Ad Orientem
Dcn. Andrew Bennett · October 4, 2024
People new to, or wishing to grow deeper in faith, often ask me to recommend good Catholic books. The height of understatement is to say coming up with such a list is a daunting challenge in a tradition that, beginning with the Holy Scriptures, has an almost inexhaustible treasury of books.
Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) for week 17: Sunday, Oct. 6 to Saturday, Oct 12
Lea Karen Kivi · October 4, 2024
Editorial
October 4, 2024
In the 12 months since Hamas murderers invaded Israel, the Holy Land tables have entirely turned on those behind the worst massacre of Jews after the Holocaust.
Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) for week 16: Sunday, Sept. 29 to Saturday, Oct. 6
Lea Karen Kivi · September 27, 2024
Amanda Achtman · September 26, 2024
Pope Francis often speaks about how the elderly are a treasure and has dedicated much of his pontificate to promoting a culture of encounter between generations.Inspired by this emphasis, Bishop Hector Vila recently invited me to the Diocese of Whitehorse to deliver several workshops and presentations geared toward exploring the value of life at all stages.
Questioning Faith
Mary Marrocco · September 26, 2024
To listen to a young child babbling as children love to do, wanting to be heard, needing and learning to speak, is to hear the oft-repeated words: mama, dada (or baba).
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan · September 26, 2024
The liturgical calendar turns briefly in late September and early October to the role of angels in salvation. First, there is the Sept. 29 feast of the messengers Gabriel, Raphael and Michael – not celebrated this year because the feast falls on a Sunday – and then the Oct. 2 memorial of guardian angels.
September 26, 2024
This week, the mood at The Catholic Register is akin to that of expectant parents awaiting the moment when their any-time-now offspring will be in the world sharing life with them.
Fr. Yaw Acheampong · September 20, 2024
Do you know the motto of the Archdiocese of Toronto? Every year on September 29, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of St. Michael and the Archangels, Gabriel and Raphael. In the Archdiocese of Toronto, this Feast is of great importance to us because St. Michael is the patron saint of the Archdiocese.
Cathy Majtenyi · September 20, 2024
It’s a scene straight out of a horror movie. A 14-year-old girl douses a 15-year-old girl with “liquid from a black canister” and sets the girl on fire, to the shock of students and teachers at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon.
