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June 2023

June 16

‘You will be a priest for the poor’

June 16, 2023

Fr. Charbel Daw can pinpoint the exact hour he experienced a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ: Oct. 1, 2000, between 3 to 4 p.m.

Bishop Nicola De Angelis dead at 84

June 16, 2023

Bishop Nicola De Angelis, Bishop emeritus of Peterborough and former Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, passed away today in Montefiascone, Villa Santa Margarita Hospital in Italy. He was 84.

Supreme Court upholds Safe Third Country Agreement

June 16, 2023

The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously upheld the Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the United States.

June 17

Fr. Rob Brennan: a life of caring

June 17, 2023

Three years ago, Fr. Rob Brennan told his students at Loyola High School that the only vocational aspiration that remained to him was a “good death.” Now, as he lies in his hospice bed at the Jesuit residence in Pickering, Ont., Brennan’s friends, family and Jesuit confreres are united in prayer that he should be granted such an end.

A century of St. Ann’s

June 17, 2023

St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Hamilton’s east end stands nobly at Sherman Avenue and Barton Street, the city’s longest street, as a beacon of faith and service to the community for the past 100 years.

June 19

Christ's compassion needed in Manitoba bus crash aftermath

June 19, 2023

The compassion of Christ is what is needed now as the small community of Dauphin, Man., comes to grips with the loss of 15 of its members in a tragic accident on the Trans-Canada Highway, said the parish priest at the local parish.

Pope asks for prayers for victims of 'brutal attack' in Ugandan school

June 19, 2023

Ugandans woke up June 17 to the shock of a school massacre in which at least 39 students and two community members were killed.

Entire Niagara Catholic board under ‘hold and secure’ due to threat

June 19, 2023

The Niagara Catholic District School Board has placed all of its schools under a hold and secure order after receiving an “unverified threat.”

June 20

Synod document asks how to increase unity, participation, mission outreach

June 20, 2023

In a Church that “bears the signs of serious crises of mistrust and lack of credibility,” members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be asked to find ways to build community, encourage the contribution of every baptized person and strengthen the Church’s primary mission of sharing the Gospel, said the working document for the October gathering.

Ontario hospices get $147 million shot in the arm

June 20, 2023

Ontario hospices are getting more money to fund their day-to-day operations guaranteed over the next three years.

June 22

False reports derail Quebec prayer event

June 22, 2023

Christian and pro-life groups have postponed their three-day prayer meeting in Quebec City after the provincial government ripped up a rental contract because of false reports the event was an anti-abortion gathering.

Winners and losers: how Catholics drop the ball

June 22, 2023

On LGBT issues, abortion and euthanasia, theologian David Deane of the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax does not disagree with Church teaching. But, he decries what he calls the unChristian and non-traditional ways Catholics have tried to win these arguments.

Archbishop calls for 'respect' for others' beliefs

June 22, 2023

Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez called for "respect for the belief of others" at a noon Mass hours before the Los Angeles Dodgers honoured a controversial drag group at its annual Pride Night event June 16.

Parents find an ally in Premier Blaine Higgs

June 22, 2023

Enough is enough! It seems to be the growing inclination of many Canadians who can no longer remain silent in the face of the ever-increasing intrusion of gender ideology into their everyday lives.

Love’s labour must never be lost

June 22, 2023

June has been swirling its way through the world with an unbridled intensity in my world. Band concerts and ball games, kindergarten orientation and musicals, appointments that must be completed before school gives way to summer holidays. National Indigenous Peoples’ Day is offering more opportunities for building relationships, Pride flags are flying, and Juneteeth celebrates African-American emancipation from slavery.

June 23

Former teacher faces Vancouver sex assault charge

June 23, 2023

A former teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School in North Vancouver is facing charges for allegedly committing sexual assault against a student.

Fr. Scott Lewis: Empowered by God, we can do anything

June 23, 2023

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) June 25 (Jeremiah 20:10-13; Psalm 69; Romans 5:12-15; Matthew 10:26-33)

Verbatim: Excerpt from OCSTA's 2010 publication “Becoming a Catholic School Trustee”

June 23, 2023

A timely excerpt from the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ 2010 publication “Becoming a Catholic School Trustee” posted on the website of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

History repeating

June 23, 2023

One of the advantages of old age is the benefit of having lived through a lot of history unknown or ignored by younger generations.

Judicial balancing act

June 23, 2023

Catholic lawyers are lamenting the sudden and surprising retirement of Justice Russell Brown, widely regarded as the preeminent conservative justice on the Supreme Court of Canada.