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Members of the royal family have visited South Canterbury several times. At the 1954 visit, Sherson stood in line to meet the royals as they walked through Ashbury Park. “I was a leftenant in the Armoured Corps back in the CMT[Compulsory Military Training] days,’' Sherson said. Gordon Bower/Supplied This photo was taken by Gordon Bower, as the royals left Timaru going south. The people waving were the late George Johnson, and his daughter Marleen, now Marleen Shewan. “I was the 2IC of the local corp.’’ He said he was "very proud’' to be in line to meet the Queen and Prince, a...

Religious orders to match monthly donations to Development and Peace February 25, 2021 Lenten alms-giving to Canada’s Catholic international development agency is getting turbo-charged by religious orders. From Ash Wednesday until Pentecost Sunday (May 23) a handful of religious communities will match new monthly donation plans dollar for dollar, up to a total of $130,000 to aid Development and Peace – Caritas Canada.  Even increases to existing monthly giving commitments will be eligible for matching. So far nine religious communities have committed matching funds — the Scarboro Mi...

Generous benefactors will match monthly donations pledged to Development and Peace. MONTREAL, February 17, 2021 Development and Peace — Caritas Canada has launched an exciting matching project for its Share Year-Round monthly donation program. All monthly donations pledged from Ash Wednesday until Pentecost (Sunday, May 23, 2021) will be matched dollar for dollar, up to a total of $130,000. This includes new pledges and any increases to monthly amounts already being donated. This initiative is funded by several Canadian religious communities, who have been steadfast allies of Development an...

Reading, Writing, Listening: Author Spotlight – Chelsea Coupal January 28, 2021 Chelsea Coupal’s first poetry collection, Sedley (Coteau, 2018), was shortlisted for three Saskatchewan Book Awards and selected by Chapters Indigo for an Indigo Exclusive edition. She has won the City of Regina Writing Award and been shortlisted for CV2’s Young Buck Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in Arc, Best Canadian Poetry 2019, among other publications. Her poem “St. Peter’s Abbey, Muenster, Saskatchewan” can be read on our website at https://canlit.ca/article/st-peters-abbe...