Quinton Amundson

A group of 11 Canadian Catholic pilgrims concluded a one-week familiarization tour of the Normandy region of France on Feb. 9 as guests at the Hermitage Sainte Thérèse reception house overseen by the Sisters Servants of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus.

You are not alone on the landing beaches of Normandy. There, the weight of history presses upon you, joined by the haunting presence of the brave Allied soldiers.

Along with conjuring quicksand beneath their neoprene boots in the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay during their guided walking tour, the Canadian Catholics on a familiarization (FAM) tour through the Normandy region of France are also weaving meaningful bonds of fellowship.

Discovering hidden gems is one of the greatest joys of a pilgrimage. Just two days into their week-long journey through the Normandy region of France, a group of 12 Canadian Catholic priests and spiritual travel influencers has already experienced this gift.

Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Iqaluit, Nunavut, has been granted 75-per-cent relief on its 2023 and 2024 property tax bills by city council.

During his Jan. 30 address at the Conservative Party of Canada's national policy convention (Jan. 29-31) in Calgary, Poilievre told those gathered, "You will have the ability to worship God in your own way.”

Sr. Isabelle Couillard, a Sister of Charity (Grey Nun) of Montreal, awaits Feb. 8, the 12th International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, with great interest.

For the first time, the ShareLife campaign eclipsed the $15-million benchmark en route to an eye-popping $15,671,786 sum on behalf of over 40 social service agencies in the Greater Toronto Area.

One was coined the "digital pioneer of the Canadian Catholic Church" by starting a blog in 2003, at the age of 33. The other is a self-described “dinosaur” in terms of Internet adoption.

Fr. Elissandro Marcelo Caldas, the pastor of Toronto's St. Norbert’s Parish, received the unexpected honour to accompany a holy relic of St. Carlo Acutis from Assisi, Italy, to St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica.