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Did you know? The Sergeant-at-Arms’ Mace Has a Cross at the Top

Posted on 2015-11-12 by

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In an article entitled “A Man Loyal to Canada and to His Faith” written by Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, de Souza highlights the fact that there is a cross at the top of the Canadian Sergeant-at-Arms’ Mace. De Souza…

In the News: Some Peterborough Ontario Residents Get Together Before City Council Meetings to Pray for the Mayor and Councillors

Posted on 2015-09-08 by

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Click to view full size Twenty-two weeks after the Supreme Court of Canada decision that members of municipal councils must cease reciting a prayer in the municipal council chamber, some Peterborough residents gathered in the park in front of Peterborough…

Did you know? Until 1823, members of Nova Scotia’s Legislative Assembly were required to take an oath against transubstantiation

Posted on 2015-05-31 by

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Laurence Kavanagh was the first English speaking Roman Catholic to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Nova Scotia. When Kavanagh was elected to represent Cape Breton, there was one barrier to his admission: Anyone wishing to hold…

We are atheists. Critical thought and science lead us to the conclusion that gods, demons, reincarnation, the immortal soul and other supernatural beliefs are childish fictions. We value reason, knowledge and the material, intellectual and moral advancement of humanity. Our philosophy is materialist: there is no soul associated with the body, and as for the mind or intellect it too is material because based on neuronal processes. We are moral beings, constantly evolving and responsible for ourselves, as is the humanity to which we belong. We promote secularism and reject any religious involvement in civil institutions.