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Out of pandemic, interest high in Catholic school trustees’ role
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterWith candidates in full campaign mode for upcoming municipal elections across Ontario next month, there appears to be a re-invigorated interest in Catholic school board trustee positions.
Catholic aid supports grieving community
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterAttuned to Saskatchewan Catholics’ desire to offer comfort and friendship to James Smith Cree Nation in the aftermath of the heart-breaking stabbing spree on Sept. 4, religious leaders sought to identify potential pathways of support.
Pregnancy centres under legislative threat
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA bullet point on page four of the Liberal Party of Canada’s 2021 election platform “Forward. For Everyone.” conveyed the party’s intention to strip pro-life non-profits of their charity status.
Schools counter COVID mental health impacts
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterIn mid-August, Lifeworks, a human resources and technology company focused on developing positive wellbeing solutions, revealed in its monthly Mental Health Index that 56 per cent of Canadians notice their children are still being harmed by the COVID-19 epidemic.
Putting a CAPP on rising polarization
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCanadians are getting in on a 30-year-old Vatican project to recast our thinking, our politics and our way of life. On a Sept. 17 Zoom call, a small group will launch the Canadian chapter of Centesimus Annus-Pro Pontifice, a lay-led organization created by St. Pope John Paul II in the Vatican.
Canada’s bishops eager to engage Reconciliation Council
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCanada’s bishops want to engage with a new National Council for Reconciliation that Ottawa lawmakers plan to set up this fall.
Sr. Ellen Leonard saw new ways of Catholic understanding
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterSr. Ellen Leonard was never satisfied doing the easy stuff. She was one of the first women to do a PhD in systematic theology, one of the first to teach theology to graduate students and she never shied away from controversies over feminist and ecological issues in the Church.
Statue embodies vitality of small town faith
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterA striking bronze statue commemorating St. Francis Xavier has been placed on a plinth in front of St. Francis Xavier Church in Tottenham, Ont., signalling post-COVID re-opening to faith.
Till debt do us remain apart
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterMarriage in Canada has become the preserve of the middle aged and older. The latest Statistics Canada numbers from the 2021 census show that fewer than one in five Canadians in their 20s are married.
September’s transit points to Creation’s glory
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe month-long Season of Creation launched quietly across Canada on the World Day of Prayer for Creation, Sept. 1.
Visa CEO remains on Catholic board amid controversy
By Anna FarrowA New York Catholic corporate titan who is mired in the legal scandals of a Canadian porn merchant turns out to also be one of the poster boys for the Vatican’s latest social justice adventure.