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January 29, 2019

Pope Francis calls on youth lead the way for Church and community

Canadian pilgrims wait patiently for the Pope's arrival at Pope John Paul II field in Panama City Jan. 22.
PANAMA CITY – Jesus is a God of now, Pope Francis told a crowd of more than 600,000 young people at World Youth Day in Panama.
Published in World Youth Day 2019
January 8, 2019

Peter Stockland: Millennial shatters all the stereotypes

Amanda Achtman writes about her experiences and reflections on faith, life at amandaachtman.ca.

If stereotypes are made to be deflated, Amanda Achtman is a young woman who carries a suitcase full of needles and hat pins.

Published in Register Columnists
December 18, 2018

Companionship ministry makes Christmas season a little less lonely

Lauchlan McInroy, co-ordinator of In Good Company, chats with a client.

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, but for some it can be the loneliest. 

Published in Features
November 26, 2018

Peter Stockland: Montreal parish reflects Canadian story of faith

Holy Mass to celebrate St. Kevin's Parish's 80th anniversary.

When Montreal’s English Speaking Catholic Council hosted a talk on faith and immigration the quintessential church hall basement of St. Kevin’s Parish on Côte-Des-Neiges Road was an obvious choice.

Published in Register Columnists
November 12, 2018

Church on the Street: In this ‘pop-up’ community, all are one

A visitor to the “pop-up” restaurant in downtown Toronto adds some flute music to the festivities.

A Catholic, a Baptist and a Mennonite walked into a bar and the barman said, “What’s this, some kind of a joke?” 

Published in Register Columnists
November 9, 2018

Peter Stockland: The power of hearts makes a better world

A young man reacts Oct. 29 at a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

In a fine interview following the recent synagogue killings in Pittsburgh, Ottawa’s Rabbi Reuven Bulka offered wisdom that went far beyond the specific act of terrible bloodshed. 

Published in Register Columnists
October 31, 2018

Here’s an excellent way to ‘bond’ with parish

St. Patrick’s Church in downtown Toronto.

Stocks, bonds and mutual funds make great gifts — just ask the parishioners at St. Patrick’s in downtown Toronto.

Published in Estate Planning
October 22, 2018

St. Elizabeth Health Care sending message of HOPE

Fr. Mark Miller says the challenge is to preserve spiritual care in a health care industry largely driven by technology.

When Archbishop Fergus P. McEvay started the St. Elizabeth Nurses in Toronto 110 years ago, it was all about the beginning of life. Four qualified midwives were stationed in the city’s poorer neighbourhoods to deliver babies, ensure the mother’s health and then get those babies baptized.

Published in Canada
October 1, 2018

Media must build communities, not sow division, Pope says

Pope Francis is pictured on a cell phone video with Vatican spokesman, Greg Burke, as he greets journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Vilnius, Lithuania, Sept. 22.
VATICAN – Christians must do more to make sure the media, especially social networks, are places of dialogue and respect for others, rather than instruments for highlighting differences and increasing divisions, said the prefect of the Vatican communications office.
Published in International
September 13, 2018

Speaking out: Thank God for my community

Speaking out: Thank God for my community

Two years ago, I started volunteering at my church’s youth group. My role was to teach the students, mentor them and listen to them. 

Published in YSN: Speaking Out
September 11, 2018

Woman completes her mission to visit every Catholic church in Toronto archdiocese

Jennie McRae poses at Sts. Martha and Mary Parish in Mississauga with the letter she received from Cardinal Thomas Collins after completing her decade-long trek around the vast territory of the archdiocese to visit all its churches.

It started with Jennie McRae wanting to celebrate her French-Canadian roots, but circumstance soon took over and launched her on a greater journey.

Published in Canada
September 5, 2018

Let there be light: Church uses parish power to go solar and lose the electric bill

St. Vincent de Paul Church is saving about $800 a year by converting to solar power.

When God provides, there’s not much else that parishioners of St. Vincent de Paul Church need. 

Published in Canada
September 5, 2018

Priest’s retirement Sept. 30 will also mean the closure of his Edmonton parish, St. Patrick

Fr. Frank Stempfle celebrates one of his last Masses at St. Patrick’s Church in Edmonton.

EDMONTON – When Frank Stempfle was born prematurely in a rural Alberta farmhouse on a winter day in 1926 he weighed just 2½ pounds. His father placed him in a shoebox near the oven to keep him warm, and the neighbours didn’t think he’d live.

Published in Canada
August 13, 2018

Northern B.C. residents 'broken' as wildfire ravages homes, church

Lightning sparked a wildfire northwest of Telegraph Creek in the northern part of the province Aug. 1, and a local state of emergency was declared three days later. All 300 residents of Telegraph Creek were told to evacuate Aug. 5, and they fled to Dease Lake and nearby communities.
VANCOUVER – Catholics in the Diocese of Whitehorse, Yukon, sought assistance after a devastating wildfire in Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, destroyed a mission church, rectory and homes.
Published in Canada
July 26, 2018

Whistler church has its roots in skiers’ chapel

The old skiers’ chapel at the base of the mountain in Whistler, B.C., eventually became Our Lady of Mountains Parish, celebrating its 25th year.

WHISTLER, B.C. – The season has shifted gears from skiing to hiking in Whistler. For a small community in the resort municipality, a season of celebration has also just begun.

Published in Canada
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