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February 2007

February 23

Fr. Raby’s world never got tired or old

February 23, 2007

fr_raby [images/stories/presentClergy/Fr.%20Raby.jpg]Like many Register readers, I read the news of Msgr. Tom Raby’s retirement from The Little World column with sadness. Unlike most Register readers though, for me Msgr. Raby is not only a byline and a photo; he is a brother priest in the archdiocese of Kingston, an occasional advisor and confessor, and a model of priestly evangelization in the newspaper world.

All alone

February 23, 2007

There are whole generations alive who were born too late to remember this, but back in the late 1960s, there were grand predictions that within a decade or two we would all enjoy the Leisure Society, a time when we’d spend far less time working and far more time doing all those things we truly wanted to do.

Why I wear red

February 23, 2007

I wear red on Fridays. It’s not because red is one of two colours associated with Christmas, my favourite holiday. It’s not because red represents the Holy Spirit and as a charismatic Catholic the Spirit is a major part of my spirituality.

Students peel off layers

February 23, 2007

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Grade 9 students at Vanier Collegiate in Moose Jaw took part in the Catholic high school’s annual four-day retreat from the end of January to the beginning of February.

Christians seek understanding

February 23, 2007

Editor’s Note: this is a runner up in the Friars’ Student Writing Awards sponsored by Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and The Catholic Register. Miriam Punnoose, 17, is a Grade 12 student at All Saints Catholic Secondary School in Whitby, Ont. The contest is held in conjunction with the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. This is the last of six winning essays The Register will publish. Our world today has definitely not turned out to be the way God planned. He wanted us to live in peace and harmony with one another, to be faithful to our religion and to be loyal to His teachings. Yet today, one appears to be only faithful to himself/herself and concentrates on his/her needs.

Service to others can bring us closer to God

February 23, 2007

This is my brand new day starting now Letting go of the ways that I fall down The old can be made new, the lost can be found. Superchick, Christian band There’s a wealth of contemporary Christian music being produced these days, and I tune in to it whenever I can. Often, too, I hear it wafting (or blasting) out of my daughter’s bedroom stereo. Lately these lyrics by one of her favourite bands, Skillet, have been stuck in my head: “Rebirthing now/I wanna live my life, wanna give you everything/Breathe for the first time now/I come alive somehow.” The song, “Rebirthing,” is about finding meaning and purpose in Christ and feeling fully alive as a result.

National Catholic Mission to air in late March

February 23, 2007

TORONTO - Vision TV will broadcast this year’s National Catholic Mission, two talks from renowned speaker and best-selling author Matthew Kelly, March 25 and 26 at 7 p.m. (E.T.)

February 25

"Called by Name" creates vocation culture

February 25, 2007

TORONTO - It’s hard to find a seat at the 7 p.m. Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas chapel next door to the University of Toronto’s Newman Centre. That makes the students and young professionals who make up the bulk of the congregation ideal candidates for the annual Toronto archdiocesan-run vocations awareness program.

New chancellor at St. Jerome’s

February 25, 2007

St. Jerome’s University has appointed Dr. Peter Naus as its next chancellor.

Real faith is trusting in God no matter what

February 25, 2007

Second Sunday of Lent (Year C) March 4 (Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Phil 3:17-4:1; Lk 9:28b-36) The people of the ancient world took their covenants, contracts and promises very seriously. No need for dense legal language, for the agreement was sealed in blood, carcasses and curses. At the end of this account of God’s covenant with Abraham, he is promised land — very specific land, where other people are already dwelling — and he is promised this land in perpetuity.

My favourite prayer: A Reassuring ritual

February 25, 2007

TORONTO - CFL football player Jude St. John has prayed the Lord’s Prayer before each game ever since he started playing football.

What is truth?

February 25, 2007

Myra was suffering profoundly. Some people blame themselves when life gets tough, taking everything inside. Some, like Myra, take everything outside, blaming everybody but themselves.

Movie review: Black Snake Moan

February 25, 2007

Black Snake Moan takes a great starting point and turns it into a bad movie.

St. Joseph’s Healthcare reaches across borders

February 25, 2007

HAMILTON, Ont. - It was after dark when the Canadian medical team pulled up outside the rural Ugandan clinic. Just outside of Kampala, St. Stevens was, as is often the case, shrouded in darkness due to a power outage. Inside, they found that many of the 20 patients were suffering the effects of malaria. A nurse was triaging a patient by the light of a kerosene lamp.

February 27

Jesus tomb discovery ‘nonsense’

February 27, 2007

last-tomb-of-jesus [images/stories/movies/last-tomb-of-jesus.jpg]TORONTO - The claim by a Toronto filmmaker that he had found the true burial site of Jesus of Nazareth — along with Jesus’ wife and child — began to sink under withering criticism almost as soon as he revealed his new film Feb. 26.