Margaret Silf one hour talk in November at St. Paul's in London UK on "Faith" can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70WMEzQMpHQ She shares how her own Ignatian based faith is grounded in personal experience rather than creeds, institutional dogmas, church attendance etc. She will be giving two 2 day retreats and a talk in Toronto at the Sisters of St. John the Divine between May 22-28. (See http://www.ssjd.ca/retreat2015-0522-margaret-silf1.html for more details) and a weekend workshop for the Ignatian Spirituality Centre of Montreal from May 29-31.
This past week, the United Nations wrapped up its conference working towards a new Climate Change Framework Agreement. We took action by writing to the Prime Minister, Opposition Party Leaders and several other MP's urging Canada to play a positive role in these international discussions.
In this letter we referred to letters that we had written to the Ambassadors of China and the United States in Canada, congratulating them on the breakthrough agreement between those two countries on the reduction of carbon emissions.
In our letter to the Prime Minister we stated that we are waiting in hope...
The 'Joy of the Gospel' has been resounding within three highly enthusiastic groups in Montreal; two coordinated by Sister Kay Duffin and one by Sister Marie Azzarello. The consensus seems to be that Pope Francis' Gaudium Evangelii is a breath of fresh air and a source of great hope for our church, for our world.
