Christmas was wonderful that year. So was New Year’s. This, despite the coldest dose of reality that I’d been hit with. 

Steve Bell back in his performing element

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Canadian Christian singer-songwriter Steve Bell is back on the road and sharing his music with live audiences for the first time in two-and-a-half years. 

Season of caring for Catholic high schools

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The pay it forward spirit is thriving in Canadian Catholic schools this Christmas season. 

Choir breathes sacred musical life into Advent

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King David authored Psalm 101, a lyrical commitment to honour and follow the Lord as the shepherd boy readied to become king of Israel. The prodigious harpist, lyricist and composer possessed the intuition that music could be used to powerfully praise the wonders and majesty of Almighty God.

A faithful shepherd never stops caring

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Retirement is typically defined by its slower pace of life. But this isn’t the case for Fr. Vitaliano Papais. In fact, he is striving to lead an active retirement as he continues to serve our community of faith.

Christmas Drawing Contest 2022 winners

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See this year's winners of the annual Christmas Drawing Contest.

At Christmas we are committed to love

The full text of the Christmas message from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

125 Christmases for Moravian star factory

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Almost 800,000 Moravian stars in various sizes and colours will leave the factory in the German state of Saxony this year. At least one member of the production team has worked on each and every one of them.

Ukrainian priest offers inspiration during Advent

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Tucked behind St. Stephen Protomartyr Ukrainian Catholic Church on 45th Street in Calgary is the residence of Fr. Michael Bombak, his wife Kimberly and children Tobias, Miriam, Georgia, Philomena and Ignatius.

Momentum builds to welcome single moms in Holy Mother Church

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It was a humid August in Paris when Claire Brown learned she was pregnant. Working as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute Curie, Brown was thousands of miles away from her family and friends in Canada. The father had already revealed himself as untrustworthy; he would later berate her for being “selfish” because she would not abort the child. 

‘Sister in faith’ chronicles gypsy faith

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As a woman of faith, Canadian journalist Laura Ieraci has a pastoral heart — one that can lead her to distant pastures.