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Kresta in the AfternoonSaint Paul, Masculinity, and Priestly Identity - Fr. Etienne Huard(11 April 2024)In the First Book of Kings, David reminds Solomon what it takes to succeed as king: “Be strong, be courageous, and keep the charge of the Lord your God.” The Hebrew word for courageous is more precisely translated as “be manly.” In other words, David sees masculinity as a necessary component to flourishing in leadership. Only when Solomon forgets David’s advice does his life come to a crooked end. St. Paul gives similar advice to the Corinthians. Society, having forgotten this advice, now has men living in a collective identity crisis, leading many to an unfortunate end. Fr. Etienne Hu...2024-04-1127 min
Palmarès CHOQ.caPalmarès Estelle et Vincent: Le grand retour!Estelle Grignon est de retour après deux mois et demi d'absence et présente de nombreuses nouveautés en compagnie de Vincent Huard-Tremblay, notre technicien et membre de Valery Vaughn.
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Resetting The TableOn Decriminalization & Body Sovereignty (with Silver Stevens)In this episode, Céline and Maria speak with Silver Stevens, a Two-Spirit artist and activist from the wolf clan in the Gitxsan Nation, about sex work, decriminalization, and body sovereignty. They talk about destigmatizing sex work, rights not rescue, Jesus and harm reduction, and how decriminalization connects to decolonization. We’re honoured to share Silver’s powerful voice and incisive wisdom and experience with you.
Transcript available: https://resettingthetablepodcast.blogspot.com/2021/04/episode-8-on-decriminalization-and-body.html
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The organizations Silver mentioned are PACE Vancouver (https://www.pace-society.org/) and SWAN (https://www.swanv...2021-04-2745 min
Bucket List BooksEpisode 19: Pride & Prejudice Ch 50-52Reader’s Reflections: There is a story of an old Chinese farmer who lived many years ago. He had one old horse that he used to plough his fields. One day, the horse ran away into the hills. His neighbors said, “What bad luck!” The old man replied, “Bad luck, good luck, who knows?” A week later, the horse returned with a herd of wild horses, which now belonged to the old man. His neighbors said, “What good luck!” The old man replied, “Good luck, bad luck, who knows?” While his only son was riding one of the wild horses, he fell of...2020-07-1348 minBucket List BooksEpisode 18: Pride & Prejudice Ch 48-49Reader’s Reflections: When I was a teenager, there were near daily battles between my mother and my older brother, who had taken up smoking. It was a constant source of heartache for both of them, and it made a big impact upon me. I took the strife so much to heart that, to this day, I have never put a cigarette to my lips. My brother also played guitar, acted in school plays, and wrote poetry – he was a superhero to me, and I appropriated eachof these hobbies, because of my hero worship of him. The person he was...2020-07-1331 minBucket List BooksEpisode 15: Pride & Prejudice Ch 42-43Reader’s Reflections: When I was in grade school, I had a friend who was quite spoiled. Her parents would buy the newest toys and the most expensive clothes for her. She didn’t have to clean her room and she was allowed to have sleepovers whenever she wanted. I was green with envy. I always had more than I needed, if not all that I wanted; my parents always made sure I got my homework done and there were pretty clear rules. Years later, my friend told me that she secretly tried to follow all the rules that my m...2020-06-2543 minBucket List BooksEpisode 17: Pride & Prejudice Ch 46-47Reader’s Reflections: I confess that I have never taken the time and effort to learn to hold my knife and fork quite properly, and I have found myself embarrassed at a few fancy restaurants. My favorite uncle used to eat directly from the buffet tables at restaurants. A