Missionaries

For missionary surgeon, dignity takes flight

Quinton Amundson · May 22, 2026

Canadian missionary-surgeon Stephen Foster’s devotion to Angola now stretches beyond 45 years — a significant milestone without a doubt.

Mission pilot flies not-so-friendly skies

But Dominic Villeneuve knows God has his back in dangerous undertaking

Quinton Amundson · October 4, 2025

Each day, Dominic Villeneuve extols God for accompanying him as he steps into a Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) plane to conduct humanitarian missions within the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Faith in the Skies. Men's Gatherings. The Football Field

Catholic Register Staff · October 3, 2025

Register staff discuss the dangerous skies in Africa for missionaries as well as the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria. Also, a mens' prayer breakfast starts up as well as some faith and rivalry on the football field.

New simulator aids mission pilots in training

Quinton Amundson · July 19, 2025

An Alberta flight school with over 30 years of experience training pilots who support Catholic and Christian humanitarian missions is poised to enter a new state-of-the-art realm.

Vatican says 13 missionaries were killed in 2024

Cindy Wooden · December 30, 2024

Thirteen Catholic "missionaries" were killed in 2024, most of them during the commission of a robbery, but several obviously were targeted for the church work they did.

Fr. Paradis a trailblazer in reconciliation

Oblate’s missionary work honoured by Catholic Missions

Quinton Amundson · May 2, 2024

Fr. François Paradis, an Oblate of Mary Immaculate (OMI) will receive this year’s Catholic Missions In Canada’s (CMIC) St. Philip Neri Award.