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Former Oakland A’s prospect Grant Desme is studying to become a Norbertine priest. Desme stunned his team and the baseball community when he decided at age 23 to retire from the game to pursue a vocation.

Star athlete turns back on baseball for the priesthood

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OAKLAND, CALIF. - Bishop Michael C. Barber was able to do what general manager Billy Beane could not: Call Grant Desme to Oakland.

Fr. Joseph Jacobson

Protestantism’s ‘fatal flaw’ draws Lutheran to Catholic Church

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EDMONTON - After almost 60 years as a Lutheran, Fr. Joseph Jacobson entered the Catholic Church.

Following his conversion, he prepared and privately published a 68-page volume titled A Gift of Love, The Joys and Treasures of a New Catholic. Its purpose is to give a serious account of why he became Catholic, and what he learned and experienced afterwards.

Michelle Kam, left, and Jennifer Ellis regularly partake in the Daughters of St. Paul’s Discernment Saturdays.

Helping find God’s place for you

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TORONTO - For the past two years, Jennifer Ellis has been spending Saturday afternoons in good company.

Mary and Paul Kennedy pose for a picture with Sr. Mary Rose Marrin, right, following one of the Spiritual Growth in the Second Half of Life workshops they attended at St. Michael’s Cathedral.

Looking after spiritual needs in the golden years

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TORONTO - Sr. Mary Rose Marrin is attempting to fill a ministry gap in the Archdiocese of Toronto for a demographic that is continuing to grow: those reaching their golden years. 

Jason Burr (left) and Iona Ferguson on retreat during their term with Jesuit Volunteers Canada in Espanola, Ont.

Jesuit Volunteers taking it to the city streets

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Toronto - Jesuit Volunteers Canada is going to town. The rural-based, one-year service program is recruiting volunteers for an urban expansion into Toronto.

Seeds of vocation planted in Catholic schools

Seeds of vocation planted in Catholic schools

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Recently I met with a former student of mine who is looking forward to his ordination. We discussed other students, memories and events, things that happened during his years at our school. As I was about to leave he said, “You know, school was where my vocation started. It was where the first seed was planted. Catholic schools that I attended helped shape my faith.”

Helen Farinha shows off the scar from her heart transplant surgery.

A ‘Gift of Life’ triggers call to save others

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TORONTO - Shortly after immigrating to Canada, a then 25-year-old Tom Mirtrovski discovered his kidneys were failing.

Finding meaning in creation through a lens

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Sometimes it seems like allCanadian art is really aboutlandscape. From the Group ofSeven’s Fred Varley to DanielTaylor there have been great portraitists.From Jean-Paul Riopelleto Kazuo Nakamura there havebeen great abstract painters.From Joe Fafard to David RubenPiqtouqun Canada has producedgreat sculptors.

Finding meaning in creation through a lens

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Sometimes it seems like allCanadian art is really aboutlandscape. From the Group ofSeven’s Fred Varley to DanielTaylor there have been great portraitists.From Jean-Paul Riopelleto Kazuo Nakamura there havebeen great abstract painters.From Joe Fafard to David RubenPiqtouqun Canada has producedgreat sculptors.

Physical challenges don’t hinder Lori Kemp’s faith

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VANCOUVER - Almost every day for the last threeyears, a determined, wheelchairboundwoman has travelled fromher home in downtown Vancouverto Holy Rosary Cathedral for dailyMass.

Giving up a prosperous life for religous call ‘liberating’

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COCHRANE, ALTA. - It began simply enough. JoachimOstermann “thought it would bea nice break” when his Vancouverparish said a retreat was being heldat Westminster Abbey.

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