Anna Farrow

Quebec opens doors to its 350th anniversary

January 25, 2024

As the Archdiocese of Quebec embarks on a jubilee year to mark its 350th anniversary, it hopes to strike the right balance between celebrating the significant historical role played by the archdiocese while acknowledging the sober realities facing the modern Church.

One woman crusade has outsized influence on federal government

January 23, 2024

Joyce Arthur and her Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) convinced the Trudeau government to kick pro-life organizations out of the Canada Summer Jobs program seven years ago.

Montreal marks diocesan service with annual Bourget Awards

January 20, 2024

After a four-year pandemic hiatus, the Archdiocese of Montreal announced the recipients of the Bourget awards for diocesan service, singling out four individuals and two groups.

Media buy-in drove graves’ social panic

January 18, 2024

Reactions and reality are not always proportionate

Christmas attacks target Nigerian Christians

January 3, 2024

About 200 Nigerian Christians lost their lives in multi-day attacks that left hundreds more injured and displaced.

Hallow app users taken by Liam Neeson’s voice

December 21, 2023

Pope Francis, in his Dec. 10 Angelus address, advised the faithful that disconnecting from media and social media, “the pollution of vain words and chatter,” has become not just a fioretti, a little spiritual sacrifice, but an essential element of the modern, Christian life.

Rorate Caeli Mass celebrates the Virgin for Advent

December 20, 2023

These are dark days, and we are battle weary. There are a multitude of wars raging, geo-political, cultural, ecclesiastical, domestic and physical, and the northern winter has us scuttling like burrowing animals, seeking out light and warmth.

World of crèches at home at the Oratory

December 20, 2023

St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal is home to not only the heart of St. Brother André Bessette but also to a collection of close to 1,000 crèches gathered from every corner of the world.

The spirit of Christmas past, present, future

December 18, 2023

With the predictability of the liturgical year, the church hall of St. Willibrord Church in Verdun, Que., is for the first weeks of December a hive of excited preparation as volunteers fill boxes with food and toys for over 200 local families.

Persistence grants pipe organ a new life

December 6, 2023

A pipe organ made by lauded Quebec organ builder Karl Wilhelm has found a new home in Sainte-Catherine-de-Sienne, a small, neighbourhood parish church in Montreal.