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Toronto-born Sumaiya Desai, second from the right, is hoping people can get past the niqab she wears and realize that Muslims are not bad. From left to right: Yunis, Mohammed, Habeebah, Bilal, Sumaiya and Faizah.

Living in multi-faith Canada is a real-life challenge for Muslims

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The worst of it was the day Sumaiya Desai went grocery shopping with her then eight-year-old son.

The cover of 'The Catholic Register' on July 26, 1975.

The Catholic Register launches archive

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One of the most memorable front pages in the history of The Catholic Register was from Sept. 22, 1984.

Fr. Hezuk Shroff converted from Zoroastrianism 22 years ago. He was ordained a priest six years ago. On the Easter Vigil, he will baptize his mother Vera Shroff.

Mom follows her son into the Catholic Church

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OTTAWA – Vera Shroff has been fascinated by Catholicism since she was a little girl in India, despite being raised in one of the world’s most ancient religions.

Photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo has been faithfully documenting College Street’s Good Friday procession of St. Francis of Assisi Parish for every year but one since 1968. The best from Pietropalo’s collection of Good Friday photographis have been assembled in a book, ‘Ritual.’ A variety of images are also on display during Holy Week at Toronto’s St. Francis of Assisi Parish

Historic images of Good Friday procession portray a community of faith

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When St. Francis of Assisi pastor Fr. Jimmy Zammit looks at Vincenzo Pietropaolo’s photographs he sees the faith of his community.

Call to Service Feature

Call to Service Feature

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The Catholic Register's latest special section is on Call to Service! Click here to check out all of our feature stories.

Sr. Mechtilde O’Mara, ministry director of Faith Connection, says her organization fills the gap in youth ministry.

Faith Connections fills the youth ministry gap

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Young adults ministry can be difficult to facilitate, but Sr. Mechtilde O’Mara says this is precisely why this ministry is essential.

Sr. Christine Carbotte took her vows with the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada last October at the age of 53.

Better late than never for the religious life

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It is never too late to answer God’s call to religious life.

Deacon George Jurenas talks about a time where he found joy in the halls of pain.

Healing power comes in many forms

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A Catholic deacon’s ministry is usually found in one of three areas: hospitals, missions and prisons. For me, the blessing is to minister to the sick, their families and caregivers at a major hospital.

Three Canadian Jesuits — from left, Artur Suski, Edmund Lo and John O’Brien — began their Jesuit life together in Montreal in 2008.

For Jesuits, love is where the conversation begins

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If discerning a vocation was simply a more holy version of making career choices there would be no need to talk about love. But for Jesuits, the conversation about a vocation is always a conversation about love.

Christ the King Parish in Regina has developed a highly organized ministry that services and visits about 260 sick and elderly people.

It’s a team effort to build and run a parish care ministry

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REGINA – No one is quite sure when it all began, but Christ the King Parish in Regina has developed and sustained a highly organized, well-trained ministry that involves 60 people who provide lay ministry services and visiting to about 260 sick and elderly people.

Sr. Phyllis Douillard.

Sister puts prisoners on a path back to society

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MONTREAL – Sr. Phyllis Douillard admits she had reservations when she retired from teaching to work with prisoners.

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