With 150 years of Catholic education under its belt, St. Jerome’s University is celebrating the school year with a new vision.
Called from the wild to serve
By Catholic Register SpecialEagle River, Alaska, is a wilderness paradise with a backdrop of snow-capped mountains and clear rivers. In the 1970s it was a remote town where the closest grocery store was an hour’s drive on a partially paved road. It was the ideal location to inspire a young woman to pursue a career in wildlife biology.
Mission program teaches what it’s like to serve
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Giving up the luxuries of North America last year to do mission work in Guyana proved to be a life-giving experience for Ashley Aperocho.
In praise of religious women
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - During his visit last month to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Pope Francis described women religious as “women of strength” who work on the “frontlines in the proclamation of the Gospel.”
A heart that leapt, providence leads sister to her vocation
By Thandiwe Konguavi, Canadian Catholic NewsEDMONTON - When Mary Truong first met the Sisters of Providence, her heart leapt.
Devoted to Christ through education
By Thandiwe Konguavi, Canadian Catholic NewsEDMONTON - When Sr. Madeleine Prince was growing up in the hamlet of Delmas, Sask., the word “providence” came up often.
Bringing light, peace through creativity
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Sr. Helen Kluke doesn’t believe in mistakes, only in new creations.
Good News drenched in Precious Blood
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf you’re going to preach in the modern world you need powerful language. The Missionaries of the Precious Blood have had that power incorporated into their very name for the last 200 years. From “blood brothers” to “Bloody Sunday,” “the blood of the Lamb” to “blood libel,” the 600 priests and brothers who call themselves Precious Bloods have the most arresting imagery in the entire story of human salvation as their calling card.
Franciscans mark a modest 400 years
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialThey were commonly known as Recollects when their first four members landed 400 years ago with New France founder Samuel de Champlain.
The political Pope Francis can’t help but make it personal
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterPHILADELPHIA - In the 1970s feminist writers had a slogan they wanted to share with the world: “The personal is political.”
Family gathering opens eyes to the possibilities
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterPHILADELPHIA - Most of the 500 or so Toronto pilgrims and more than 1,000 Canadians in Philadelphia showed up for the last two days of the papal visit to see the Pope. A smaller, hard core of dedicated family activists and advocates formed part of the 18,000 who attended the week-long World Meeting of Families.