Canadian News

News and events from across the country.

Streaming service brings faith to life

September 16, 2023

Binge-watching is taking on new meaning at parishes across the Archdiocese of Vancouver as the FORMED Catholic streaming service transforms the way ministries access content for catechesis and sacramental preparation.

Behind the mask of loneliness

September 16, 2023

Loneliness is creating headlines around the world, though not so much in Canada, even if we are part of the same trend across the anglo-world.

NWT slowly getting back to normal; first Mass celebrated

September 15, 2023

Bishop Jon Hansen spoke to an “essentially full” St. Patrick’s Co-Cathedral on Sept. 10, in front of Yellowknife Catholics eager to congregate after nearly a month of being deprived of their home and parish community due to the rampant wildfires.

Simple ways help families renew

September 15, 2023

In the woods along Lake Bennet just west of Combermere, Ont., there is a circle of cabins overlooked by a small chapel. The campground, known as Cana Colony, is a destination for Catholic families looking for a week of faith, fun and fellowship.

Politicians affirm parental rights on pronouns

September 15, 2023

With gender identity and its place in schools exploding across the Canadian media landscape, a Catholic parent group is pleased to find political proponents of safeguarding parental voice and authority.

Mission possible: Canadians at WYD

September 14, 2023

For 19-year-old Elizabeth du Quesnay, it was listening to a prompting in her heart that led her to World Youth Day this summer in Lisbon, Portugal.

ShareLife commits $520,000 to fight hunger

September 14, 2023

Disquieting headlines about the state of household food security have unrelentingly flooded the Canadian news media ecosystem in recent months. Enter ShareLife.

Red Mass resurrected

September 13, 2023

A group of 60 jurists, notaries and law students gathered at the Sacred Heart Chapel in Montreal’s historic Notre-Dame Basilica on Sept. 7 to attend the first Red Mass organized by the newly formed Société Saint-Yves de Montréal.

Students renewed for school year

September 13, 2023

Youth between the ages of 14 and 30 looking to feel energized before the start of the school season met in praise and worship at the Throneway Renewal conference.

Student suspended over gender stance wins appeal

September 12, 2023

An Ontario court delivered a key legal victory to Josh Alexander, the St. Joseph’s High School student from Pembroke, Ont., suspended for alleged bullying by stating in a class discussion that God created only two genders, male and female.