Among B.C. residents who journeyed southward, or eastward, to experience the recent solar eclipse in the path of totality were B.C. Catholic reader Alison Scholefield and her husband Chris. They … Continued
There is a little flower that makes its way through a concrete walkway every spring we’ve lived in this home. The first year it passed itself off as a stubborn … Continued
With the publication last fall of Laudate Deum, Pope Francis’ follow-up letter to 2015’s Laudato Si’, the message is clear: Catholics must do much more to care for God’s gift … Continued
Earth Day is observed internationally on April 22. Pollution, waste, environmental and habitat damage, and other issues can loom so large that it can be hard to know what to … Continued
Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B First Reading: Acts 9:26-30Second Reading: 1 Jn 3:18-24Gospel Reading: Jn 15:1-8 In recent years, we have heard “unprecedented” again and again. For example, COVID-19 was … Continued
Father Hawkswell’s Feb. 26 column “The age-old idolatry of the New Age” generated many letters from readers who disagreed with his views on Christian meditation. Here is a selection. In … Continued
Chances are this Easter season your parish will celebrate someone’s first Holy Communion, which is a beautiful manifestation of joy of the Resurrection. In these days between Easter and Pentecost, … Continued
Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year BFirst Reading: Acts 4:7-12Second Reading: 1 Jn 3:1-2Gospel Reading: Jn 10:14 “There is salvation in no one else” but Jesus, St. Peter said, “for there … Continued
The Catechism states: “Thanksgiving characterizes the prayer of the Church which, in celebrating the Eucharist, reveals and becomes more fully what she is.” (CCC 2637) St. Augustine said, “What better … Continued
While reviewing recent films as disparate as Johnny, The Zone of Interest, and Cabrini, I was struck by the fact that each one, based as they are on the lives of real … Continued