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Features

Overlooking the Sea of Galilee, the Gospel Trail leads down the hill to the town of Capernaum.

Gospel Trail brings travellers back to biblical times

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In the award-winning film Lincoln, the American president and his wife are seen riding in a carriage discussing their relationship and dreams for the future. At one point Lincoln looks off into the distance and muses about visiting the Holy Land and walking in the footsteps of David and Solomon.

Finance Minister Charles Sousa

Catholic teachers seek lifting of restraints

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TORONTO - Ontario’s Catholic teachers are asking provincial Finance Minister Charles Sousa for freedom — freedom from bureaucrats, freedom from standardized tests, freedom to teach all kinds of students from four-year-olds to special needs kids to adult learners.

Pilgrims light prayer candles in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Going the distance in the Holy Land

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A discount flight, a tour bus and guide will put you in the middle of biblical history in a matter of hours. Particularly at Easter, pilgrims by the thousands arrive in the Holy Land.

Easter Drawing Contest 2013

Easter Drawing Contest 2013

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Now in its third year, The Catholic Register’s Easter drawing contest has proven to be a hit with children aged six to 14. The biggest challenge continues to be selecting winners and choosing images to grace these pages from among the large stack of commendable entries.

A NEW ERA

A NEW ERA

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Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on Mar. 13. The Catholic Register was there for the historic event and our special online section has captured all the news and photos from the conclave.

When the doors reopen at St. James School in Mississauga, Ont., in September, the school will be rechristened the St. James Catholic Global Learning Centre.

Port Credit school to reopen as Global Learning Centre

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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - When the doors of St. James School reopen next September, students will get a global perspective on the world while maintaining a Catholic presence in the community.

Annaliese Carr, left, was one of 12 recipients of the Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year award. The student from Simcoe, Ont.’s Holy Trinity Catholic High School raised almost $250,000 for Camp Trillium by swimming Lake Ontario last year.

For Annaliese Carr, age is no barrier to helping out

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TORONTO - For the second consecutive year Annaleise Carr, the youngest person to successfully swim across Lake Ontario, has been honoured as an Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year.

Dr. David Sylvester, Principal of King’s University College in London, Ont., believes today’s Catholic university has much to learn from its predecessors. This will allow students to be prepared for the difficult challenges of an increasingly complex world.

Keeping faith with past — and future

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LONDON, ONT. - What does it mean to be a Catholic university in this day and age?

Woodslee community association members Jennifer Levack and Paul Mullins stand with local chair of the Catholic School Council Melissa Tavolieri, Fr. Dave Boutette and principal of St. John the Evangelist Catholic School Pam Prsa (left to right) outside of the school they seek to save.

Community rallies to save small-town school

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In the southwestern Ontario hamlet of Woodslee residents have rallied to save St. John the Evangelist Catholic Elementary School.

Blessed Trinity Secondary School’s science department chair Michael Weber (left) and aspiring astronaut Tomaz Rinne stand with Julia Dunder, holding a RaDI-N2 bubble device

Niagara students team up on Hadfield experiment

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Through Let’s Talk Science’s RaDI-N2 & You project, students from more than 300 Canadian classrooms, including three in the Niagara Catholic board, are collecting data on exposure rates to radiation neutrons in conjunction with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

ELECTING A POPE

ELECTING A POPE

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On March 13th, the world's cardinals in Rome elected Pope Francis following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. The catholicregister.org has created a special, easy-to-view section to display the news from Benedict's last days, plus all the breaking stories from the Vatican as the cardinals choose the next pope.

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