The B.C. Catholic Newspaper - articles, stories and editorials http://bcc.rcav.org/ 2005 The B.C. Catholic en-ca Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:50:03 -0700 Paul Schratz Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:49:46 -0700 Paul Marquis FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.2.0) By LAUREEN McMAHON -- Canadian Muslim leader Aziz Khaki is calling for Catholics and Muslims to promote a peaceful means of dealing with any controversy sparked by a recent speech by Pope Benedict XVI. http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-25/index.htm Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:49:46 -0700 OTTAWA (CCN) – In British Columbia, someone who simply prays the Rosary outside an abortion clinic can be arrested. The same thing can happen to someone handing out leaflets or long-stemmed roses. The province's Access to Abortion Services... http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-25/index2.htm Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:48:58 -0700 By Paul Schratz - It’s been suggested that what we’re witnessing with regard to the Pope and Islam is an “information cascade.” It’s a term that was unfamiliar to me, but it and its cousin the “availability cascade” seem to nicely describe the response to Pope Benedict XVI’s speech at Regensburg University. http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-25/editorial.htm Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:48:01 -0700 By Fr. Vincent Hawkswell -- “If your hand,” or foot or eye, “causes you to stumble, cut it off” or “tear it out,” Jesus says in this Sunday's Gospel Reading; “It is better for you to enter life maimed” than to have a whole body and go to hell, “the unquenchable fire.” http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-25/columns.htm Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:47:28 -0700 By LAUREEN McMAHON -- A Coquitlam city councilor and All Saints parishioner is pleased that city council appears ready to reverse a policy that would allow new churches to be taxed on portions of their property. http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-18/index.htm Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:11:35 -0700 By JEFF GRAHAM --When Pat and Vicky Conroy look back at their time in Vancouver, they’ll no doubt feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment, and reminisce in awe at the work God was able to do through them. Pat and Vicky, now in their... http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-18/index2.htm Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:11:09 -0700 By Paul Schratz -- Watch out, the separation of church and state is feeling threatened again. The separation of church and state, secularism's gift to mankind, is never as twitchy as when it feels it might not be the only belief system... http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-18/editorial.htm Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:10:30 -0700 By Marie Luttrell -- Dreams lived out are interesting phenomena. God works through them to bring people to Him in ways, well, ways we hadn’t dreamed of. http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-18/columns.htm Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:10:16 -0700 An uplifting photo from a high-rise in Coquitlam, looking out toward Burke Mountain... http://bcc.rcav.org/voices/2006-09-18.htm Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:12:42 -0700 By JEFF GRAHAM -- The familiar sight of Jehovah's Witnesses evangelizing door to door could be replicated by Catholics next year when members of Catholic Christian Outreach come to town. http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-11/index.htm Fri, 8 Sep 2006 09:09:25 -0700 OTTAWA (CCN) -- As federal politicians prepare to return to Ottawa for the resumption of Parliament on Sept. 18, a call has gone out to an informal coalition of pro-marriage groups to urge people on their mailing lists to contact their MPs. http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-11/index2.htm Fri, 8 Sep 2006 09:08:54 -0700 By Paul Schratz -- Archbishop Roussin's statement last week defending parental rights in education illustrated why it’s so necessary to remind people of essential truths. It’s because people forget. http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-11/editorial.htm Fri, 8 Sep 2006 09:08:13 -0700 By Msgr. Pedro Lopez-Gallo -- The Roman Pontiff has an inherent and independent right to appoint his envoys to particular churches and to send his ambassadors to various countries. He also has the right... http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-11/columns.htm Fri, 8 Sep 2006 09:07:46 -0700 Vancouver Archbishop Raymond Roussin, SM, is concerned that a new B.C. government agreement with homosexual activists represents an unwarranted intrusion on the rights of parents to determine how their children are educated. http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-04/index.htm Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:43:27 -0700 By LAUREEN McMAHON -- This week, the 49 Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese flung wide the portals to welcome back to classes around 15,700 students registered in 40 elementary and nine secondary schools. http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-04/index2.htm Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:43:09 -0700 By Archbishop Roussin, SM -- When Pope Benedict XVI met Christian Democrat political leaders in Europe in March, he presented to them his agenda for marriage. http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-04/editorial.htm Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:42:46 -0700 By Paul Matthew St. Pierre -- LIGHTS, CAMERA ... FAITH! THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: A MOVIE LOVER’S GUIDE TO SCRIPTURE, by Rose Pacatte, FSP, and Peter Malone, MSC. Pauline Books and Media... http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-04/columns.htm Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:42:21 -0700 By JEFF GRAHAM -- If there was an obvious theme for the Aug. 19 pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in Mission, it was the honouring of women of God: first a Rosary to Our Lady of Lourdes was recited by hundreds of the faithful; later Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha... http://bcc.rcav.org/06-08-28/index.htm Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:40:40 -0700 By Paul Schratz -- If you want to get a rise out of people, alert them to the pending end of summer by saying something like, "Fall is in the air, eh?" http://bcc.rcav.org/06-08-28/editorial.htm Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:40:23 -0700 By DEBORAH GYAPONG -- HALIFAX (CCN) -- Bishop Richard Smith of Pembroke told the Catholic Women's League a "terrible mistake was made" when Parliament redefined marriage last year. http://bcc.rcav.org/06-08-28/index2.htm Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:39:20 -0700 By Alan Charlton -- No event has affected the American consciousness to as great an extent as the bombing of the World Trade Center. That terribly tragic act has loomed so overwhelmingly large that it has become... http://bcc.rcav.org/06-08-28/columns.htm Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:38:55 -0700 Kevin Dobbs, one of those responsible for maintenance and security for the archdiocesan offices at 150 Robson Street in Vancouver receives a Bible... http://bcc.rcav.org/voices/2006-08-28.htm Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:41:58 -0700