Fr. Henry McErlean organized thousands of retreats around Mary. In the 60s, McErlean travelled to Uganda where he served several church communities. He died peacefully in Newmarket, Ont., at the age of 82.

Fr. McErlean touched all he met

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Those who knew Fr. Henry McErlean remember the man for his strong will, his wit, wisdom and calming smile.

Campaign Life Coalition is informing Canadians about Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau’s pro-choice comments ahead of the federal election this fall.

Just say #No2Trudeau, says Campaign Life

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TORONTO - With a federal election scheduled for this year, Campaign Life Coalition has launched the #No2Trudeau campaign to foil the Liberal leader's victory plan.

The anti-terrorism Bill C-51 is under committee review after its second reading in the House of Commons Feb. 23. The bill would expand powers to arrest and detain suspects if police believes a terrorist attack “may be” carried out. It would also allow the Canadian Security Intelligence can also “disrupt” terrorist web sites and social media accounts.

Popular terror bill must respect civil liberties

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Anti-terror legislation currently before Parliament needs thorough debate and close scrutiny to ensure civil liberties, including religious freedom, are fully protected, said the president of the Catholic Civil Rights League.

Over 600 laypeople and faith leaders gathered at the Virgin Mary and St. Athanasius Church in Mississauga, Ont., Feb. 22 to mourn the 21 Egyptians Copts killed by the Islamic State allies in Libya. The church displayed a new icon representing the martyrs.

Hundreds gather to mourn Christians slain by Islamic State

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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - The Coptic Christians of Toronto and their friends gathered in Mississauga Feb. 22 to answer the murder of 21 Egyptian Copts by Islamic State allies in Libya. They answered the Feb. 15 beheadings with Bible readings, prayers, songs, hope and forgiveness.

Dustyn Lanz, director of research at the Responsible Investment Association of Canada.

Young investors aim to make money responsibly

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Dustyn Lanz’s investment goals are to “make money; make a difference.”

Jonathan Pitre and his mother, Tina Boileau.

Ottawa student overcoming odds with fundraising campaign

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TORONTO - There are plenty of things that Jonathan Pitre may not be able to do because of Epidermolysis bullosa (EB), among them shower without the risk of his skin literally peeling off. But that hasn’t stopped the 14-year-old Catholic school student from Ottawa from raising $117,000 for DEBRA Canada.

Students at St. Benedict Catholic High School in Cambridge Ont., show their appreciation on the soon-to-be upgraded sports field for the $100,000 awarded to it by the Aviva Community Fund to help pay for those improvements.

School’s grant goes to the ‘Heart of the Community’

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A Catholic school in southwestern Ontario is hoping to foster a culture of fitness within its community with the $100,000 it was awarded from the Aviva Community Fund.

This is the architect’s rendering of the Garden of Life to be built at Guelph, Ont.’s Basilica of Our Lady.

Guelph’s Garden of Grace to be a place of healing

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Guelph and Area Right to Life has begun a crowdfunding campaign to help build a place of healing and remembrance for parents who have lost a child in the pre-born and early stages of life.

Dr. Collin-Vézina is the director of the McGill Centre for research on Children and Families. She is the only Canadian on an eight-member advisory board invited to Rome to work on a papal committee examining child abuse cases.

Church moving forward on sex abuse, but issues still to be resolved

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MONTREAL - The Roman Catholic Church is moving forward in the aftermath of the devastating child abuse crisis, yet a sense of helplessness around the issue still has to be resolved before the damage can be fully repaired, says a leading clinical psychologist and member of a papal committee examining child abuse.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay said the federal government will take its time in crafting a response to the Supreme Court striking down Canada’s laws against physician-assisted suicide.

Speculation mounts on response to euthanasia decision

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OTTAWA - With one year to come up with a solution after the Supreme Court struck down Canada’s laws against physician-assisted suicide, there are any number of options being bandied about on all spectrums of the political divide.

In Nova Scotia, Antigonish bishop Joseph Dunn invited Catholics in his city to give comments for the upcoming 2015 Rome Synod on the Family.

More Canadian dioceses to put Synod questionnaire online

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Twenty of the 70 Catholic dioceses in Canada are using their web sites to ask Catholics for opinions about family life — questions that range from how the Church can welcome families with gay members to how economics and media are shaping family life.

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