Artist-monk finishes 7-year work

Father Dunstan Massey, OSB, completes jewelled crucifix

Father Dunstan Massey, OSB, assembles his seven-year project, a new crucifix for the Westminster Abbey church. Alistair Burns / The B.C. Catholic

People of all ages recently gazed up at an awe-inspiring work that took a 90-year-old monk seven years to complete at Westminster Abbey. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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Black mass attracts more protesters than Satanists

More than 2,000 Catholics process through the streets of Oklahoma City Sept. 21 as part of a Eucharistic Holy Hour led by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley at St. Francis of Assisi Church. Steve Sisney / Archdiocese of Oklahoma City / CNS.

Throngs of Catholics far outnumbered a gathering of Satanists in Oklahoma City on the day of a hotly contested black mass. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

100,000 blue-and-white flags mark 100,000 annual abortion deaths in Canada

Veteran anti-abortion protestors approved of the flag display. Timmins native Donald Andre Bruneau has been protesting on the Hill every day the House is in session for three years. Father Tony Van Hee is entering his 26th year fasting, praying, and demonstrating on the Hill against abortion.

On Oct. 2, residents of Ottawa and politicians and staff awoke to find 100,00 tiny blue and pink flags planted in the lawn of Parliament Hill, representing the lives lost to abortion each year. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.