Compass Backlist: the 1980s

Back issue descriptions are listed in reverse order, from the most recent. You can scroll down the list, or select from the year below to go directly to those issues.

1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983
The 1990s

Remembering and reflecting on the century's most terrible tragedy. Articles by Emil Fackenheim, John T. Pawlikowski OSM, Samuel Pisar, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger

Finding a place among us for people with mental handicaps. Articles by Jean Vanier, Peter Park and Henri Nouwen plus Marc Gervais SJ on Jesus of Montreal and Tina Viljoen and Gwynne Dyer on Billy Bishop

Our intimate selves in culture, theology and human experience. Articles by Fr. André Guindon, Lisa Sowle Cahill and Joyce Nelson plus a book review by Bishop Remi de Roo

Compass looks at the new religious movements in Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Articles by Hunter Brown, Phyllis Kapuscinski NDS and Gerhard Bowering SJ plus a book review by Robertson Davies

The dire environmental prophecies of the 1970s have become the reality of the late 1980s. Articles by Douglas Hall, John McRuer and Thomas Kierans plus a book review by Daniel Berrigan SJ

How the family has evolved; a look at six experiences of family. PLUS Peace on Earth, Christmas 1988: includes the annual armed conflict map and "Forgotten Wars and Treaties." Articles by Colin Maloney and David Levine plus Marion Dewar and Don Boudria on abortion

The Pope's encyclical Sollicitudo Rei Socialis sparks a debate among Gail Burns, J.Francis Leddy, Bob Ogle, Gérard Pelletier, Rick Salutin, Benjamin Smillie, Charles Taylor and Bill Vander Zalm

A back-to-school report. Articles by Jack Costello SJ, Marge Denis and Jacques Racine and an interview with George Radwanski

Compass looks at democracy in Canada and elsewhere, in the context of free-trade and the run-up to the 1988 federal election. Articles by Graham Fraser, Margaret Macmillan and Mark Starowicz plus Marsha Hewitt on abortion

Modern medicine under challenge: a special report. Articles by Russ Sawa MD, Art Hister MD, Fr. André Guindon, Abbyann Lynch

Once the basis of the social structure, religion now searches for a new place in modern society. Articles by Charles Davis, Rev. Patricia Mackay and T. Sher Singh and prayers from around the world

A Christmas scorecard on superpower relations, tribalism and human rights; includes the first armed conflict map. Articles by Tina Viljoen and Gwynne Dyer, Luis Perez Aguirre SJ, Leonard Johnson, Douglas Roche

Looking beyond free trade. Articles by Lukin Robinson, Mary Beth Montcalm CSJ, Fr. Greg MacLeod, Joan Kuyek

New lay initiatives in the church and lay-clerical relations. Articles by Rosemary Haughton and John Martin SJ, an interview with Bishop Bernard Hubert and a roundtable on the lay-clerical standoff

The Catholic bishops and Canadian society: a symposium with Conrad Black, Mary Boyd, Bishop Alexander Carter, John Coleman SJ, Ian Drummond, Carl Ridd, Edward Sheridan SJ and John Williams

Finding the balance. A role for Canada? Articles by Leyla Raphael and Lena Jayyusi and an interview with Geoffrey Pearson and King Gordon plus Carl Starkloff SJ and Boyce Richardson on The Mission

Punk rock: what it tells us. Church and media: failing each other. Jesuits in India and Uruguay, women in the CCCB. Articles by Chuck Angus, Fr. Barry Jones, Martin Royackers SJ, Mary Frances Coady, Peter Nash SJ and Parmananda R. Dwarkar SJ

The Jesuits' Superior General, refugees in El Salvador, poverty in Canada and Teilhard's vision of hope. Articles by Janet Somerville, Richard Soo SJ, Gail Burns, Phyllis Giroux SC, Frank Dolphin and Dr. Cyril Chiasson, plus poems by Sharon Goodier and Hugh Williams

North American spirituality and Canadian-made liberation theology, the Irish roots of a Father of Confederation, and the crisis in agriculture. Articles by Fergus Cronin, Louisa Blair, Martin Royackers SJ, Brian McCoy SJ and Gail Burns, plus poems by Bonnie Robson and Hugh Williams

Peacemaking, eliminating poverty, bishops as theologians, women in international development and alternative media. Articles by Martha Wiebe, Gus Long, Susan Eaton, David Nazar SJ, Grant Maxwell

Christmas without humbug, and renewal inside and out. Articles by Grant Maxwell, Ihor Osakiwsky, George N. Schner SJ and Patrick Boyle SJ, plus Dennis Gruending's look at the Riel myth, and poems by Bonnie Robson and Hugh Williams

Making peace not war: an interview with Douglas Roche, Canada's Ambassador for Disarmament, plus articles by Mari Pendleton, Frank Dolphin and Mary Malone. Also, Jacques Monet SJ reviews Black Robe

The voices of lay members are more often heard and heeded in many Canadian Catholic circles. Articles by Janet Somerville, Gail Burns, Julien Harvey SJ, Sheila Watson and Rev. Val Anderson

A mini-Festschrift from the Jesuit Province of a notable philosopher and theologian just before his death, edited by Frederick E. Crowe SJ and Robert M. Doran SJ

Canadian aspects of the renewal process started 25 years ago by Pope John XXIII with Vatican 2. Articles by Grail Burns, Grant Maxwell, Bishop A. Carter, Gordon George SJ and Julien Harvey SJ

The presentation of events, entertainment, advertising and political propaganda was never more evident than following Pope John Paul's Canadian visit. Articles by Grant Maxwell, Bonnie Brennan, Julien Harvey SJ, Pauline Cusack and Jack Costello SJ, plus an appreciation of the art of William Kurelek

Practising and teaching fitness based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Articles by Gordon George SJ, Gail Burns, Rev. Douglas Martindale and E.J. Sheridan SJ, plus an interview with John English SJ

A comprehensive approach to human rights, and aboriginal rights in the context of the constitutional process. Articles by Jacques Monet SJ, Angus Macdougall SJ, Julien Harvey SJ and Robert Wild, plus an interview by Gail Burns with Setsuko Thurlow, crusading survivor of Hiroshima

The unsettled climate of faith: articles by Gail Burns, Barry McGrory and Teresita Kambeitz OSU, plus an interview with Xabier Gorostiaga SJ, former director for national reconstruction in Nicaragua, and a poem by Keren-happuch

Articles by George Leach SJ, Bishop A. Carter, David Nazar SJ and Rev. Clarke Raymond on the church in Native communities, plus tips for alternative Christmas shopping

Religion, politics and the new economy. Articles by Grant Maxwell, Lynn Carole McCullough, P. Cunningham and Doreen Church, plus a look at Mary Jo Leddy and Janet Somerville

Deterrence or disarmament? Articles by Gordon George SJ, Gail Burns, John Wickham SJ and Gerald Schmitz plus a poem by Gwen McGrenere

Testing values to live by. Articles by Rev. Lois Wilson, Msgr. M. O'Connell, Canon G.H. Earle, Janet Somerville and Gordon George SJ plus a poem by Dennis Gruending