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September 2021

September 29

St. Robert student creates app to treat Tourette’s

September 29, 2021

Jerry Di knows what it’s like to live with Tourette Syndrome.

Sharing God’s love with the world

September 29, 2021

On the spring morning of Saturday, May 8, 2004, I was ordained a priest. Just after the spirit-filled and joyful ceremony at St. Michael’s Cathedral, the Director of Priest Personnel gave me my letter of appointment from the archbishop. The letter reminded me of the motto that my classmates had chosen for our ordination: “As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (John 20:21). After a few weeks of vacation, I reported to my pastor at St. Rose of Lima Parish on Canada Day to begin my new faith journey.

Sr. Helena Burns: Feelings are just one part of being human

September 29, 2021

“Feelings. Nothing more than feelings.” Thus went the 1970s ballad. As often happens, pop songs contain profound lessons if you take them out of context and give them meanings the songwriter never intended: “Yes, they’re just feelings, and nothing more. Don’t sweat it.”

World leaders must to do more to help the vulnerable, cardinal tells UN

September 29, 2021

VATICAN CITY -- World leaders must rely on hope rather than isolation and withdrawal to confront current and future challenges, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

September 30

Plenary keeps its focus on uncertain future

September 30, 2021

OTTAWA -- The future of the Catholic Church in Canada emerged as a main theme as Canada’s bishops gathered online for the second year in a row for a virtual plenary assembly Sept. 21-24.

Police charge two in vandalism

September 30, 2021

VANCOUVER -- Two women have been charged by Vancouver Police following an investigation into vandalism this summer at St. Jude’s Church in East Vancouver.

Showtime for Our Lady of the Cape

September 30, 2021

The final countdown is on until Our Lady of the Cape receives its splashy film premiere treatment.

Editorial: A step forward

September 30, 2021

As apologies go, the one issued by Canada’s Catholic bishops to Indigenous peoples marks a significant step in this long, long reconciliation journey.

Readers Speak Out: October 3, 2021

September 30, 2021

Great deception Re: Digging deep into ‘The Warning’ signs (Sr. Helena Burns, Sept. 19): Secular observers note that the “present time” is experiencing “signs” of apocalyptic proportions: plague, pestilence, fire, flood, military defeat and economic turmoil. For Catholics these signs are augmented by distress over the scandal of the residential schools, the extension of MAiD and the juggernaut of the continuing sexual revolution.

Student trustee rolls out welcome mat for all

September 30, 2021

Student trustee Julia Vo wants every student to know they belong.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: A day of hope and repentance, says Cardinal Collins

September 30, 2021

For Canada’s Catholics, the first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is “a day of penance and a day of hope,” Cardinal Thomas Collins said in a prayer service at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto.

Glen Argan: Tax the rich resonates, but is it feasible?

September 30, 2021

Last month’s federal election fell on the eve of the feast of St. Matthew the tax collector. Matthew, of course, was an employee of the Roman occupying forces in Judah, doing the dirty work of taking from the poor and giving to the rich.