November 2024

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Promise of hope is in the cards

Gerry Turcotte · November 29, 2024

We approach the time of year when many are engaged in seasonal preparations, especially mailing the annual Christmas card. There are a number of stories about the first such card.

Questioning Faith

Christmas brings us eternally new reality

Mary Marrocco · November 29, 2024

My mother liked to recall walking to Midnight Mass under the moon on the cold, clear December night when, for the first time in history, people were “up” there. That Christmas Eve, three humans circled the moon 10 times, broadcasting back home a reading from the book of Genesis.

Pray to become pilgrims of hope

Cheryl-Ann Smith · November 29, 2024

Hope. Is there anything this world needs more? With violence, atrocities and natural disasters filling the news every day, it sometimes feels hopeless and unbearable.

Focus on God’s love instead of navel gazing

Luke Stocking · November 29, 2024

Sometime ago I was in conversation with a friend about the Church politics of the day. He said, “Sometimes I look at the people around me and it strikes me that 99 per cent of them know nothing about the Church politics we discuss so passionately. Even if they did, they would not care.”

Catholic bishops decry British end of life vote: 'May God help us'

Simon Caldwell · November 29, 2024

Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a "dark day" in the history of the country.

Possibilities aplenty for Resurrection jubilee

Anna Farrow · November 30, 2024

For Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO) President Jeff Lockert, the significance of the year 2033 cannot be overstated.

Renew draws 750 youth in search of purpose

Luke Mandato · November 30, 2024

Hundreds of young Catholic adults flocked to Whitby’s Canada Event Centre to celebrate their faith as one during this year's Renew Toronto conference.