Mother’s Day – Fifth Sunday of Easter 2020
"I imagine that family celebrations will look different today, especially for those whose mothers are older and need to protect themselves from contracting COVID-19"...
10
May
07
May
Remembering Peter Larisey, SJ
Six decades ago, Peter Larisey taught for two years at Loyola High School, a Jesuit high school in Montreal. Two of his students, Ben Fagan and Andy Malolepszy, reminisce:...
05
May
Norm Dodge, SJ – d. May 2, 2020 – 7:08 p.m.
Five minutes after Greg Kennedy, SJ, arrived at the Jesuit Infirmary in Pickering. to serve as a volunteer, Norm Dodge died. He had been Greg's spiritual director in Ottawa.. Greg wrote this poem the next morning....
04
May
Why Samaritans?
"Yet within all that richness, the normal, free, individual member of a tribe will be individualized, maybe by picking up traits from here and there, maybe through personal creativity. "...
01
May
St. Joseph the Worker
"Many committed lay Catholics are able to see their labours as being rooted in God’s desires for them."...
30
Apr
No Time to Say Goodbye
"But I also remembered the words a priest friend said years ago: “When someone we love dies, sometimes the symbols of faith are the only thing that seems meaningful.”"...
29
Apr
“In God We Trust.”
"As a frontline worker, I feel supported to the best of everyone’s ability. It is daunting, but at least I know that someone has my back."...
25
Apr
Uncle Bill
"He had a tremendous impact on the lives he touched, whether it was through teaching, mentorship, his translation work, or simply providing words of comfort. "...
22
Apr
Earth Day 2020
"t is Earth Day. Can I do even one thing today that will contribute to the well-being of the planet?"...
21
Apr
Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020
Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War. It commemorates the genocide that resulted in the deaths of 6 million Jews and 11 million others, by the Nazi regime and its collaborators....