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June 8, 2017

Faith: Preparing for death offers us a lesson about living

Faith: Preparing for death offers us a lesson about living

“I go on ahead to prepare a place for you!” Jesus speaks those words to His disciples on the eve of His death as He sits at table with them and senses their sadness as they grapple with His dying, His going away.

Published in Fr. Ron Rolheiser
May 9, 2015

‘We made a difference’ students find in helping Family of Faith campaign

Fr. Larry Marcille, pastor of Blessed Sacrament parish in Toronto, is presented with a cheque for $3,000 by students from Blessed Sacrament School. The money is to be donated to the Family of Faith campaign.

TORONTO - Blessed Sacrament, the school and parish, pulled together May 1 for a barbecue to mark the joint success in raising funds for the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Family of Faith campaign.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA
May 7, 2015

Francis is a true transformational leader

A child takes a selfie with Pope Francis. The Holy Father’s willingness to be open and accessible is one of the ways, that Francis has proven that he is “real” as Robert Brehl summarizes.

While reading through former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s convocation speech at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia on May 3, it was as if he was talking about a modern-day Pope Francis leadership style.

Published in Robert Brehl
November 28, 2014

Lessons rung up from a spill off the ladder

A recent fall from a ladder got Robert Brehl thinking about some of the important things in life.

The other day, I fell off a ladder. More precisely, a ladder I propped up on a snow-slicked deck so I could clean out eavestroughs, slipped out from under me, dropping me seven or eight feet.

Published in Robert Brehl
October 20, 2014

Lessons from the Synod on the family

Pope Francis attends the morning session on the final day of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 18. At left is Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops, and at right Cardinal Peter Erdo of E sztergom-Budapest, Hungary, relator for the synod.

Pope Francis and senior Catholic leaders wrapped up their two-week Vatican summit on the challenges of modern family life on Oct. 19. They addressed a number of contentious issues. So where does that leave Francis’ papacy? And the Church? Here are six takeaways: 

Published in Faith