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Feb
Cancer: What Have I Learned?
It is now a little over a year since I first discovered the lump that turned out to be breast cancer. For that reason and also because since Feb 5 was World Cancer Day and February is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I thought it would be a good time to try to answer this question....
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Feb
Death of a Hermit – July 24, 2016
On July 24, 2016, in her 84th year, Elizabeth Buckley died peacefully at L'Arche Daybreak. In the 1960s, she joined the original L'Arche community in Trosly, France. Elizabeth went on to found L'Arche Inverness in Scotland and L'Arche Irenicon in Massachusetts She leaves a rich spiritual legacy to people in L'Arche around the world, and to countless others. This is Doug McCarthy's homily at Elizabeth's funeral...
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Feb
What We Believe: Part 8 – Initiation into The Incredible
In 1992, Pope John Paul II authorized a new Catechism of the Catholic Church, a 700 page comprehensive explanation of the teachings of the Church. Since then , a smaller version for youth was published. This series will try to explain various teachings of the Catechism in a simple way that hopefully will be easily understood ....
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Feb
Pushing Forward for Peace
Pope Francis has called this the beginning of a world war fought in pieces" around the world – fuelled by terrorism, unforeseen acts of violence, organized crime, abuses suffered by migrants and devastation of the environment. The world needs to wake up its leadership to this pressing need."...
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Feb
Learning a Language. Empathizing with Immigrants.
Language immersion in Colombia raised many questions: from the mundane (is this fabric softener or laundry detergent?) to the philosophical (what does the subjunctive say about cultural differences) to the urgent (is this the right dosage of medicine???). Reposted from The Jesuit Post....
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Feb
Jesuits in Canada: Mission, Passion and Action
A Venezuelan Jesuit, Jhonny Antonio Morales Galicio, came to Toronto to learn English. He writes about his time here....
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Feb
What We Believe: Part 7 – The Apostles start a Church
In 1992, Pope John Paul II authorized a new Catechism of the Catholic Church, a 700 page comprehensive explanation of the teachings of the Church. Since then , a smaller version for youth was published. This series will try to explain various teachings of the Catechism in a simple way that hopefully will be easily understood ....
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Feb
Let Those with Eyes See . . .
I love walking through the forest after a good windstorm. Trees snapped off, blown over, uprooted. All part of the dynamic, ordered chaos" of a forest. Like every other living being, trees, if they live long enough - or rather grow tall enough, will eventually be killed by something. For tall trees, wind can be the great destroyer."...
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Feb
How Can I Respond to the Environmental Crisis?
An important point made by Pope Francis in Laudato Si is that each of us needs to become involved in the effort to take up the fight against environmental destruction. But does this personal effort make any difference?...