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Football and faith

B.C. legend, Grey Cup champ on his journey

Pat Macken · December 26, 2025

This year’s version of the B.C. Lions came within a few seconds of advancing to the 2025 Grey Cup. While desperately clinging to a lead in the dying seconds, the defence allowed the Saskatchewan Roughriders to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Students aim to make world a better place

St. Jerome’s sock, hat drive in aid of Covenant House

Luke Mandato · December 24, 2025

Toronto's St. Jerome’s Catholic School is supporting its students in doing the down-to-earth, common charity that shines brightest during the Christmas season.

St. Nick celebrated around the world

Catholic Register Staff · December 24, 2025

In the minds of children across Europe, he is Sinterklaas (Holland) or Mikulas (Hungary), and he brings them small presents on his feast day, Dec. 6. He does the same for Eastern Christian children who find his delights under their beds in Ukraine.

Choirs combine in community, collaboration, celebration

Luke Mandato · December 23, 2025

In the purest form of parish unity and compassion during a season known for it, Ajax, Ont.’s St. Francis de Sales’ annual Advent and Christmas Carol Concert united five choirs in harmonious celebration, raising funds for the St. Vincent de Paul Society and encouraging hundreds to keep Christmas with them throughout the year.

Abbotsford Nativity goes up with parish teamwork

Like old-fashioned barn raising

Canadian Catholic News · December 23, 2025

For the 10th straight year, Knights of Columbus from two Abbotsford parishes teamed up for an annual tradition — assembling the outdoor St. James Church Nativity display that requires all the effort, planning and manpower of a miniature community barn raising.

Two centuries of Christmas spirit at St. Paul’s

Music is the soul of the season at Toronto’s historic basilica

Luke Mandato · December 22, 2025

Even in the Archdiocese of Toronto’s oldest parish, the spirit of Christmas brings a renewed spirit to family and strangers alike each year, thanks in large part to music remaining the soul of holiday worship over more than two centuries.

Few silent nights in Bethlehem

Kitty McGilly · December 22, 2025

During Christmas season, as we sing joyfully of the Nativity stories, I am reminded of the Christians of Bethlehem.

Knights' Coats for kids keeps on giving

Luke Mandato · December 21, 2025

While some may have believed last year’s record couldn’t be topped, the Ontario Knights of Columbus are on pace to surpass their own mark this winter as councils push toward 20,000 brand-new winter coats for children in need.

'Our' children the focus for Catholic Children's Aid

Luke Mandato · December 20, 2025

The single word “ours” has become the quiet heartbeat behind everything the Catholic Children’s Aid Foundation is doing this Christmas through initiatives that are making sure children and families are looked after in more ways than one.

Born in hardship, sung in hope

The quiet, powerful origins of 'Silent Night'

Katarzyna Szalajko · December 20, 2025

As Christmas approaches and "Silent Night" begins to fill churches and homes across the world, it is worth remembering how unlikely its beginning truly was.