{"id":731,"date":"2008-07-08T10:43:13","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T10:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2008\/07\/return-to-sender.html"},"modified":"2008-07-08T10:43:13","modified_gmt":"2008-07-08T10:43:13","slug":"return-to-sender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2008\/07\/return-to-sender.html","title":{"rendered":"Return to Sender"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m still throwing most of my “read this” links over on the delicious feed,<\/a> but this was worthy of its own post.
\nMadonna House to return award:<\/a><\/p>\n

Representatives from Madonna House, a Catholic community based in Combermere, Ontario<\/a>, will make the journey to Ottawa Tuesday morning to return the Order of Canada medal awarded to its founder, Catherine Doherty.
\nThe move is in response to the awarding of one of Canada’s highest honours to Dr. Henry Morgentaler, as announced by the Governor General’s Office on July 1, 2008.
\nCatherine Doherty (August 15, 1896 – December 14, 1985) was a pioneer of social justice and an internationally acclaimed speaker.<\/a> In addition to founding the community of Madonna House, she was a prolific writer and best-selling author of dozens of books. She was awarded the Order of Canada in 1976 in recognition of “a lifetime of devoted services to the underprivileged of many nationalities, both in Canada and abroad.” Her cause for canonization as a saint was opened by Bishop Brendan O’Brien, then bishop of the diocese of Pembroke, Ontario, in 2000.
\nFr. David May, one of the three directors of Madonna House, commented on the decision to return the medal to the Governor General:
\n“Catherine Doherty was honoured to receive this award in 1976. She exemplified what the Order of Canada should be about: an individual committed to strengthening the nation by her contribution to the vulnerable and the marginalized. It is only after much prayer and consultation with our community, as well as with heavy hearts, that we are undertaking this action. The Order has been devalued in recent days, and we are confident that Catherine is spiritually present with us, affirming this gesture of love for our country and for the values which alone can sustain it. Without absolute respect for the gift of life, no society can survive.”
\nMembers of the Madonna House community will gather at the entrance to Rideau Hall to present in a symbolic gesture a letter to the Governor General, and will return the Order of Canada pin on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at 11 a.m. The community said that media are invited to attend, and representatives of the community will be available for interviews following the return of the medal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Toronto Archbishop Collins’ statement on the award. Powerful stuff. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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