New health measures for Mass vary across Canada
As of Dec. 20, anyone entering a place of worship in Quebec will be required to show their vaccination status.
Christmas Mass capacity picture rosier in 2021
Parishes across Canada have the green light to open their doors to more parishioners celebrating the birth of Christ than was allowed last year.
Students hopeful semblance of ‘normal’ will return
AnnaMaria Amato is hopeful that a normal graduation ceremony might be possible at the end of the 2021-22 school year.
Speaking Out: Nuanced approach to mental well-being
I was scrolling through my news feed on Twitter last week when I stumbled upon a quite shocking meme.
In-person Masses return to Ontario
Step One of Ontario’s reopening plan is in effect as of June 11 and will see a return to worship services much like they were after earlier openings following pandemic lockdowns.
Provincial governments across Canada are presenting faith adherents with rays of hope by unveiling roadmaps and timelines on the lifting of public worship restrictions heading into the summer months.
Too many challenges with drive-in Mass
This past Easter Sunday, Fr. Harrison Ayre remembers walking back into St. Peter’s in Nanaimo, B.C., just to gather himself after celebrating the most stressful Mass of his life. Then, just as he sat down in a pew, he heard a bang.
Lockdown takes toll on kids’ mental health
Marina Calo has been trying to manage the online education of her five-year-old son and says it has not been easy.
DUBLIN -- The head of the Irish bishops' conference said the government's move to criminalize attendance at Mass as part of COVID-19 regulations was a "potential infringement of religious freedom and of constitutional rights."
Ontario worship services limited to 10 again as COVID surges
With Ontario going into hard lockdown to combat a disturbing rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, places of worship will once again be limited to a hard cap of 10 people in attendance.
Camps facing another uncertain summer with lockdowns
While a murky forecast for the 2020 summer camping season was expected with the unknowns surrounding COVID-19, organizations that operate day and overnight camps for Ontario youth never thought a similar script would play out a year later.
B.C. churches launch appeal on religious gathering ban
VANCOUVER -- Three Christian churches are appealing a B.C. Supreme Court judge’s ruling in favour of the prohibition on in-person religious gatherings in this province.
Peter Stockland: Community suffers with church closures
The Holy Week chaos that hit Ontario churches when the Ford government slammed on its COVID “emergency brake” hours before Good Friday is part of the chain reaction of frustration faithful Canadians are experiencing.
Resurrecting The Resurrection has not been easy. Over 80 singers, dancers, musicians, set designers and more have been through quarantine, donned masks, practised at a distance to remount an Opera Atelier production that was stopped dead in its tracks just before Easter 2020.
The day Presentation Manor went into lockdown for COVID-19 was Charles Hendrick’s birthday, but he wasn’t there to celebrate. He had died the previous October of pancreatic cancer.