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Some of the staff at Presentation Manor pose in front of a sign that says it all about the people that worked at keeping residents safe. About 100 people work at Presentation Manor.

Presentation Manor retirement home endures pandemic with strong community

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The day Presentation Manor went into lockdown for COVID-19 was Charles Hendrick’s birthday, but he wasn’t there to celebrate. He had died the previous October of pancreatic cancer.

Pope Francis lights the paschal candle at the start of the Easter Vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica April 11, 2020.

Go forth with a message of hope and joy

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The following is the Easter message from Archbishop Richard Gagnon, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archbishop of Winnipeg:

Elise Pasini with husband Stefano Marastoni and children Andrea, 10, and six-year-old Maria.

Family tradition brings taste of Italy to Easter

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Lamb stew might not be typical Easter cuisine in North America, but for Elisa Pasini and her family it is an Italian delicacy steeped in tradition.

Marco Pantoja III, 18, centre, sits down for dinner with his family at their home in Valatie, N.Y. Marco will sponsor his family when they are baptized as Catholics April 3, the Easter Vigil.

Catholic teen to aid parents, siblings joining Church

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- Marco Pantoja III has a room much like any other 18-year-old: a navy blue New England Patriots flag for his favourite NFL team, handfuls of awards from his years playing soccer and a tiny green sign for Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y., where he will attend in the fall.

Sr. Telesphora Pavlou, superior of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent, stands outside the guesthouse near the chapel of the Church of the Beatitudes by the Sea of Galilee in Israel March 24.

Sisters find sounds of silence at Easter

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MOUNT OF BEATITUDES, Israel -- The palm tree fronds in the convent garden of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary rustle loudly in the brisk wind of an early spring dust storm, but, stepping into the chapel of the Church of the Beatitudes, there is silence.

Catholic author Mary Lenaburg is pictured here with husband Jerry, son Jonathan and daughter Courtney, who battled grand mal seizures her whole life and died in 2014.

Author ministers through the brokenness

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The messages of Lent and Easter season hit very close to home for Catholic author Mary Lenaburg.

Handwritten postcards from TCDSB’s Catholic Leadership Team are helping to brighten the day for isolated seniors.

Students aim to ease seniors’ isolation

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A group of Toronto high school students is spreading some Easter season cheer and brightening the days of residents in a retirement residence.

Easter Drawing Contest 2021 winners

Easter Drawing Contest 2021 winners

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Two of the most joyous occasions in the Catholic calendar are Christmas and Easter, and they are made ever more joyous seen through the eyes of young people.

The choirs from St. Michael’s Choir School returned to neighbouring St. Michael’s Cathedral-Basilica March 21 for the first time since pandemic restrictions were put in place a year earlier.

St. Michael's Choir School returns to Toronto cathedral for Easter

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After a long year of vocal restrictions, students and staff at St. Michael’s Choir School are thrilled they’ll be lending their voices to Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral-Basilica again, albeit with safety protocols in place.

There’s a push among Christians for a common date for Easter based on the alignment of the sun and moon.

Easter’s date: One faith, two calendars

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VATICAN CITY -- If you’ve ever wondered what’s behind the calendar chaos of Easter, look no further than the sun and the moon.

This massive painting of the crucifixion, along with more than a dozen scenes from Jesus’ life, is at the Isenheim monastery near Colmar, Germany, where those near death came to make a full confession in preparing for a good death in pre-Reformation Europe.

Confronting death: Jesus’ last words open us up to our vulnerability, frailty

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Thinking about a horrible death doesn’t come naturally to 21st-century humans, even on Good Friday.

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