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Lori Vaanholt has learned much in her over 35 years with L'Arche Canada. Now the national vice-executive director, she started as a 19-year-old placement student.

Catholic Family Ministries’ annual Family Life Conference is a celebration of this sacred institution. Over its impressive 27-year history, this event at the Lac. Ste. Anne Pilgrimage site have given rise to new Christ-centred familial units.

Catholic singles in search of a Catholic spouse are now finding each other on two unlikely online platforms.

Both Fr. Tim Hanley and Deacon Paul Bar expressed astonishment over Fr. Bill Burns consenting to be interviewed by The Catholic Register about the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood given his “quiet and humble” nature.

It was 100 years ago this month that the eight men who dedicated their lives in honouring God and their neighbour throughout their missionary work and would become known as the Canadian Martyrs were beatified, setting the stage for their canonization five years later.

St. Joseph’s Health System has launched St. Mary’s Health and its first service, St. Mary’s Health @ Home, an initiative designed to renew Catholic care in the Region of Waterloo while aiming to meet the changing needs of the community for generations to come.

Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) is nearly six months into a three-year pilot project designed to improve the quality of life and social integration of migrant seniors.

The text of Pope Leo XIV’s homily for the Mass celebrated June 1 in St. Peter’s Square that concluded the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly.

Canadian Catholic filmmaker Kevin Dunn’s new documentary Permission: Fr. Bob Bedard’s Vision for the Church is a superb portrait of a man who exemplified total surrender to the Lord’s will.

As other religious societies struggle with an aging membership, the Ottawa-based Companions of the Cross continue to grow and on May 24 welcomed another four priests into the community at Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica in Ottawa.