The Reason For The Season By Rev Audrey Mabley
A reflection on seasonal change and solstice opens a Chetwynd Echo column. The author discusses worldview beyond mythology and links natural cycles to spiritual meaning in a December 19 1994 piece.
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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1994
Page
2
A reflection on seasonal change and solstice opens a Chetwynd Echo column. The author discusses worldview beyond mythology and links natural cycles to spiritual meaning in a December 19 1994 piece.
The text notes that summer and winter rites long predated Christ, whose birth was celebrated on January 6 in the Orient. In year 354 Rome moved the celebration to December 25 to supplant the pagan festival of bruma, followed by an addition to Chetwynd's Safety Plan.
A December 23 1994 to January 9 1995 safety plan in Chetwynd provides a motel unit with cooking facilities for women and children leaving abusive situations. Access via Ministry and regional contacts in Dawson Creek Fort St John and Tumbler Ridge. Harriett Kristoffy will assist staying families.
Oscar Correa analyzes Quebec secession ideas noting a 2 million dollar plan to form 15 regional commissions, calls for sovereign control and Canadian ties, and cites opposition from Cree and Inuit groups plus a legal panel deeming separation impossible without constitutional change.
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