensen, SJ reviews Gil Goulding C.J.'s book which asks the question: "Is there an Ignatian approach to the Church traceable in later generations of Jesuit theologians? Is there an Ignatian ecclesial disposition that reflects the practice of sentire cum ecclesia?" (thinking with the Church)...
08
Feb
A Principled Stand
With last week's decision by the Supreme Court of Canada to strike down the laws against physician assisted suicide, once more the issue of physician conscience rights is to the fore. In a meeting on Sunday 8th February of the Toronto Catholic Doctor's Guild, the Civil Rights League and the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute I listened to a number of speakers expressing their concern about the future of medical and particularly family practice in the light of this judgement....
08
Apr
Finding Identity and Being Forgivingly Found
Faith is a way of seeing beyond and within realities. Is seeing believing or is believing a way to see? Faith allows us to see God in everything, and everything as rooted in God. This is where we and all human beings find their true identity rooted in God. So often we are looking for our identity elsewhere, sometimes in material things, often in other people. We want others to tell us who we are. Only God can do this....
01
Apr
Seeing and Perceiving
I am going to take the patch off while you keep your eye closed the doctor said to me "and I want you then to open your eye and tell me what you see". A simple request you might think but from my experience it was a wee bit more complicated. I had the day before had a tricky second operation on my eye. Many questions were in my mind in response to the doctor's simple request. What would I see if I opened my eye? Would I see anything at all? Would my sight be distorted? Would it be clear? Did I want to open my eye and find out? Would I need to remain in perpetual shadow peering out from dark sunglasses for months on end? Would it not be easier to remain with my eye closed so I did not have to face what might be endless dark or what might be more scary brilliant light?...