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St. Patrick's, Stafford

Stafford, Saint Patrick

Here we see Saint Patrick’s Church, Stafford, as photographed by the writer on a fine spring day in 1987.  Both inside and out, Saint Patrick’s ...
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Silver linings

Later, you will say to yourself, “I will always remember where I was when…” There are some moments in your life that are absolutely pivotal, ...
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Bishop Shane and Albert Dumont walking on a path under a tree canopy

Reconciliation is not a spectator sport

In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada called upon the federal government, in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples, “to establish, as a statutory holiday, ...
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Black and white image of Saint Mark's church being built.

Ottawa, Saint Mark

On a summer evening just before dusk in 1955, in a part of the City of Ottawa that had not yet quite fully adjusted to ...
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Who are we?

I am not a racist. At least, that’s what I thought, until I read the book, Waking Up White by Debby Irving. The author writes as ...
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Aboriginal singers in front of the Canadian Parliament

Listening to Indigenous voices and hard truths

At a loss about what to write or how to address the shock, grief and shame felt across the country as news of the unmarked ...
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collage of photos of a rainbow from a kayak

Paddling out of the storm

Last summer I took myself up to a large lake in Algonquin Park for an annual three-day silent, solo, retreat. Like all of you, I ...
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Exterior of Saint Helen's, Orléans

Orléans, Saint Helen

Planners for the national capital were concerned by the 1990s that growth in the urban core was getting increasingly lopsided.  Two generations earlier, in the ...
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Companions on the Journey

One of my favourite contemporary Christian songs is “Companions on the Journey” by Carey Landry. As I listen to that song my mind goes to ...
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