Contents, Volume 12 #1

Dossier

20th Century: Part 5

The 1940s--A
Decade of War
and Recovery

Leader
Even today, we live in the long shadow of the Second World War. Robert Chodos (p.2)

Second World War: Memories (p.6)

War that transformed Canada. William Rodney

Country girl at intelligence HQ. Imogen Ryan

Excitement and sadness of V-E Day. Stephanie Vincec CSJ

Second World War: Reflections (p.11)

Are we losing sight of the trees? Gil Drolet

Lasting trauma of the Holocaust. Michael Lerner

Facing infinite destruction. Robert Jay Lifton

Connections to war still vibrate. Brian McKenna

Shaping the Postwar World (p.20)

Welfare and political division. Eric Kierans

Canada's international role. Denis Smith

Social life stressed conformity. Mary Louise Adams

Intellectual and Artistic Trends (p.26)

Theologians saw hope in fascism. John Hellman

Even Lassie went to war. Marc Gervais SJ

Quebec painters' quiet revolution. Malcolm Reid

St. Magnus of Orkney
The lonely vision of an eleventh-century conscientious objector. Louisa Blair (p.32)

Article

Ministry to Indigenous People
Jesuits search for a balanced critique of their blessed history and sin history. Michael Stogre SJ (p.33)

Prophetic people under threat. Louisa Blair

Books

Risquer l'avenir
By a committee of Quebec Bishops. Reviewed by Jim Sheppard SJ (p.37)

Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century
Edited by Kathleen E. Mahoney and Paul Mahoney. Reviewed by Douglas Roche (p.39)

Topics in Education
By Bernard Lonergan SJ. Reviewed by Thomas A. Francoeur (p.41)

Bookshelf Gleanings
Prairie cities and English Canadian Catholic history. (p.43)

Features

Letters
Community is in the Minute Particulars. (p.4)

Points
Shrewd saints, people on pillars and a world without light. (p.5)

Testament
My mouth touched with a live coal. Viktors Strazds SJ (p.36)

Compass Cryptic
Early Trekkies, daily ratrace and Pascal's new course. (p.45)

Disputatio
Public funding of religious schools will help build social cohesion. Cecil Patey (p.46)

Distractions by Martin Royackers
The constant teaching of the church. (p.47)