It is a warm late-summer afternoon in London, Ontario. 60 people gather in a small chapel at Brescia College on the campus of the University of Western Ontario to celebrate a Mass in honour of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Dennis and Margaret O’Connor, my parents. My Uncle Gerald, a Basilian Roman Catholic Priest, presides Read more
A man I’ve sat in circle with over the years has done a tremendous amount of healing from early childhood abuse. In the safety of our circle, and with the help of a skilled counsellor, he has courageously released a lifetime of rage and frustration that had kept him timid and submissive. He Read more
In the summer of 2011, I wrote a series of blogs on the death of my friend, Ken Bovey in 1991. It has taken two years for Ken’s mother, Nancy, to respond, but she has – and beautifully! Enjoy her comments and follow the links at the bottom of this page, to read the Read more
I’m sitting in a men’s circle in Brisbane, Australia. Across from me is a man talking about how his father abandoned him, his mother, and his sisters when he was 13 years old. He stares without blinking at a singular spot on the tiled floor in front of him; his words thick with a Read more
In late November, on my way home to London, Ontario from Australia, I was passing through the bus depot in Banff, Alberta. I mentioned to a ticket agent that I had driven buses for “Brewsters” in the late 80′s. She called over the supervisor and after a brief chat, I was offered my old Read more
When she stepped on the bus , I thought, “Here is a beautiful woman.” About 25 years old, she wore a cotton honey coloured winter coat, blue jeans, and calf high winter boots. Her blonde hair was tied back on her head in a pony tail. She had a natural girl-next-door beauty. She smiled, Read more
A few years back, while speaking at a conference of Family Studies teachers in Ontario about an adolescent boy’s need to separate from his mother, I saw a woman in the front row with tears streaming down her face. At the end of my talk, she thanked me for helping her understand why her Read more
“Just peddle, don’t push!” in Road Lesson #3, You Will Meet Angels got a lot of response from readers. Here’s more on it. As I rode further on the Icefields Parkway south of Jasper, and away from my meeting with Sanryo Kim, I was filled with joy and delight. Mr. Kim’s joyful spirit, moved Read more
Sometimes pride works in one’s favour. I had told so many people that I was cycling to Vancouver, when the time came to leave, and I was having doubts, I couldn’t back out. On the afternoon of September 10th, 2012, just having learned from Travel Alberta that the campgrounds along the southern route I had Read more
Meeting someone even once can change your life. Here’s a story about one such encounter with a man who changed the way I saw myself – all in 30 minutes. I was cycling the first leg of a 250km trip from Jasper, Alberta to Canmore, Alberta, through the most stunning scenery in the world, the Read more
Saturday Morning: 8:00 am
Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
Saturday Vigil: 6:15pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 7:15pm
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
39 Teresa Street,