Sr. Teresita McInally may have received the Pro-Ecclesia et Pontifice Cross herself, but the unexpected papal honour is really recognition of the work of her order, said the 87-year-old Sister of St. Joseph.
Trying to reconcile faith with farming ethics
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCharina Umagat has been an involved, engaged parishioner at St. Emile parish in Winnipeg for 20 years. The last thing she expected to find in her pew on a Sunday was a pamphlet casting moral doubt on her job and her employer.
Woodworker’s calling is furnishing churches
By Christian Cadera, Catholic Register SpecialHILLSDALE, ONT. - A quick search online is all that’s needed to find a woodworking professional capable of crafting furnishings like tables and chairs.
Trustee leadership course to focus on Catholic issues
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association has developed a 12-week course focusing on Catholic leadership for its members.
Parent group wary about sex ed survey
By Catholic Register StaffTORONTO - Trying to avoid the parental backlash that erupted over its revised health and sex education curriculum in 2010, the Ontario Liberals have established an online consultation process on an updated sex-ed curriculum to be implemented in September. But already, it has run afoul of one parent group.
Catholics must engage in making disciples, Fr. Mallon tells Toronto audience
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Fr. James Mallon believes your parish can be better, that it must be better and that a better parish is your responsibility.
Criminalizing ‘barbaric’ acts law welcomed
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canada’s Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act has found support among Catholic pro-family groups.
Prostitution law goes into effect Dec. 6
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canada’s prostitution Bill C-36 passed the Senate Nov. 6 and will go into effect Dec. 6, criminalizing the purchase of sex for the first time in Canadian history.
Prominent Catholic politician calls for end to Catholic school system
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - It’s time for Ontario to ditch publicly funded, separate Catholic education, retired Ontario cabinet minister and prominent Italian and Catholic politician Greg Sorbara claims in five bombshell paragraphs toward the end of his new 208-page political memoir.
Spirituality alive on the Maidan
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - As Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Brisbane, Australia, confronted Vladimir Putin Nov. 15 at G-20 meetings with a stark suggestion that Russia “get out of Ukraine,” Ukrainian scholars and churchmen were in Toronto to discuss the spiritual values of the Ukrainian revolution.
After three months in prison, Gibbons’ charges withdrawn
By Tony Gosgnach, Catholic Register SpecialTORONTO - Charges of disobeying a court order and obstructing a peace officer against Toronto pro-life demonstrator Linda Gibbons were withdrawn on Nov. 12, charges that never should have been laid in the first place, according to her lawyer.