RNDMs Arrival in St. Boniface and Grande Clairière, 1898
We have decided to honor this 125th anniversary of the RNDMs arrival in Canada by posting a monthly history excerpt. These monthly posts will seek to pass on a sense…
We have decided to honor this 125th anniversary of the RNDMs arrival in Canada by posting a monthly history excerpt. These monthly posts will seek to pass on a sense…
My knowledge of asteroids comes mostly from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beautiful tale of The Little Prince, who lived on a house-sized asteroid known as "B 612", and gave the world…
As previously mentioned, 2023 marks 125 years since the first RNDM Sisters came to Canada from France.During this anniversary year, on the first Wednesday of each month, we will be…
Carrying on from my post of January 30, here is a reflection by Sr. M. of the Trinity, (front centre in the photo) one of the early RNDM Canadian pioneers…
Lately I have been reading a lot about the new cosmology. I find this research energizing and so hopeful in relation to the future of our planet home. For example,…
For many people, a regular part of Christmas is watching the 1946 classic movie "It’s a Wonderful Life". In my family, this movie was on our sister Mary’s perennial “Christmas…
There is an emerging consensus that we humans of planet earth are in a time of systems collapse. Systems we have built – e.g. health care, education, government, religion, politics,…
Many years ago, I came across a photograph and reflection from theologian Elizabeth Johnson that I have had on my computer desktop ever since. Both photo and reflection come from…
On July 12, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sent first photos from deep space back to earth. Those photos are highly significant for scientific purposes. And for deepening human…
Student demonstrations in Europe and the U.S., Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy being shot, Trappist monk Thomas Merton being electrocuted in Thailand, my Father dying tragically, and my becoming…