Wanted: professionals ‘on fire for the faith’

Wanted: professionals ‘on fire for the faith’

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A fellowship program launching this fall seeks to empower Catholic lay professionals to live their faith in their careers. 

St. Elizabeth Seton’s 4:30 Youth Choir ahead of this year’s Easter Vigil.

Choir time is family time

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In the midst of pondering the impact the Saturday 4:30 Youth Choir has had on the parishioners at St. Elizabeth Seton, director Donna Campbell recalled a quote often attributed to St. Augustine. 

A series of Canadian pilgrimages over Mother’s Day weekend are calling for an end to suffering brough on by the Israel-Hamas war.

Toronto pilgrimage to call for Gaza war’s end

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A worldwide act of solidarity with those affected by the Israel-Hamas conflict is making its way to Toronto over Mother’s Day weekend. 

The Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage is a global movement walking in prayerful solidarity with the people of Gaza, the densely settled territory at the centre of heavy fighting amidst the war. 

A death certificate for a Vicky Stewart, who died of meningitis at an Edmonton hospital. Her death is playing a role in a class action launched against the Archdiocese of Edmonton, one of its priests and his missionary order.

Child’s death certificate muddies Edmonton class-action allegation

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An alleged murder that is part of a class action suit against the Archdiocese of Edmonton was actually death from meningitis, a government record obtained by The Catholic Register affirms.

Fire burns near homes outside West Kelowna, B.C., Aug. 18, 2023.

Wildfire season: it’s all in God’s hands

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Wildfire season is upon Canada again with the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) reporting as of May 5 firefighters nationwide had responded to 738 blazes, 246 originating in Alberta alone.

The now closed and demolished Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, Nfld.

St. John’s victims to start seeing money next month

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The 369 plaintiffs who filed abuse claims against the Archdiocese of St. John’s are slated to receive their first disbursement on June 29.

Keynote speaker Anu George Canjanathoppil (left ) on a mission for IJM Canada.

National Prayer Breakfast calls for bridge over troubled waters

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“Nothing is more damning than indifference in the face of violence,” Anu George Canjanathoppil told today’s 59th annual National Prayer Breakfast.

In an electrifying speech that led to several rounds of applause and a prolonged standing ovation, the keynote speaker and CEO of International Justice Mission made an impassioned plea before 1,300 gathered for protection and justice for the victims of human trafficking in a world where war and conflict are rampant.

Bishop Héctor F. Vila standing outside of the Catholic Church of the Apostles in Faro, Yukon.

Hamilton’s Ex Corde Foundation aims for no one going without

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The Diocese of Hamilton’s Ex Corde Foundation is soon projected to crack the $10 million ceiling in charitable giving.  

The priesthood is often misunderstood to be the only vocation within the Church. There are so many different realities, says Fr. Matthew McCarthy, director of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s vocations office.

Church vocations go beyond the priesthood

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Last month’s ShareLife Speaker Series shed light on the significance of vocations and how they can be better understood and nurtured. 

Michael Fullan's legacy at Catholic Charities will be honoured with a new award in his name.

Charities’ award honours Fullan’s legacy

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When the time of recognition finally arrived for one of the leading figures in social work in Toronto Catholic circles for nearly three decades, the man who had committed a large part of his life to assist so many took the selfless route. 

Muguette Myers, a child survivor of the Holocaust, was the guest speaker at the annual Shoah commemoration event held in Montreal, April 28, 2024.

Mideast conflict affect felt at Montreal Shoah memorial

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Shockwaves from the Gaza war impacted Christian-Jewish relations seriously enough to hamper a Montreal commemoration of the Shoah this year, say organizers of the 45th annual event held on April 28.

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