Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register
Jean Ko Din is Youth Editor at The Catholic Register.
You can reach her at jean.kodin@catholicregister.org or 416-934-3410 ext. 403.
Mary Ward school sings for Syria
TORONTO - Juno-nominated folk duo DALA is returning to its alma mater in hope of raising $30,000 for Lifeline Syria.
Day of service connects students to Catholic community
TORONTO - About 150 high school students took to the streets of Toronto to answer the annual A Catholic Call to Serve (ACCTS).
In praise of religious women
TORONTO - During his visit last month to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Pope Francis described women religious as “women of strength” who work on the “frontlines in the proclamation of the Gospel.”
Bringing light, peace through creativity
TORONTO - Sr. Helen Kluke doesn’t believe in mistakes, only in new creations.
Faith overcomes doubt in moment of trial
“Where there is doubt, faith.”
Author tackles atheism with humour
Laughter might truly be the best medicine if it can encourage friendly conversation between Christians and atheists. That was Andy Bannister’s goal when he wrote The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist.
Villa St. Joseph stresses care for God’s creation
Even before Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ was released to the world in June, Villa St. Joseph Retreat and Ecology Centre in Cobourg, Ont., was teaching others about the importance of caring for all of God’s creation.
Casting the NET onto new public squares
When the Apostles first set out to evangelize to the world, they stood in public squares to preach about the Kingdom of God and Jesus’ resurrection. But today, Brian Holdsworth said the new public squares are on the Internet and this is where the Church must be.
St. Vincent de Paul parish undergoes 100-year revival
TORONTO - On the evening of Aug. 4, 1914, news of Britain declaring war on Germany had just reached Toronto. While the city buzzed with tension and excitement, a group of men were meeting Fr. Lancelot Minehan in the basement of St. Helen’s Church to talk about forming a new parish in the growing suburban neighbourhood on Roncesvalles Avenue in the city’s west end.
Lectio divina hits the road
TORONTO - Cardinal Thomas Collins is taking his Lectio divina series across the Greater Toronto Area this year.