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Features

Bishop Dom Mário Antonio da Silva sees the Synod of Bishops as a chance to further evangelization.

Brazilian bishop sees a land of promise in the Amazon

Bishop Dom Mário Antonio da Silva knows the Amazon is in trouble, but he doesn’t want its crises — political, ecological and cultural — to define the synod he will attend in Rome Oct. 6-27.
Saving the Amazon: A Special Feature

Saving the Amazon: A Special Feature

MANAUS, Brazil -- On the third finger of his left hand Oblate Fr. Robert Valicourt wears a black, wooden ring made from the pit of a tacumã palm tree, a plant native to the Amazon. 
Phil Fontaine, former Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, front row left, takes part in a Star of the North reconciliation event.

Healing is key at Star of the North

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ST. ALBERT, Alta. -- Star of the North Retreat Centre is making healing and reconciliation between Indigenous people and Canadian settlers a major element of its retreat ministry.

Cedarcrest Conference Centre in Belfountain, Ont., north of Toronto, hosts retreats guided by Opus Dei priests. Below, the oratory with original paintings and marble altarpieces.

A silence that is truly golden

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I rarely shut up. I also have a loud voice, though most of the time I am not aware how loud I am.

John Schneider, teacher at the Waterloo Catholic District School Board who was key in dreaming up this project, chats with students.

The cathedral through a child’s (virtual) eyes

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They came for a remarkable project ….

Pope John Paul II greets the crowd at B.C. Place in Vancouver on Sept. 18, 1984. He was given an enthusiastic reception at every stop on his 12-day tour.

History in the making: JP II visits Canada 35 years ago

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Thirty-five years ago this month, Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit Canada. The impact of those 12 days in September hasn’t been forgotten.

Firefighters near Robore, Bolivia, walk where wildfires have destroyed the forest Aug. 19, 2019.

As Amazon burns, ‘the world suffers’

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Canadians can’t extinguish the thousands of forest fires raging across the Amazon region but the devastation should become a call for Catholics to forge an alliance with the Indigenous people of the Amazon, says the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace.

Memories of school days come flooding back for these women who entered Loretto College School in 1959. Standing, from left, are Luba Zaraska, Mary Lyons, Clara Creglia, Anna Prodanou and Kathleen Heffron. Seated are Raffaela Di Cecco, left, and Mary Elia.

Sixty years later, girls of Loretto College School maintain a strong bond

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Sixty years ago, 13-year-old Clara Creglia’s homeroom teacher, Sr. Elaine, instructed the new Grade 9 class to pair up and choose their locker partners. Creglia didn’t really know anyone at Toronto’s Loretto College School on Brunswick Ave. so she decided to try her luck with the girl that sat behind her. 

It’s story time for Tonya Byrne’s class.

Award-winning teacher uses innovative techniques to inspire students

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EDMONTON -- Whether she’s bringing a beehive or a squid into her classroom, Tonya Byrne believes that teaching is all about engaging the students.

Monique Palma Whittaker carefully chips away at old paint on the Marian statue at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica. The statue is one of the final pieces to the restoration project at the church that has been ongoing since 2002.

A fresh face on an old friend

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A familiar face that has greeted visitors entering St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica since the late-1980s is getting a facelift.

Teachers Julia DiCarlo, left, and Jol-Christine Molina, right, helped bring together their Indigenous art and English classes to collaborate on a short-story collection.

Book built with words, art … and passion

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The students at St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy in Toronto didn’t grow up on a reserve or have Indigenous roots, but after a semester learning Grade 11 Indigenous Studies English, they knew they could still be allies to their native brothers and sisters. 

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