Counsellor visiting to lecture on reason and emotion

Psychotherapist knowledgeable about St. Thomas Aquinas's studies of affection in human relationships

Sue Baars

Emotions can control human actions, yet reason by nature guides the emotions, said Catholic psychotherapist Sue Baars. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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European bishops visit Holy Land to show solidarity and seek hope

Cardinal Peter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, celebrates Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Aug. 29. CNS photo / Michael Reynolds, EPA.

European bishops gathered in the Holy Land Sept. 11-16 to show closeness to Christians in the Middle East and to trace a path of hope for them. It was an unprecented assembly. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

'Laudato Si'' brought into the classroom

Dean Sarnecki / Ramon Gonzalez / Western Catholic Reporter (CCN)

"Laudato Si'," Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment, should be integrated into what children are taught in the Catholic school system, said Dean Sarnecki, the executive director of the Alberta Catholic School Trustees' Association. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.