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A garden meditation: weeds don’t always look like weeds
I have an app on my phone that names flowers, animals, and trees. I would say it has a success rate of about 30 per cent. I used it to … Continued
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Yes, we can all get along, Oslo shows
People of a certain age, such as I, may well recall with delight the entertainments of that urbane and witty pair Flanders and Swann. While many of their songs, such … Continued
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Residential school survivor praying for 215 souls
To contribute to a dialogue of healing and understanding following the Kamloops Indian Residential School announcement, The B.C. Catholic is sharing stories of individuals who have been working toward truth and … Continued
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Space tourism looks ready for takeoff
After decades of promise, not to mention Popular Science articles going back into the ’50s, space tourism looks set to become reality. Mind you, that’s following many a false start, … Continued
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Bridging truth and reconciliation
Immediately after news that more than 200 bodies had been found on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School is not the time to defend less important details … Continued
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Bridging truth and reconciliation
Immediately after news that more than 200 bodies had been found on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School is not the time to defend less important details … Continued
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God’s patterns, and his miracles, show he’s in charge of all
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B First Reading: Ez 17:22-24Second Reading: 2 Cor 5:6-10Gospel Reading: Mk 4:26-34 In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, a branch breaks and Ophelia drowns. Did she … Continued
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Letters: ‘disturbed and disappointed’ by Kamloops tragedy
In response to the horrible revelation of 215 dead bodies of Indigenous children at the Residential School in Kamloops in the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc community, this news is devastating enough, … Continued
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An unbalanced take on an imbalanced family
Netflix’s latest computer animated original The Mitchells vs the Machines follows an oddball family on a road trip across a country apocalyptically overrun by evil robots. Loosely a commentary on … Continued
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The gift of fatherhood, St. Joseph style
Father’s Day is approaching and it’s unique this year because it’s the Year of St. Joseph – a saint we look to as an example of fatherhood. Father’s Day … Continued