guy from my high school has a little sister who became a stripper. These things can be embarrassing, yes; but it’s hard to think of anything that can quite compare with the life-altering shame Jane & Elizabeth are feeling right now. Will the way I hold my knife and fork...2020-06-2446 minBucket List BooksEpisode 16: Pride & Prejudice Ch 44-45Reader’s Reflections: I can honestly say that I have no recollection of saying my marriage vows for the first time. I know I said them, and I know I’d thought a lot about them beforehand and I truly meant everything in them; but the wedding day was so full of excitement and nervousness and busy-ness that my head was in 1,000 places at once as I stood on the altar. The second time I said them, it was a totally different experience. I felt the words in my soul, I professed them with a presence of mind and of h...2020-06-2429 minBucket List BooksEpisode 14: Pride & Prejudice Ch 39-41Reader’s Reflections: C. S. Lewis said, “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” It strikes me that Elizabeth is defending Darcy to Wickham when the former isn’t even there to see her do it. She’s making amends for her mistakes even when the one who was hurt by them can’t see her amends. She’s just doing what is right because it’s right, not for the pat on the back. And, hmm… She had professed her strong feelings against Darcy quite animatedly to his face yet, she is angry at Wickham for hav...2020-06-2037 minBucket List BooksEpisode 13: Pride & Prejudice Ch 36-38Reader’s Reflections: Even after living with him for several months, and clearly being keenly aware that he is not the most pleasant company, Charlotte seems quite content with her decision to marry Mr. Collins in exchange for security. It must increase Elizabeth’s pain exponentially, to see Charlotte so contented with her decision to marry a much more difficult-to-swallow man, who could offer her many fewer creature comforts, than the one that Elizabeth herself has just refused. Darcy, it seems, though not possessed of the easy surface-friendliness of George Wickham, is quite an honorable and even loving man, and...2020-06-1432 minBucket List BooksEpisode 12: Pride & Prejudice Ch 34-35Reader’s Reflections: I first visited France with my high school French class, and a group of us met with a group of students from Italy, who were staying in the same hotel. I became pen-pals with a young man my age named Gianni, and we wrote to each other regularly for years. Then, in my late teens, I took a trip with other Catholic youth from the Northeast to Italy and France, as part of that year’s World Youth Day celebration. Gianni came a long way to meet me in the part of Italy where our group was...2020-06-1435 minBucket List BooksEpisode 11: Pride & Prejudice Ch 31-33Reader’s Reflections: I recently read a great quote from HigherPerspectives.com: “Easy to spot a yellow car when you are always thinking of a yellow car. Easy to spot opportunity when you are always thinking of opportunity. Easy to spot reasons to be mad when you are always thinking of being mad. You become what you constantly think about. Watch yourself.” Similar to the old adage, “When you’re a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” Elizabeth loves Jane and believes her to be kind and sweet, and so she sees anyone who rebuffs her as a villain. She...2020-06-0631 minBucket List BooksEpisode 10: Pride & Prejudice Ch 28-30Reader’s Reflections: My dad tells a joke about a lady who’s showing off her huge engagement ring, to the amazement of her onlookers. She’s bragging about it, saying, “It’s an enormous 28 carats! But it comes with the Grossman Curse. It’s completely colorless and perfectly flawless. But it comes with the Grossman Curse. It’s cut with artistry and precision that make it sparkle like no other. But it comes with the Grossman Curse.” Finally her friends interrupt her, “Wait a second, What’s the Grossman Curse?” The lady sighs and says, “Mr. Grossman.”
