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August 2016

August 18

Be comfortable in your own skin

August 18, 2016

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Aug. 28 (Sirach 3:17-20, 28-29; Psalm 68; Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24a; Luke 14:1, 7-14) The virtue of humility gets a lot of bad press. It is often seen as an invitation to be treated as a doormat or as a lack of self-esteem. Humility can also be used to oppress people by “keeping them in their place.”

God’s wisdom will prevail

August 18, 2016

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 4 (Wisdom 9:13-18b; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33)

Farrell headed to Vatican, says importance of marriage, family vocation at core for society's future

August 18, 2016

DALLAS – The importance of the vocation of marriage and the family is at the core for the future of not only the Catholic Church, but of society, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell of Dallas said at a news conference Aug. 17.

Break the silence

August 18, 2016

Is the West’s tepid response to the religious cleansing of Syrian and Iraqi Christians a sign of naivety, greed or maybe cowardice? Or is there a Machiavellian strategy to ease religious tension in the region by silently watching a 2,000-year-old Christian presence simply fade away?

In Puerto Rico, mistrust fuels more public doubt than urgency on Zika

August 18, 2016

SAN GERMAN, Puerto Rico – Mistrust of local government and federal agencies has caused doubt among Puerto Ricans about reports the Zika epidemic poses a grave situation to the island.

August 19

Italian bishop likens ‘Pokemon Go’ to totalitarian Nazism

August 19, 2016

ROME – An Italian bishop has threatened to take legal action against “Pokemon Go,” describing the game as “diabolical” and a “totalitarian system like Nazism.”

Pat Daly takes on familiar post with Ontario trustees

August 19, 2016

For the first time since forming in 1930 the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association (OCSTA) has elected a president to serve a second term.

Movie Review: Ben-Hur

August 19, 2016

NEW YORK – Few films come to the screen with the kind of storied pedigree that lies behind "Ben-Hur" (Paramount).

'Ben-Hur' remake stresses reconciliation theme, producer Downey says

August 19, 2016

WASHINGTON – It's been 57 years since the last film version of "Ben-Hur" hit movie theaters. That alone is, for most Hollywood types, reason enough for a remake.

West won’t recognize Christian Mideast exodus

August 19, 2016

Middle Eastern Christians have suffered soft, state-sponsored discrimination since the Ottomans ruled and that discrimination has been reinforced over generations by poor, underfunded education systems throughout the region. More recently this evil brew has been stirred into feverish, bigoted campaigns of hate spread by Saudi-funded Wahhabi preachers.

August 20

Dufferin-Peel offers first primary years IB program

August 20, 2016

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. – Some of Mississauga’s youngest Catholic students will make history this year as the first students in Ontario to attend a Catholic school authorized for the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program.

Toronto school sees jump in math grades through unique strategy

August 20, 2016

TORONTO – Strategies to improve reading skills are helping students at a Toronto French Catholic school improve their math skills.

Pilgrims crowd church where Mother Teresa once prayed

August 20, 2016

LETNICA, Kosovo – The thousands of pilgrims who flocked to the bright white Church of the Black Madonna this year were hoping to receive the gift of grace that one of its most famous parishioners once experienced.

Order of Malta Lebanon Camp: seeing the face of God in the disabled

August 20, 2016

CHABROUH, Lebanon – In a pristine mountain setting in Lebanon, a female volunteer gently takes hold of the hands of Mohammed, a disabled adult who has trouble communicating. She gazes into his eyes – still shaded in heart-shaped sunglasses from the dress-up activity a few hours earlier – as she engages him in a dance to the rhythm of the music playing in the background.

Sparrows Choir program enriches students through sacred music

August 20, 2016

PORT PERRY, ONT. – Maestro Uwe Lieflander always begins a Sparrows choir practice with a warmup for the brain. A crowd of 80 children from ages three to 14 years old are busy chitchatting. But the room falls silent once Lieflander begins to play the first few bars of Mozart’s “Requiem.”

August 21

In praise of school administrators

August 21, 2016

As students and teachers prepare to start a new school year, it is appropriate to acknowledge the vital role of a group that is often maligned in education — those holding positions in administration.

Mercy received must be mercy shared, Pope says

August 21, 2016

VATICAN CITY – God’s mercy is infectious and must be shared with others, Pope Francis said.

Teens program plants seeds of healthy relationships

August 21, 2016

TORONTO – High school is a formative time in a person’s life. For most people, it is when teens begin to make new friends and start dating.

Mother Teresa embodied what Francis teaches

August 21, 2016

VATICAN CITY – If there is one person who immersed herself in the "peripheries" Pope Francis is drawn to, it was Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.

August 22

CATHOLIC EDUCATION SPECIAL

August 22, 2016

The fall school year is just around the corner and The Catholic Register has put together a Catholic education special feature.