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For 50 years of vowed religious life, Sr. Carolyn Heil, the sole Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA) living in Canada, has been committed to radiate the love of Christ as an educator to Canadian and American youth and retreat participants in Ontario.

The p’tit pére’s little project that grew

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In a little corner of the cavernous basement of Mary Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal, Fr. Jean-Pierre Couturier has spent every Thursday of the last 25 years mending shoes.

Soon to be 96, this altar boy refuses to slow down

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On April 2, Rafael Srebrnič is set to turn 96 years old. His impressive longevity — like all men and women blessed to live this long — is to be admired. 

‘Pope Sean Paul’ on path to childhood dream

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Deacon Sean Raphael Jacob first felt the priesthood could be in his future during a family vacation to Rome as a young child.

King’s partners with Sally Ann

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Social work students at King’s University College are putting in-class knowledge to good use at the Salvation Army’s Centre of Hope in London, Ont.

Gregorian chant renewal in the works

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Lawrence Harris has a renewed vision of service forged and refined in the fire of COVID-19 that raged across the world for nearly three years.

Encountering the anchor of Eucharistic adoration

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I have experienced the healing and transformation that encountering the person of Jesus Christ brings and Eucharistic adoration has played a large role in this. Adoration is one of the best ways to experience the peace, love and strength that only Jesus can provide. It’s something we desperately need these days.

Life of service continues for former teacher

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After years of serving his community as a teacher, Peter Mamer has found another rewarding way of giving back.

Priest in Canada via a road less travelled

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When Tai Le arrived at Vancouver International Airport seven years ago at the tender age of 21, the future associate pastor of Sacred Heart Cathedral in Prince Albert, Sask., admitted that his first experience being surrounded by Canadians “was overwhelming.”

Her call to education led to GrACE

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“I have been called to Catholic education and this vocational call has blessed and enriched my life in profound ways.”