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December 4, 2017

Some tips on keeping holidays peaceful

Christmas is a time for family, but that doesn’t mean it’s without stress.
The Christmas season is a hectic time and staying sane — not to mention enjoying this time of the year — is even more of a challenge for those who don’t get along well with their extended family.
Published in Life & Family
December 4, 2016

Book Review: Consecrated life isn’t dying, just changing

There’s a misconception that those in consecrated life are few and far between, but a number of essays in Understanding the Consecrated Life in Canada show this is not the modern reality.

What is new in Canadian religious life? Actually, a lot.

Published in Book News
December 2, 2016

Young couple shares their life lessons

The Schmidt family, Vanessa and her husband Michael, with sons Liam and Nate in front.

They say the first year of marriage is the hardest, but Michael and Vanessa Nicholas-Schmidt never would have guessed that their marital bliss would be cut short by a pile of dirty containers.

Published in Life & Family
December 6, 2015

Doctors will need to engage patients on their end-of-life decisions

Dr. Bill Sullivan, a Catholic bioethicist, has authored the new College of Physicians of Canada guide on assisted suicide.

Dr. Bill Sullivan — Catholic bioethicist, researcher and medical doctor — wants to counter demands for assisted suicide with conversation, care and relationships.

Published in Life & Family
December 5, 2015

Spirituality is comforting in the aging process

Sr. Mary Rose Marrin

TORONTO - Coming to terms with aging through spiritual discernment is critical to sound decision making in the second half of life, said Sr. Mary Rose Marrin.

Published in Life & Family
December 5, 2015

Synod was really about beauty of family

Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith said October’s Synod of Bishops on the Family was about the positives, the Catholic ideal of marriage and family, rather than what is wrong with the family.

Family talk in the Church doesn’t start with all that can go wrong.

Published in Life & Family