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{mosimage}TORONTO - Anyone who thought a look back at 20th-century history through the eyes of prayer would be comforting, uplifting or anodyne might want to begin with the 1919 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Families challenged to create future saints
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}OTTAWA - “Families, where are the saints of the third millennium?”
That question forms the title of the Catholic Organization for Life and Family’s (COLF) annual message to families for 2007, challenging families to pass the faith on to the next generation.
Notre Dame Sisters mark 150 years in P.E.I.
By Doreen Beagan, Catholic Register Special{mosimage}CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - A century-and-a-half ago, a small spark was ignited in this tiniest of Canadian provinces on Canada’s east coast.
Collection for Needs of the Church set for Sept. 30
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}OTTAWA - The annual Collection for the Needs of the Church to fund the activities of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops will take place Sept. 30, 2007.
Ecumenism centre moves to storefront
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}MONTREAL — The Canadian Centre for Ecumenism is taking it to the street. The Montreal-based centre for dialogue among Canadian churches has left its historic setting inside the Grande Seminaire de Montreal and taken up a storefront address in downtown Montreal.
Abortion images hit Calgary streets
By Catholic Register StaffCatholic bishops don't sign on to Afghanistan letter
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterOuellet hopes congress will revive Christian roots
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}MONTREAL - Cardinal Marc Ouellet hopes the 2008 Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City next June will revive Canada’s Christian roots and reverse the effects of secularization.
Man held in Montreal nun's murder
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}MONTREAL - A man with a history of psychological problems is being held in the brutal beating death of an 80-year-old Montreal nun.
Is gossip a sin?
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterBusy retirement awaits Ustrzycki
By Tony Gosgnach, Catholic Register Special{mosimage}HAMILTON, Ont. - Matthew Francis Ustrzycki says there was basically one reason he decided to become a priest and go on to serve in that vocation for 48 years, including 22 as auxiliary bishop of Hamilton diocese: “I guess I fell in love with Jesus.”