Hospital ministry is an extension of Jesus’ compassionate presence in our lives today.

As Canada commemorates Remembrance Day, a group of university students plan to conduct their own research of the World Wars.

From coverage that’s been splashed across both Catholic and secular media, you might suppose the Synod on the Amazon was all about long-standing bones of contention between liberal and conservative Catholics – married priests, authoritative roles for women, liturgies that don’t look like a pontifical high Mass. But it wasn’t really about any of that. It was actually about the Amazon.

An executor is a person named in a Will to deal with the deceased’s estate after they die. 

Bill Olynyk often wondered how he could further support his parish, St. Mary’s in Barrie, Ont. 

Retirement brought an end to what Catherine von Zuben called “35 wonderful years in education” where she felt she made a difference in the lives of children under her care.

A gift in kind to your favourite charity is always good for a tax receipt, but arriving at the gift’s fair market value can be difficult.

Planning for a funeral — let alone your own — can be a stressful task.

Recently a priest friend of mine who is serving in another diocese shared with me a story about the death of one of his parishioners. 

Your death may be end of life, but it’s not the end of the bills. Aside from burial costs and cleaning up the monthly household bills, the executor of the estate will usually be faced with probate fees.