The Mustard Seed

Virtue demands more than being chill

Glen Argan · June 13, 2025

For MacIntyre, the problem with modern ethical theories, rooted in the 17th century Enlightenment, is that they do not ask about the meaning of life or what it means to be a human person. Instead, they search for a rational basis for moral rules and come up empty.

Becoming fully alive by letting life go

Leah Perrault · June 12, 2025

There is a part of me that cannot resist the beauty of dandelions releasing single seeds on the breeze. They are an icon for me of the lessons of letting go.

The cave of Light, not Platonic shadows

Cheryl-Ann Smith · June 12, 2025

When we long for a deeper encounter with God; when we are felled by failure and futility, when we cannot carry on without a strengthening and recommissioning, we can plunge our hands and indeed our whole being into the deep cave of Christ’s heart and wait for His love to revive us.

Editorial

Deportation’s knife edge

June 12, 2025

Although most people would consider the United States a nation of immigrants, consistent with our immigration history, there also has been a history of deportation, a history that begins with the now-controversial 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

Culture à la Carte

Have faith: You can beat screen addiction

Sr. Helena Burns · June 6, 2025

Sufficient information, motivation and self-discipline go into both foregoing and using media intentionally, humanly and optimally at any age.

Editorial

Sacred Heart of Jesus’ reality

June 5, 2025

If The Catholic Register were written by nattering nit pickers of negativism, we would find two unfortunate things to say about Cardinal Leo’s recent meditation about June being dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

A bridge over troubled maternal waters

Andrea Mrozek · June 5, 2025

Today’s culture leans heavily in the direction of coaxing all women toward waged work whether or not they need to for financial reasons. Put simply, we are not marrying less and having vanishingly few children because motherhood is over-valued. Some family benefits such as generous maternity leave exist in no small part to ensure mothers of young children return to waged work.

Church on the Street

History’s boulevards bring joy and cruelty

The good and the bad of the streets

Dcn. Robert Kinghorn · June 5, 2025

It was a momentous day in history. May 8th 2025. My wife Ria and I celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary.

Figure of Speech

Crossing a stage along the Gospel path

Gerry Turcotte · June 5, 2025

Such is the somewhat charmed life of an academic that we have the opportunity to join a platform party and watch the excitement—sometimes the outright terror—of our students as they reach a critical milestone that is shared with family, friends and the community at large.

A foster brother who made angels sing

Cheryl-Ann Smith · May 30, 2025

Many years ago, I lived in a poor, dusty town, but one rich in faith and love. We were poor together, and shared what we had with each other in the neighbourhood.