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Gone — for now — are the days when the Daughters of St. Paul would host Come and See weekends in person, like this one. In a time of COVID, the discernment retreats have gone online.

Religious order takes discernment online

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COVID-19 has put significant roadblocks in the path of many religious communities and apostolates striving to help young Catholics discover their vocation.

Pilgrims pray before the Fatima Shrine in Fatima, Portugal. The World Rosary Campaign is collecting prayers for world peace to promote the Fatima message on a global scale.

Rosary campaign offers hope for troubled times

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More than a century since the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Portugal in 1917, the message and secrets of the Fatima apparitions have spread throughout the globe conveying a need for devotion to God and to pray the rosary.

National Campus Life Network’s pro-life activism will be moving onto high school campuses this school year.

Pro-life network aims for high school foothold

By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register

The National Campus Life Network (NCLN) is expanding its pro-life activism into 15 Catholic or Christian high schools across Canada this school year.

Toronto teacher Rachel Thomas holds a bin full of Love Masks, masks that will be provided to students who need them when they return to school this month.

Masked by love

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

Back to school shopping looks a bit different this year and a Toronto high school teacher wants to make sure every student in the GTA has what they need to stay safe in a time of pandemic.

The Anchor Camp in Port Burwell, Ont. generally offers girls a number of nature-based activities and other opportunties like learning archery, but this year, in a time of pandemic, has gone virtual. It may not have been the same experience, but campers and staff maintained their excitement for the program nonetheless.

Camp anchors online

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The sun glistens across the calming blue water of Lake Erie. A bronze Mass bell rings loudly. Dozens of young girls soar out of cabins to enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast before engaging in hiking, drama, sports, crafts and, at the end of the day, a roaring campfire.

A screen shot from 90 n’ 9’s new music video, Let Me Trust, features Katie Heximer, who said her personal prayer time with God informed the lyrical and musical direction of the song.

Music as a prayer

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Katie Heximer knows the majestic sound of a symphony or the melodic mixture of chords can quickly captivate an audience. But the co-singer and songwriter for the Christian band 90 n’ 9 finds greater power in writing or singing lyrics that reflect life’s journey and can be offered to God as a prayer. 

Sara Rodriguez outside her home parish of St. Malachy Church in Tehachapi, Calif.

Youth adapt to new reality

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The days of living-room Mass, celebrated while still in pyjamas, are no longer the only option as churches have slowly re-opened for public services. 

Classroom learning has many advantages over the e-learning experience, teachers say.

Virus exposes online concerns

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When COVID-19 necessitated the shut down of schools for months, Canadian educators were forced to reinvent their course delivery on the fly.   

Franciscan Br. John Corriveau, the retired Bishop of Nelson, B.C., hands a takeout meal to Chico, one of the regulars at St. Francis Table, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Francis Table is experiencing a volunteer shortage during the crisis.

St. Francis Table support down due to coronavirus

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The coronavirus is playing havoc with pretty well every aspect of operations at St. Francis Table which feeds those in need in Toronto’s west end.

Sofia Allen of Halifax has discovered a large group of friends through Catholic Harbor.

Homeschoolers’ forum a safe Harbor for faith

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The constant challenge of giving today’s youth a Catholic upbringing is being met head on by an online website for Seton Home Study School students called Catholic Harbor (CH). 

Forty-one of the 50 Catholic Christian Outreach missionaries originally slated to complete in-person evangelism in Belize, Mexico, New York or Uganda pivoted to provide online ministry through CCO’s Be the Light mission.

Mission finds new ‘Light’

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Computer screens and Zoom calls have become the new operation zone for the university student missionary organization Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO).

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