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April 3, 2014
Anne Lamanes’ Lenten season got just a little more special this year.
The Canadian-born superior of the Jesuits in Ukraine is in Brussels to make the case for Ukraine’s revolution — a revolution rooted in Christian, European and democratic ideals, he argues.
April 4, 2014
When I look back to some of the times in life when my faith has been strongest, I can’t help but reminisce on the past few summers. These times have helped me recognize Christ’s presence in my life.
TORONTO - Faith Connections envisions the city as a living Stations of the Cross.
TORONTO - ShareLife dollars are helping to cut down on wait times for those seeking counselling on a variety of issues in Toronto.
EDMONTON - Ethel Lamothe of Fort Simpson, Alta., still remembers being taken away in a boat with other children to the residential school at Fort Providence, N.W.T., when she was five years old.
TORONTO - Bishop Pearse Lacey understood liturgy, he got social justice, he connected with the value of life but he never really understood indifference. When he was rector of St. Michael’s Cathedral, he would preside at summertime Masses on the Toronto Islands at St. Regis Chapel. On Sunday morning, no one came. So the monsignor, all outfitted for Mass, grabbed the sacristy bell and set off through the picnic grounds and along the beaches ringing the bell and announcing the next Mass.
TORONTO - Helping his cancer-stricken mother reach a natural death three years ago proved to be a life-changing experiences for Leo Ufimtsev.
There’s a uniquely Canadian way of celebrating Pope John Paul II’s canonization, courtesy of the Royal Canadian Mint.
When Fr. Jim Tobin was a young priest he found himself in a leper colony in Nigeria. He was almost 400 km east of the capital, Lagos, in Ossiomo. He was a hospital chaplain to about 200 people with active cases of leprosy. Another 600 people who had contracted the disease before treatment was available lived in a village down the hill from the hospital.
If you know a couple whose love has stood the test of time, Worldwide Marriage Encounter Canada wants to hear from you.
April 5, 2014
TORONTO - When Poles want to introduce the world to Polish culture, it begins and ends with their Catholic heritage.
TORONTO - When the Filipino revolution happened Fr. Charlie Gervais was there, in the middle, talking to soldiers and rebels, peasants and potentates. History unfolded in his parish, in the prayers and struggles of his people.
Spiritual direction is a valuable tool in deepening prayer life and building a good relationship with God.
It has been said that creation is God’s first and primary revelation.
When is a retreat centre not just a retreat centre? When it becomes an oratory.
It’s a story of war, a grave mistake, separation, longing, modern technology and the power of media, but above all, Thanh Campbell would say, it’s a testimony to personal faithfulness that spans decades.
April 6, 2014
TORONTO - The Middle East, and particularly the generation-spanning conflict between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs, is hard to understand. Which is exactly why Toronto faith leaders took 33 Muslims, Jews and Christians to the heart of the conflict in March.
TORONTO - When a chalice has been tarnished by the years or a monstrance set aside due to the changing tides of style, it will no longer need to spend the rest of its shelf life on an actual shelf. The Sacred Objects Exchange, a new initiative in the Archdiocese of Toronto, is bringing these valued liturgical items out of retirement.
Next October’s extraordinary synod called to talk about family will tell us as much about how the Church under Pope Francis understands itself as it will about contraception, gay couples and remarried divorcees.