THIS WEEK
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on holidays
With this issue the Prairie Messenger begins three weeks of holidays.
The editorial office will be closed from July 30 to August 20. The next
issue will be dated August 25.
Cree prayer
book
When Oblate Father Emile Grouard came to the Canadian Northwest in the
mid-19th century, he set out to make the Catholic faith more accessible
to the First Nations people. One result was a prayer book in Cree in the
1880s, the first book ever published in Alberta. Now Grouard’s book
has been re-published in English translation accompanied by the original
Cree.
— page 5
Inspiring
example
Every community has people who inspire and motivate others. One such person
is Gary Tinker in Pinehouse Lake in northern Saskatchewan.
— page 6
Triumph
of appearance
“When image is everything, gradually, without us noticing, appearance
begins to look like character, celebrity begins to look like nobility
of soul, and looking good becomes more important than being good,”
says Rev. Ron Rolheiser, OMI.
— page 9
Midsummer
Hollywood dream
Inception, a new film written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring
Leonardo DiCaprio, is a story “with enough clever surrealist allusions
to classic films for one to write a thesis, yet enjoyable as a superior
action thriller,” says Gerald Schmitz.
— page 11
Some great,
some good
This week’s column by Rev. Richard McBrien features little-known
facts of popes in the 20th century.
— page 16
See you
in heaven
Genevieve’s last moments were profoundly sacred, says Cathleen Falsani.
She was so much more than “just a dog.”
— page 16
Annoying
to absurd to dangerous
“The Catholic story du jour is that ordaining a woman is equal to
priestly pederasty. Lots of folks are wondering what, exactly, they’re
smoking in the Vatican,” says Phyllis Zagano, senior research associate-in-residence
at Hofstra University and author of several books in Catholic Studies.
— page 17
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Music for liturgy
This week’s Prairie Messenger features music for liturgy from Sept.
5, the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, to Oct. 24, the 30th Sunday in Ordinary
Time.
— page 12
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