Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
In light of the upcoming parliamentary decision to be made concerning so-called ‘euthanasia laws’, we have decided to re-print over the next while a series of articles on the origins and philosophy of L’Arche, the community founded by Jean Vanier (the son of George Vanier, Governor-General of Canada from 1959-1967) to care for the disabled[…]
Justin Trudeau has been elected as Canada’s 23rd Prime Minister, the son of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Canada’s 15th. I never thought I would see the day, after living through his father’s disastrous ministership when I was a child. Trudeau Sr. legalized abortion and free-for-all divorce (amongst other things leading to our current moral-legal collapse).[…]
Trudeau and his Liberal majority government is following through on its plan to move 25,000 Syrian refugees (migrants?) to Canada. Questions abound, not just logistically, and the cost of this endeavour (on the CBC today, I heard they were actually thinking of using cruise ships to ferry them over…that, or a fleet of jumbo jets), but also[…]
I just took in the new American-everyman Tom Hank’s movie, Captain Philips which, surprisingly from its limited quality, has made over $218 million so far, and won six Academy awards. Directed in shaky-realistic-video by Paul Greengrass, who also oversaw two of the Bourne movies, the film has a stark realism. The problem, I think, is[…]
