Easter

Stained glass that survived a church fire in St. Thomas, Ont., has found a home in the foyer of St. Marguerite D’Youville School in Ottawa.

Rescued artifacts help engage students in faith

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

An Easter display in the foyer of St Marguerite D’Youville School in Ottawa contains a stained glass artistic piece that survived a fire at a church in St. Thomas, Ont. And its altar is made from reclaimed knee walls from the Church of the Ascension in Ottawa.

Fr. Jacob enjoying pizza with kids at Parish of All Saints Church, a temporary shelter for Ukrainians fleeing the war.

Easter baskets raise funds for Ukraine

By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register

Fundraising to secure aid for Ukraine has been an ongoing passion and mission for Bilyana Coburn of Grande Prairie, Alta., for more than six years now. Most of the monetary contributions made by this Grade 5 teacher from St. Catherine Catholic School has gone to orphanages.

The Canadian bishops have just completed a vital step on the path to reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous peoples, part of an Easter call to build a better world, for all. There is so much more to do around the world, from the suffering in Ukraine due to war with Russia to other injustices that abound.

God calls us to live together

By Catholic Register Staff

CCCB Easter messasge 2022

Students at St. Michael’s Academy in Thornhill, Ont., put together art work for the school’s annual Stations of the Cross on Holy Thursday.

Art school showcases Way of the Cross

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

On Holy Thursday, in the gymnasium at St. Michael Catholic Academy in Thornhill, Ont., the lights are dimmed and reflective music is played as classes walk through an artistic Stations of the Cross display.

London, Ont., teacher Michael Drul has been creating traditional pysanky, above, adorned with sunflowers (the national flower of Ukraine), oak leaves and the eight-pointed star symbolic of the sun, Jesus and His resurrection.

Easter tradition aids Ukrainian homeland

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

Michael Drul has been making and selling pysanky — the decorative Easter eggs in the Ukrainian tradition believed to ward off evil — to raise funs for those affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Mel Gibson, right, plays Bill Long, father to Mark Wahlberg’s Fr. Stu in the film Fr. Stu.

Actor deeply inspired by boxer turned priest

By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register

There is a pivotal scene in the middle of the new biographical drama Fr. Stu where the eventual boxer-turned-priest, portrayed by Mark Wahlberg, tries to convince the rector of Mount Angel Seminary he is worthy of admittance.

Pope Francis lights the paschal candle at the start of the Easter Vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica April 11, 2020.

Go forth with a message of hope and joy

By Catholic Register Staff

The following is the Easter message from Archbishop Richard Gagnon, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archbishop of Winnipeg:

Elise Pasini with husband Stefano Marastoni and children Andrea, 10, and six-year-old Maria.

Family tradition brings taste of Italy to Easter

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

Lamb stew might not be typical Easter cuisine in North America, but for Elisa Pasini and her family it is an Italian delicacy steeped in tradition.

Marco Pantoja III, 18, centre, sits down for dinner with his family at their home in Valatie, N.Y. Marco will sponsor his family when they are baptized as Catholics April 3, the Easter Vigil.

Catholic teen to aid parents, siblings joining Church

By Emily Benson, Catholic News Service

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Marco Pantoja III has a room much like any other 18-year-old: a navy blue New England Patriots flag for his favourite NFL team, handfuls of awards from his years playing soccer and a tiny green sign for Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y., where he will attend in the fall.

Sr. Telesphora Pavlou, superior of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent, stands outside the guesthouse near the chapel of the Church of the Beatitudes by the Sea of Galilee in Israel March 24.

Sisters find sounds of silence at Easter

By Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service

MOUNT OF BEATITUDES, Israel -- The palm tree fronds in the convent garden of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary rustle loudly in the brisk wind of an early spring dust storm, but, stepping into the chapel of the Church of the Beatitudes, there is silence.