Amid the pandemic hardships of the past few years and a rapidly changing world since, Catholic Family Services (CFS) Toronto has maintained its unwavering support for those in need. Executive director Brenda Spitzer credits much of this resilience to the generous support of donors.
Things often forgotten in an estate plan
By RHONDRA SOGREN, Catholic Register SpecialPeople often overlook items of sentimental value during estate planning, and this oversight can lead to disagreements and relationship-ending issues.
Minimize your tax burden with a sound plan
By ANTHONY CUSIMANO AND THOMAS BANG, Catholic Register SpecialIt is important to be ready for the two certainties in life: death and taxes. A good estate plan will help maximize benefits and reduce taxes in the event of death and/or potential incapacity.
Christ Himself must lead the Church’s journey, not a fellowship of listeners
By Douglas Farrow, Catholic Register SpecialOn the eve of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis released his Apostolic Exhortation "on the climate crisis," emphasizing the need to "rethink... the question of human power." The Synod is also about the meaning and limits of power with the seeming goal of turning the Catholic Church into a sort of procedural republic, a fellowship of listeners who through “conversations in the Spirit” learn to find a word from God in each other’s experiences. But they will still have to find ways to distribute power, or ways will be found for them.
Synodal Catholics walk together
By Richard Shields, Catholic Register SpecialThe months leading up to the now concluded first phase of the Synod on Synodality were marked by anticipation and anxiety in influential Catholic circles. While the majority of Catholics might remain perplexed or indifferent to the Synod, invested Catholics saw change on the horizon.
Homecoming: A Catholic conversion
By Sheila Nonato, Catholic Register SpecialTammy Peterson and her journey for truth
At this synod, equality is the dynamic
By Christine Way Skinner and Catherine Pead, Catholic Register SpecialOn Sunday Oct. 15, members of Concerned Lay Catholics had the opportunity to join Dr. Catherine Clifford for lunch following English Mass at the Jesuit Caravita community in Rome.
As synod winds down, members urged to sow patience
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceAs members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops return home, share the results of their work and prepare for the final synod assembly in 2024, they must be on guard against people who will want to make them take sides as if the synod were a political debate, said Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe.
Late archbishop key in B.C. colleges’ launch
By AGNIESZKA RUCK, Canadian Catholic NewsJust before the turn of the new millennium, then Vancouver Archbishop Adam Exner, like many others, was asking himself the question, “What will the future bring?”
Newman chaplain answers ‘call within a call’
By Anna FarrowIt is a long way from his native Igboland in Nigeria to the Newman Centre at McGill University, but Fr. Anthony Atansi finds himself as “at home” in one as the other.
Family, faith guide scholarship winner
By NICHOLAS ELBERS, Canadian Catholic NewsFor Lilian Pham, winning the prestigious Schulich Leadership Scholarship was only possible because of the love and support of her family.