NEWS
{mosimage}CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - A century-and-a-half ago, a small spark was ignited in this tiniest of Canadian provinces on Canada’s east coast.
CAMH visitor course offered
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO — Visiting the sick in hospital, or the imprisoned in jails, is more than just a question of being there. Learn how to be a visitor in an eight-week course in “Spiritual and Religious Care Visitor Training” at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1001 Queen St. W. in Toronto, Wednesday evenings starting Sept. 5. For more information about the $70 course, call (416) 535-8501 ext. 2189/2188 or e-mail biruta_pearcy@camh.net or pearly_daniel@camh.net.
Care week next month
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO (Catholic Register Staff) — The Ontario Multifaith Council is sponsoring Spiritual and Religious Care Awareness Week Oct. 21 to 27.
Young folks putting faith to work at Salt + Light
By Karen M. Franz, Catholic News ServiceTORONTO - Some staff members at Canada’s Salt + Light TV find working for a Catholic television network is a way of putting their faith to work.
Online pro-life magazine launched
By Catholic Register StaffJennifer Ha started www.lifeimmeasurable.com from home on a shoestring budget in August.
ShareLife tops goal by $1.6 million
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO - ShareLife raised $13,645,967 in this year’s fund-raising campaign to support charities throughout the archdiocese of Toronto , surpassing the goal of $12 million set when the campaign kicked off earlier this year.
Collection for Needs of the Church set for Sept. 30
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}OTTAWA - The annual Collection for the Needs of the Church to fund the activities of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops will take place Sept. 30, 2007.
NRSV Bible gets Vatican recognition
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}Eighteen years into a sometimes divisive debate, the Vatican has put a final stamp of approval on the Canadian lectionary — granting a recognitio to the inclusive language of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible in English.
Ecumenism centre moves to storefront
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}MONTREAL — The Canadian Centre for Ecumenism is taking it to the street. The Montreal-based centre for dialogue among Canadian churches has left its historic setting inside the Grande Seminaire de Montreal and taken up a storefront address in downtown Montreal.
Called to serve St. Mike’s for 45 years
By Catholic Register Staff50th anniversary for St. Gregory’s
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO - St. Gregory’s Church in Etobicoke is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a parish on Sept. 16 with a 3 p.m. Mass