Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic Register

Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic Register

Meggie Hoegler is a reporter at The Catholic Register.

You can reach her at mhoegler@catholicregister.org or 416-934-3410 ext. 409.
When a state of emergency was declared in April 2016 by the Attawapiskat First Nations in northern Ontario after a drastic increase in suicide attempts, a couple of teachers a thousand kilometres away felt a call to action.
You can tell a lot about a person by what’s in their Will.
“Caring for those who always cared for us.”
Blessed Frédéric Ozanam Parish still has a long way to go but it is one step closer to moving out of a gym and having a church of its own, thanks to the generosity of a Markham parishioner.

In the years following World War I, it would not be unusual for a Catholic family in Newfoundland to have three portraits hanging in their home: Pope Benedict XV, Newfoundland Archbishop E.P. Roche … and Fr. Thomas Nangle.

Fr. Frank Portelli can attest that God works in mysterious ways. In his case, in the form of a 2007 Ford Focus.
Gina Valle’s two teenage sons did not believe her when she told them she was going to build houses.
It was an unexpected surprise when Greg Rogers learned he would be receiving the Fr. Patrick Fogarty Medal of Honour for 2017.
100K in one day… that’s the motto — and the goal — at St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School in Hamilton. 
For nine years, students from St. Paul’s College have been helping to uncover the life of Goliath, one piece of ancient pottery at a time.