Novalis is a "Catholic" publishing company based at St. Paul's University in Ottawa. In the past two weeks, I came across some troubling stuff in their French daily missalette.
If you know anything about St. Paul's, you'll understand why I put the word "Catholic" between quotation marks. While St. Paul's used to be a world-renowned Catholic institution several decades ago, it is now more renowned for it's liberal brand of Catholicism. In an effort to increase enrollment, the university has diluted the teaching in order to welcome Christians from all denominations. Tragically, successive Archbishops of Ottawa have done little or nothing to fix the problem. There are still good teachers there, but there's too much crap. It's not a safe place for a beginner to learn about theology or philosophy.
Novalis is best known for the daily missalette called "Living With Christ" (in French it's called "Prions en Église"). But they produce a wide variety of other books too. In 2004, they caused quite a stir among faithful Catholics when
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H1N1: Going, going, gone!
According to the latest statistics published by the Public Health Agency of Canada, H1N1 is almost a thing of the past. The number of reported outbreaks has crashed faster than the stock market last year. During the latest week for which data are available, there were 28 reported outbreaks of which 27 were in Quebec and 1 in New Brunswick. The 28 outbreaks represents a drop of about 95% compared to the peak reached about 5 weeks earlier.
The number of new confirmed cases of H1N1, as tested in provincial labs, in down by about 96% from the peak in early November. Recently, the numbers have fallen by more than half in each week. Check it out
The number of new confirmed cases of H1N1, as tested in provincial labs, in down by about 96% from the peak in early November. Recently, the numbers have fallen by more than half in each week. Check it out
- Oct 24: 2,880
- Oct 31: 4,802
- Nov 7: 6,151
- Nov 14: 6,007
- Nov 21: 3,725
- Nov 28: 1,764
- Dec 5: 687
- Dec12: 260
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