Delivered on Sunday, December 12, 2010, at St. John The Evangelist Church, Portneuf The Bishop’s charge began with a quote from his Synod 2009 charge, which touched on the essential. …
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The Battle of the St. Lawrence, Part 4
On November 27 in Port-aux-Basque, NL, the Canadian Navy honoured the 90 crewmembers of HMCS SHAWINIGAN lost during the Battle of the St. Lawrence. This is the fourth of five …
LHSQ/Morrin Centre Receives Grant
During the cocktail party before the Literary Feast held at the Morrin Centre last Tuesday, Madame Christine St. Pierre, Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women presented LHSQ …
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces construction of natural gas pipeline in Thetford Mines
Thetford Mines, Quebec – Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Monday, December 13, that the federal Government will support economic diversification in the Thetford region by helping finance the construction …
A spiritual home
Today we need to befriend religious questions rather than dismiss or psychologize them. If we attempt an honest questioning of the underlying assumptions to our religious and spiritual beliefs which …
Who is Santa Claus, anyway?
In the late 1930s I was the only grandchild on the maternal side of our family, and most certainly the apple of my grandfather Brathwaite’s eye. I well recall, for …
Memorials and Things of Fame for December 15, 2010
1850The Morning Chronicle The ability for labor, mental or manual, most people know, is much affected by the state of the health. An individual, of the most lively disposition, bustling …
The Little Santas Who Could
They were little Santas. Then, in this advent season, they gave birth to something beyond themselves. Before becoming 2,250 Santas, they were wooden dowels. The Very Rev. Christian Schreiner, dean …
Christmas Celebrations
Members of my congregation are presently getting ready for our annual bilingual Christmas Eve celebration. There will be music – with professional musicians and a guest soloist. There will be …
A Commentary on English School System in Quebec
As the first decade of the new millennium ends, it may be an opportune moment to consider the English school system in Quebec, most particularly, in Montreal. Providing food for …