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Gerald Jordan from the Knights of Columbus, Toronto Council 1388, helps out in the kitchen at Good Shepherd Ministries, where the annual Boxing Day feast will feed more than 1,200.

Good Shepherd’s holiday meal a satisfying experience for all

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Two simple words are all the payment Carla Martella needs for helping the Good Shepherd Ministries provide a holiday meal to the homeless and those in need.

Here is one of Fr. Thomas Raby's Christmas columns, published Dec. 24, 1960, when the the Cold War was escalating.

Fr. Thomas Raby: Just skip the fancy ribbons on my Christmas present

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For five decades, Fr. Thomas Raby held a very special place for readers of The Catholic Register. His weekly column — The Little World of Fr. Raby — was a favourite, with stories and messages that continue to resonate, even three years after his death at age 95. At right, we present one of his Christmas poems, which were a tradition for almost 40 years. As well, here is one of his Christmas columns, published Dec. 24, 1960, when the the Cold War was escalating.

Msgr. Vincent Foy cuts the cake for his 100th birthday celebration with Cardinal Thomas Collins sharing the moment.

Msgr. Foy shares his more than a century of Christmas wisdom

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God-willing, this will be my 102nd Christmas on Earth (if you count the one when I was an unborn child) and my 77th Christmas as a priest.

The nativity stained glass window at St. Michael’s Cathedral is more than a century old, but it has been cleaned, restored and practically reconstructed.

St. Michael's Cathedral getting a Christmas makeover, too

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St. Michael’s Cathedral looks like an old church. But sit down in a confessional and take a deep breath.

Jasmeen Arcentales, grade 6, was the winner of 2016 Christmas Drawing Contest in the grades 4-6 category.

Winners of the 2016 Christmas Drawing Contest

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One of the joys of Christmas at The Catholic Register is judging what has become perhaps our most popular annual feature — the children’s Christmas drawing contest.

Bonnie DeSilva hands a plateful of breakfast to a guest during St. Stephen-in-the-Fields' Saturday breakfast program.

Eggs, ham, warm welcome all part of breakfast program

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The holiday season can be an isolating time for those who are living on the breadline. When you don’t know where your next meal is coming from, it is comforting to know that the Church of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields can be a place of refuge and community.

A woman holds a statue of baby Jesus. In the Child, God became man on Earth.

Incarnation continues to be our beacon of hope

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There are a million Catholic complaints about Christmas.

CAPTION FOR PHOTO: Fr. Galen Bank and Dennis and Angelina Girard hope to encourage parishioners at Ottawa's Blessed Sacrament Parish to make a Marian consecration at Christmas.

Priest encourages parish to make Marian consecration at Christmas

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OTTAWA – An Ottawa priest is hoping a book made for children can deliver a very serious Christmas message for adults, too.

Staff Arts president and choir director Anne Bolger conducts the group’s version of “O Holy Night” at the Dec. 2 Christmas concert. Soloist Gilda De Marco Melo is at the right foreground.

Staff Arts brings out Toronto Catholic school board's artistic flair

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TORONTO – September isn’t just the start of another school year.

Hikmat Dandan’s desk overflows with Christmas cards he receives each year from the Greek Catholic Patriarchate School in Beit Sahour.

Knights help Christian tradition stay alive at Bethlehem school

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Every December, a package from the Holy Land arrives on Hikmat Dandan’s doorstep. Inside are 65 hand-drawn Christmas cards in different shapes, sizes and colours.

Children play soccer in 2014 at a camp for displaced people in Minkamman, South Sudan. Pax Christi International, the Catholic peace movement, said it will build up young people to contribute to peace and justice in Africa, noting that children are the continent's greatest resource.

Pax Christi: Children are Africa's greatest resources

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JOHANNESBURG – Pax Christi International, the Catholic peace movement, said it will build up young people to contribute to peace and justice in Africa, noting that children are the continent's greatest resource.

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