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September 2020

September 10

Editorial: Our ‘jubilee’ duty

September 10, 2020

The word “jubilee” suggests a joyous celebration, but that is hardly the context for the theme Pope Francis has put on this year’s Season of Creation.

Readers Speak Out: September 13, 2020

September 10, 2020

Work together As a Past President of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development & Peace – Caritas Canada (D&P), I am very pleased to see that the bishops want to return to the National Council (NC), the governing board of the organization. I have always believed their presence at NC meetings is imperative.

Glen Argan: Monuments should be used for education

September 10, 2020

Statues typically honour those who have done great deeds. They are built so we do not forget our past. To forget the past is to lose hope for a better future. Without a memory of the past, our only vision of reality is that of the present. We are stuck in the ideology of today, reduced to a one-dimensional world. Memory opens horizons.

Season of Creation prompts calls for action

September 10, 2020

OTTAWA -- Religious and social justice groups are promising to make environmental justice initiatives the focus of a month-long celebration of creation following a plea by Pope Francis to better protect the environment, respect Indigenous communities around the globe and listen to the concerns of young people.

Walking the path to reconciliation

September 10, 2020

VANCOUVER -- For nearly 11 years, Deacon Rennie Nahanee has experienced extreme highs and lows as co-ordinator of First Nations Ministry for the Archdiocese of Vancouver.

September 11

ShareLife helps agency through COVID crunch

September 11, 2020

Elizabeth Pierce will celebrate her 25th year with Catholic Family Services of Durham in May 2021. The therapeutic work she and her colleagues do, particularly on behalf of women and children in abusive living situations, remains profoundly affecting.

Family with 14th child on the way pulls together in faith

September 11, 2020

The thought of 14 children would be inconceivable for most couples these days but for Carissa and Patrick Douglas it’s a dream come true.

Podcast aims at Catholic authenticity

September 11, 2020

Several years ago, Lance Rosen was striving to identify a Catholic podcast that would truly speak to him.

Musical dilemma over abuse claims

September 11, 2020

VANCOUVER -- Peter Luongo, a parish music director in Surrey, B.C., is in a quandary.

Luke Stocking: Spiritual force needed to support green agenda

September 11, 2020

In a recent interview with Global News, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that his government will put forward an “ambitious agenda” for a green recovery. “We know the world is going towards lower carbon,” he said. It appears that he is willing to stake the fate of his minority government on such an agenda.

September 12

Classroom experience guides Catholic Education leader

September 12, 2020

Anne Jamieson’s devotion to her faith and heart for catechesis has taken her on a long, winding road to leadership in the Catholic education community in Ontario.

TCDSB student trustee puts focus on mental health

September 12, 2020

Student mental health will be the top priority for 15-year-old Keith Baybayon in his new role as Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) student trustee this fall.

Francis Campbell: There’s no avoiding the pain of victims

September 12, 2020

The scourge of Catholic priests sexually abusing innocent children is never far from mind in Nova Scotia.

September 13

God's Word on Sunday: God must be sought in mind and heart

September 13, 2020

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 20 (Year A) Isaiah 55:6-9; Psalm 145; Philippians 1:20-24, 27; Matthew 20:1-16 Understanding the ways of God is not a project for human reasoning or intellect. God can only be understood on God’s own terms.

Homeschoolers feeling pandemic pinch

September 13, 2020

With schools returning to semi-normal following the pandemic lockdown, traditional homeschooling families say they too are happy to resume teaching their children under some sense of normalcy.

September 14

Colombian church leaders call for reconciliation, truth following protests

September 14, 2020

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Bishops in Colombia prayed for the victims of police violence and urged protesters not to take justice into their own hands, following a chaotic week in which 13 people were killed during protests over law enforcement in the South American country.

Pope Francis: Swat the fly of resentment; use the ointment of forgiveness

September 14, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- If people took seriously the Gospel call to forgive one another, the world would be a much better place, Pope Francis said.

September 15

Cardinal Parolin hopeful Vatican-China agreement will be extended

September 15, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- As the expiration of a provisional agreement signed between the Vatican and China approached, the Vatican secretary of state said he hopes it will be extended.

New bill may stifle freedom of conscience, religion, Malta bishops warn

September 15, 2020

ROME -- Catholic bishops in Malta said that while they support equality and are against discrimination, they are concerned that two new bills meant to protect people's rights would instead threaten personal freedoms.

COVID-19 hangs over bishops’ plenary

September 15, 2020

OTTAWA -- The impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on the Catholic Church in Canada will be a key theme of the first-ever online plenary assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops when the annual meeting gets underway Sept. 21.