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News and events from across the country.

Dusting off sacred objects

April 6, 2014

TORONTO - When a chalice has been tarnished by the years or a monstrance set aside due to the changing tides of style, it will no longer need to spend the rest of its shelf life on an actual shelf. The Sacred Objects Exchange, a new initiative in the Archdiocese of Toronto, is bringing these valued liturgical items out of retirement.

Vietnamese family reunites after decades

April 5, 2014

It’s a story of war, a grave mistake, separation, longing, modern technology and the power of media, but above all, Thanh Campbell would say, it’s a testimony to personal faithfulness that spans decades.

In search of Canada’s longest married couple

April 4, 2014

If you know a couple whose love has stood the test of time, Worldwide Marriage Encounter Canada wants to hear from you.

Stations inspired by compassion and Christ

April 4, 2014

When Fr. Jim Tobin was a young priest he found himself in a leper colony in Nigeria. He was almost 400 km east of the capital, Lagos, in Ossiomo. He was a hospital chaplain to about 200 people with active cases of leprosy. Another 600 people who had contracted the disease before treatment was available lived in a village down the hill from the hospital.

John Paul II coin minted

April 4, 2014

There’s a uniquely Canadian way of celebrating Pope John Paul II’s canonization, courtesy of the Royal Canadian Mint.

Bishop Lacey's spiritual life strong ’til the end

April 4, 2014

TORONTO - Bishop Pearse Lacey understood liturgy, he got social justice, he connected with the value of life but he never really understood indifference. When he was rector of St. Michael’s Cathedral, he would preside at summertime Masses on the Toronto Islands at St. Regis Chapel. On Sunday morning, no one came. So the monsignor, all outfitted for Mass, grabbed the sacristy bell and set off through the picnic grounds and along the beaches ringing the bell and announcing the next Mass.

With truth comes reconciliation

April 4, 2014

EDMONTON - Ethel Lamothe of Fort Simpson, Alta., still remembers being taken away in a boat with other children to the residential school at Fort Providence, N.W.T., when she was five years old.

ShareLife donations help solve problems, big and small

April 4, 2014

TORONTO - ShareLife dollars are helping to cut down on wait times for those seeking counselling on a variety of issues in Toronto.

24 Hours of Mercy a blessing for Hamilton

April 3, 2014

Anne Lamanes’ Lenten season got just a little more special this year.

Retired Bishop Pearse Lacey dead at 97

April 3, 2014

Toronto - About one year after celebrating the 70th anniversary of his ordination, Bishop Emeritus Pearse Lacey has died. the Toronto native passed away on April 2. He was in his 98th year.