OTTAWA -- The impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on the Catholic Church in Canada will be a key theme of the first-ever online plenary assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops when the annual meeting gets underway Sept. 21.
Homeschoolers feeling pandemic pinch
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterWith schools returning to semi-normal following the pandemic lockdown, traditional homeschooling families say they too are happy to resume teaching their children under some sense of normalcy.
TCDSB student trustee puts focus on mental health
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterStudent mental health will be the top priority for 15-year-old Keith Baybayon in his new role as Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) student trustee this fall.
Classroom experience guides Catholic Education leader
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterAnne Jamieson’s devotion to her faith and heart for catechesis has taken her on a long, winding road to leadership in the Catholic education community in Ontario.
Musical dilemma over abuse claims
By Agnieszka Ruck, Canadian Catholic NewsVANCOUVER -- Peter Luongo, a parish music director in Surrey, B.C., is in a quandary.
ShareLife helps agency through COVID crunch
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterElizabeth Pierce will celebrate her 25th year with Catholic Family Services of Durham in May 2021. The therapeutic work she and her colleagues do, particularly on behalf of women and children in abusive living situations, remains profoundly affecting.
Walking the path to reconciliation
By Agnieszka Ruck, Candian Catholic NewsVANCOUVER -- For nearly 11 years, Deacon Rennie Nahanee has experienced extreme highs and lows as co-ordinator of First Nations Ministry for the Archdiocese of Vancouver.
Season of Creation prompts calls for action
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA -- Religious and social justice groups are promising to make environmental justice initiatives the focus of a month-long celebration of creation following a plea by Pope Francis to better protect the environment, respect Indigenous communities around the globe and listen to the concerns of young people.
Montreal landmark church ordered closed
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialMONTREAL -- Structural engineers have ordered one of the oldest churches in Montreal that serves an English-speaking, working-class congregation to close its doors because its central tower could collapse at any time.
Tabernacle found after theft from St. Catharines cathedral
By CNA/EWTN NewsWashington, D.C. Newsroom (CNA) -- The tabernacle that was stolen earlier this week from the St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral in St. Catharines, Ontario was recovered on Wednesday, September 9.
Assisted suicide can proceed, appeal court rules
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA -- A Nova Scotia appeal court has cleared the way for an elderly Nova Scotia man to kill himself with the help of a doctor.