Charlotte has a lovely h...2020-05-2934 minBucket List BooksEpisode 9: Pride & Prejudice Ch 25-27Reader’s Reflection: It’s happened to me on several occasions that I’ll be in a small group of people – a class, a club, a workplace – and everyone there is, for the most part, of the same mind, except for one person. This one person seems to be surprisingly lacking in self-awareness – he drops comments that make me feel embarrassed for him, she monopolizes the conversation to an uncomfortable degree, he feels the need to point out where everyone else is wrong and instruct them condescendingly in his own opinions, she speaks with a degree of assumed emotional intimacy tha...2020-05-2834 minBucket List BooksEpisode 8: Pride & Prejudice Ch 22-24Reader’s Reflection: Chapter 22 really hits home for me. I have such a different impression of it than I would have had if I’d read it as a teenager. Throughout my life, I’ve had several friendships that were extremely close and strong while we were children; and I’ve watched many of them stretch thin and nearly disappear because my friend and I made different choices in our lives. The biggest ones involve child rearing philosophies, career paths, and what a marriage vow means. There are many things I’ve said NO to, that my friends have said YES t...2020-05-2235 minBucket List BooksEpisode 7: Pride & Prejudice Ch 19-21Reader’s Reflections: When I was about 10 or 11 years old, my dad came into my room hours after bedtime to catch me reading under the covers with a flashlight. He chuckled at this gentle naughtiness, but took away the flashlight just the same, and told me to go to bed. He came in to check on me a second time, to catch me reading with a backup flashlight. I could never get enough of books. As I got older, responsibilities grew, life got busier, and reading for pleasure became a luxury in which I very seldom had the chance to...2020-05-1939 minBucket List BooksEpisode 6: Pride & Prejudice Ch 17-18Reader’s Reflections: Several months ago, I forced my kids to sit down and watch the 1993 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” Midway through the first scene between Beatrice and Benedick, I paused the movie to ask if the girls understood what was going on. My 12-year-old said with surprised delight, “They’re roasting each other!” I was amazed not only that she understood the dialogue so well, but that she recognized what was going on as something she’s observed many times in her own lifetime. The language didn’t alienate her, it entertainedher! And after all, what cu...2020-05-1642 minBucket List BooksEpisode 5: Pride & Prejudice Ch 15-16Reader’s Reflections: The speed with which Mrs. Bennett can switch from not being able to bear the mention of a man’s name, to holding that same man high in her good graces; is overtaken only by the speed with which Mr. Collins can transfer his sights from Daughter #1 to Daughter #2 when he hears that the first is off the table. I guess it truly is a business transaction for both of them. Collins continues to strike the enigmatic balance between offering over-the-top praise and apologies for his very existence to each new lady he meets, and monopolizing ever...2020-05-1334 minBucket List BooksEpisode 4: Pride & Prejudice Ch 11-14Reader’s Reflections: The idea of a family home being entailed on, or inherited by, a cousin who was male, instead of the owner’s own children, because they are female, was completely new to me before reading this book. It is such a beastly aspect of Great Britain in the early 1800s, one that, thankfully, wouldn’t even occur to me now. Though Mrs. Bennett tends to be a bit of a drama queen, it’s a little easier to understand that her obsession with getting her daughters married, to men who are well-off, is fueled by fear that, if...2020-05-1333 minBucket List BooksEpisode 3: Pride & Prejudice Ch 8-10Reader’s Reflections: I have to marvel at Elizabeth’s interactions with several of the other characters. It’s funny to hear her mother berate her for speaking her mind amongst the menfolk; when Elizabeth is at the same time wishing her mother would do less talking. Mother and daughter, seemingly opposites in both manner and intelligence, yet each a strong woman who believes herself to be in the right! When it comes to Darcy, Elizabeth doesn’t hesitate to go head-to-head where opinions are concerned, even though the ladyfolk of his party clearly feel he outranks her in every wa...2020-05-1339 minBucket List BooksEpisode 2: Pride & Prejudice Ch 5-7Reader’s Reflections: I don’t know whether to chuckle or shake my head at the length to which Mrs. Bennett will go to secure Jane’s place in Mr. Bingley’s attentions. She sends her daughter out in the rain just to lengthen her visit until Bingley returns to the house. The image of Elizabeth arriving at Netherfield with flushed cheeks and dirty stockings after having walked the three miles there, forcefully brings to mind the image of Once Upon a Mattress’s Princess Fred arriving at the castle after swimming the moat. The “refined” of the group are shocked an...2020-05-1334 minBucket List BooksEpisode 1: Pride & Prejudice Ch 1-4Got a bucket list? Things you want to see and do before you die? If you’ve got even a bit of geek in you, you probably hear the same little voice in your head as I do in mine, telling you that there are some great books you should definitely read at some point this lifetime! But there are so many amazing books out there, it’s hard to know where to begin. Some of the most time-tested classics, like Pride & Prejudice, A Tale of Two Cities, or The Hound of the Baskervilles, can feel too imposing to p...2020-05-1329 min