Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

Affirmation Is Not Compassion: Lessons from the Tumbler Ridge Shooting

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | February 16, 2026 |

Mass shootings in Canada are extremely rare. Thus, it was with a sense of horrified disbelief that Canadians received the news that an active shooter had invaded a school in the small community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, last week. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), police first received an alert about an…

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Baby Gabriel and the Abortion Clause: The Dark Reality of Surrogacy

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | August 24, 2026 |

On Wednesday, August 12, a baby boy was born three weeks early in a hospital near Dallas. This is hardly an unusual event. However, that this particular child was born was a near miracle. Baby Gabriel had been the target of a conspiracy against his life that nearly resulted in his destruction, and which has…

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