Anna Farrow
Montreal marks diocesan service with annual Bourget Awards
After a four-year pandemic hiatus, the Archdiocese of Montreal announced the recipients of the Bourget awards for diocesan service, singling out four individuals and two groups.
Media buy-in drove graves’ social panic
Reactions and reality are not always proportionate
Summer job grants flow to abortion groups
Canada Summer Jobs applicants who fail to toe the federal government’s ideological line on abortion and related issues remain out of the running for grants under the hire-a-student program.
‘I really wanted to touch poverty’
A chance meeting with young Guatamalan boy fueled Sr. Bourget’s desire to serve the poor.
Christmas attacks target Nigerian Christians
About 200 Nigerian Christians lost their lives in multi-day attacks that left hundreds more injured and displaced.
Rorate Caeli Mass celebrates the Virgin for Advent
These are dark days, and we are battle weary. There are a multitude of wars raging, geo-political, cultural, ecclesiastical, domestic and physical, and the northern winter has us scuttling like burrowing animals, seeking out light and warmth.
Hallow app users taken by Liam Neeson’s voice
Pope Francis, in his Dec. 10 Angelus address, advised the faithful that disconnecting from media and social media, “the pollution of vain words and chatter,” has become not just a fioretti, a little spiritual sacrifice, but an essential element of the modern, Christian life.
World of crèches at home at the Oratory
St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal is home to not only the heart of St. Brother André Bessette but also to a collection of close to 1,000 crèches gathered from every corner of the world.
The spirit of Christmas past, present, future
With the predictability of the liturgical year, the church hall of St. Willibrord Church in Verdun, Que., is for the first weeks of December a hive of excited preparation as volunteers fill boxes with food and toys for over 200 local families.
Persistence grants pipe organ a new life
A pipe organ made by lauded Quebec organ builder Karl Wilhelm has found a new home in Sainte-Catherine-de-Sienne, a small, neighbourhood parish church in Montreal.