Why are so many people hungry?
Murray MacAdam
September 28, 2022
Abundance is central to the gospel promise. God wants everyone to “have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10). The prophet Isaiah exhorts
Abundance is central to the gospel promise. God wants everyone to “have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10). The prophet Isaiah exhorts
Are we entering an age of discouragement? The evidence is compelling. A Statcan poll showed that the percentage of Canadians who viewed the future optimistically
Years later, the episode still disturbs me. A few years ago, I took part in a community choir led by a man I’ll call Ben.
Spring is a time of rebirth, renewed vitality and hope reborn, especially for the gardeners amongst us. Nothing can revive one’s spirit more than seeing
Vocations: it was a key word during my Roman Catholic childhood. We were exhorted to “pray for vocations,” that is, to pray that young men
A workshop at the Outreach and Advocacy Conference on “Re-making Settler/Indigenous Relations” heard first-hand what the treatment of First Nations in Canada has meant in human
More than 100 people from all over the diocese and even as far as India met online on Oct. 30 for the annual Outreach and
It’s finally coming to a close, at least as I write this. A lengthy, tumultuous event unparalleled in our lifetimes, marked by sickness, death, fear
Forgiveness: it’s a quality drilled into us as essential for our Christian faith. It’s at the heart of our relationship with God and with others.
I gaze out my living room picture window at a snowy landscape. The frigid scene seems to mirror my spirit. It has been a long
New Year’s resolutions. Mention the topic and the responses will likely be an enthusiastic, “I don’t make resolutions anymore because I always break them… Life
“No one is disposable” was the theme of the diocese’s outreach conference, held Oct. 24. The conference underscored that message by tackling the feeling of
What happens when church isn’t church anymore? Or perhaps more precisely, when the form of church we’ve known all our lives simply isn’t there for
As I went up to my computer to pray Studying about that good ol’ way And who shall show up on the screen Good Lord,
The “radical, revolutionary” message of Jesus can sustain us when the signs of the times can cause us to lose hope, said Thea Prescod, the
Participants at the diocese’s annual Outreach and Advocacy Conference heard a powerful call to work for equity in the Church and society, and grappled with
When it comes to living out the call to reconciliation with First Nations, St. Saviour, Orono is a small parish that thinks big. The parish
The word “Pikangikum” can evoke feelings of sadness and despair, as this remote northern Ontario community has attracted headlines for tragically high rates of suicide
Drawing its theme from a well-known biblical text, the diocese’s annual Outreach and Advocacy Conference, held Oct. 15 in Richmond Hill, affirmed how hospitality can
The keynote speaker at a forum on poverty at Queen’s Park on Nov. 18 proposed that all politicians be required to live in a poor
About 60 people, some from as far away as Thunder Bay and London, Ont., attended a recent forum in Toronto on the challenge of ending