[Sundaycommunity] Prophetic ‘voices’

[Arthur Blomme]

Helena this is a very interesting exercise to recall the saints in our 
midst.  I am sorry that I missed the mass that week but I would like to 
give my two cents.

George Galloway in a recent podcast declared two saints(prophetic 
voices) for our age.  The first was Greta Thurnberg for her fearless 
participation in the recent Gaza Flotilla.  The second was Catholic 
pod-caster Candice Owens for her broadcasting evidence implicating the 
Zionist lobby in the murder of Charlie Kirk.  I however would like to 
recognize a Canadian saint.  It is not only  courage that determines 
saintliness but also the character to respond with love to the grievous 
injustice of institutional power.

My choice for Prophetic voice is Katie Pasitney.  At one time 
Development and Peace ran a campaign supporting farmers like  Percy 
Smizer, who lost his farm in a law suit  by big agriculture for saving 
the seed of patented GMO canola that had blown into his field from 
neighbours.  Defending farmers from big agriculture seems to have only 
been the flavour of the month.  Now that farmers are being persecuted by 
corporate owned state bureaucracies they are no longer a live concern.  
Powerful saints like Katie are not featured in a positive light by 
corporately owned media. Thank god for a free and open internet at least 
for the time being.

rumble.com

COMPLY OR DIE: A FAMILY FARM UNDER FIRE <#>

Katie Pasitney of Universal Ostrich Farm joins Del just days after the 
Canadian government effectively waged war on her family’s 
livelihood—gunning down nearly 400 healthy ostriches following a ten-mo

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Art

On 11/15/25 15:08, Martha Crean via Sundaycommunity wrote:
> Helena: you do a lovely recap of those who responded to your warm 
> invitation to reflect on Prophetic voices
> Thank you, Martha
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> On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM H. Burns via Sundaycommunity 
> <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
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>        Thank you, Fr. Paul, David, and Dean for responding to my
>     invitation after Mass to share a ‘prophetic voice’ that is
>     meaningful to you today.
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>          Fr. Paul, your concern for the need for society as well as
>     the Church to focus on young people today and for the future is a
>     call that is essential. Thank you for including the actual speech
>     of Kim Nam-joon addressing the U.N.  His skill and maturity is
>     outstanding.
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>          I am, also, a huge fan of Bill Maher as a secular voice that
>     certainly speaks ‘truth to power’. (The video is somewhat dated,
>     of course, but for those interested, his show is available on CNN
>     on Saturday evenings.)
>     Thank you, Paul.
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>      David, thank you
>      for contributing the ‘prophetic voice’ of Rev. Maggie Helwig whom
>     some may not know.
>     (I know her church well.  As a child, I lived nearby and went to
>     nursery school there and now sometimes go to Free Times Cafe nearby.)
>     I did not know that she has written a new book, ‘Encampment’ on
>     her work, but I plan to read it and hope others in our community
>     will also do so.  She certainly deserved the award,
>     but I had not known that it was the day before the police
>     dismantled the encampment at the church.  (Many outside the GTA
>     are unaware of the inadequacy of our shelter system that drives
>     the homeless to encampments.)
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>     Dean, thank you for expanding our consciousness and not limiting
>     your contribution to a human voice but rather to the ‘Cry of the
>     Earth’. Your words embrace Creation Centred Spirituality and the
>     environmental movement.
>          Thank you also for the analogy to Jonah and the people of
>     Ninevah.  (On Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) the story of Jonah is
>     always included.
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>     (Perhaps we owe  Brian a note of thanks for unknowingly
>     stimulating  your reflection!!!)
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>     On behalf of the community I offer a special note of gratitude and
>     appreciation.
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