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September 30, 2017

Travellers’ extra luggage a real life-saver

Avi D’Souza (right) recently brought a suitcase of medical supplies to a hospital run by the Missionaries of Charity Sisters in Peru.

When the suitcase from Not Just Tourists arrived in northern Ghana, it was like Christmas for the local clinic doctor.

Published in Call to Service
September 22, 2017

Youth looking for larger welcome mat

Candice Gomez (left) and Jessica Bews were among the participants in the first Speak Up! session for the 2018 Synod on Young People.

When a young person enters a church for the first time, it can sometimes feel overwhelming, says 22-year-old Jessica Bews: “It helps to see a friendly face and a personal invitation to feel like they belong in the community.”

Published in Youth Speak News
May 11, 2015

Priesthood wins in struggle with celebrity

Fr. Ricardo Davis blesses well-wishers after he was ordained to the priesthood May 9 at St. Michael’s Cathedral.

TORONTO - Fr. Ricardo Davis struggled with a calling from two cities half a world apart.

One called him towards a life of celebrity, the other to a life of celibacy.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA
August 13, 2014

Cloud removed from Caledonia pastor as computer porn suspicions prove false

Cloud removed from Caledonia pastor as computer porn suspicions prove false

Two months after the OPP seized a computer from St. Patrick’s parish in Caledonia, Ont., looking for child porn, police have returned the computer and closed the investigation — no child porn, just annoying pop-up advertising the computer’s firewalls were not equipped to block.

Published in Canada