Sometimes it seems like allCanadian art is really aboutlandscape. From the Group ofSeven’s Fred Varley to DanielTaylor there have been great portraitists.From Jean-Paul Riopelleto Kazuo Nakamura there havebeen great abstract painters.From Joe Fafard to David RubenPiqtouqun Canada has producedgreat sculptors.
Physical challenges don’t hinder Lori Kemp’s faith
By Anne Marie Abraham, Canadian Catholic NewsVANCOUVER - Almost every day for the last threeyears, a determined, wheelchairboundwoman has travelled fromher home in downtown Vancouverto Holy Rosary Cathedral for dailyMass.
Giving up a prosperous life for religous call ‘liberating’
By Anne Hanley, Catholic Register SpecialCOCHRANE, ALTA. - It began simply enough. JoachimOstermann “thought it would bea nice break” when his Vancouverparish said a retreat was being heldat Westminster Abbey.
Chaplain at his best relating to the student
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Linton Soares believes that a school chaplain can be one of two things for their students.
Have Bible, will travel
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - While many in their early 20s are called to travel by a sense of adventure, Fr. Pedro Torres was called to travel to become closer to God by doing His work.
Ordinary life turns extraordinary
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - When Alice Fougère, 62, experienced a personal encounter with Jesus Christ in 1998 she had no inkling that God’s plan included her founding a new religious order.
‘In Good Company’ is the cure for loneliness
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Thanks to Toronto’s Sisters of St. Joseph, many of the city’s isolated homebound residents are living a less lonely life.
Author hopes her experiences touch lives of others
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Sr. Marie Paul Curley is bringing the saints to life in her two newly launched books.
Precious Blood Sisters experience growth spurt
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterThe Sister Adorers of the Precious Blood are defying trends among women’s religious communities with an upswing in candidates interested in joining the order.
Marylake a special and unique place
By Greg McKenna, Catholic Register SpecialKING CITY, ONT. - I have been on 45 retreats at Marylake. I started as a teenager with youth groups and eventually joined the adult group. I have been a Captain for 20 years or so. After all these years I continue to find Marylake a special place.
Hawkstone Hall ideal for personal renewal
By Catholic Register SpecialSHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND - Hawkstone Hall is an early 18th-century Georgian mansion set in extensive parkland in north Shropshire.