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News from Corpus-NCR
By Jim Noonan, Ottawa, ON (Corpus-NCR) 
After a break in meetings for the summer, Corpus-NCR met at the home of John
and Rosa Kroetch in Carp, Ontario, 40 k. west of Ottawa, on September 22.
Some twenty-five people attended the discussion and potluck supper.
The evening was marked by a discussion based on the book Tomorrow’s Catholic
by Michael Morwood, which was reviewed by one of our members, Ban Hanlon,
in the last issue of The Journal. The topic for discussion was our personal images of God. In the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks on the United States, the topic took on special meaning, and began with a question especially relevant to these horrendous events: “What kind of God would allow this to happen?” The discussion was long and lively. Many people spoke of their personal images of God in the light of these current events and a world where everyone is more closely connected with everyone else than in the past as a result of advances in technology. Several emphasized the disparity in living standards between first- and third-world countries, and the importance of addressing this and other reasons that make people like the Taliban hate the West if we are to project to them the image of a just and caring God. The discussion continued well into the delicious potluck supper and over coffee/tea and dessert. Jim Noonan reported on the Corpus Canada Conference help September 14-16 in Bragg Creek. He reminded everyone that other Corpus Canada members were welcome to join the National Coordinating Team as representatives of Corpus-NCR, and that if they did there would be a one-year overlap of new and retiring members. The next two meetings are on Saturday, October 27 at 4:30 p.m. at the Shea-James’s, and on Saturday, December 1 at the same time at the Noonans’. After talking with other Team members at the Bragg Creek Conference, I am hopeful that one or more members of the NCT from outside the Ottawa area - possibly even the new Coordinators of Corpus Canada, Grant Croswell and Colleen Lissamer - will join us at one or both of these meetings. |