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Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre is nestled in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.

Alberta retreat centre stays true to St. Francis' spirit

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The 75th anniversary of this Catholic spiritual hub of stillness and prayer is being feted with a special celebration.

Jared Maynard's first powerlifting meet since receiving his HLH diagnosis in January 2023 was a record-setting success. He attained a personal best 501.5 lbs in the deadweight competition. The event was hosted in Mississauga's Free Bird Gym on May 25, 2024.

'Miracle Man' credits prayer, Eucharist for survival

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A combination of prayer and the Eucharist, a Canadian Catholic powerlifter believes, helped turn the tide in his battle against a serious illness.

Kristen Van Uden Theriault is the author of "When the Sickle Swings".

In communist mindset, God is dead

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Author chronicles 20th-century Catholic oppression at the hands of communism

Robert Paradis, a Catholic from Ogdensburg, New York, has been crafting a 1/70th-replica of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Medicine Hat over the past three years in his personal woodworking studio. He is just a couple of months from finishing this ambitious labour of love.

Artist's vision downsizes Medicine Hat church

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A woodworker from Ogdensburg, New York, chose St. Patrick's Church in Medicine Hat as the subject by which he could glorify God thorough his craft.

Anisa Gourate and her son, Muhammad, pose in 2015 on their farm near Jijiga, Ethiopia. With support from Development and Peace the Gourate family has a livelihood that will support their healthy young family. Aid from Canada’s government, however, comes with conditions, many that are based on progressive ideology of the current federal government.

The new colonialism

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Canada’s foreign aid bows down to progressive causes, ties hands of those receiving aid

A concept image of the future St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in Chestermere, Alta.. Utilizing a post and beam construction approach, the building will evoke a Quonset hut on the outside, but the interior will look like a traditional house of worship.

Push on for new Alberta church

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Demand is high in rapidly expanding Chestermere

Men must reclaim personal connection from AI

Men must reclaim personal connection from AI

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Authentic friendships are made outside the Internet ecosystem

A screenshot still from the Zaia App promo video

Zaia leads us to the online light

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With Christians being one of the more excluded communities worldwide, Zaia Ventures is working to develop a space that looks to change that for good.

Dr. Gordon Okawara is with Fr. Jeff Oehring, pastor of St. Ann's Catholic Church in Hamilton. Okawara has been the pariah's long-time organist.

A symphony of music, medicine and faith

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At 70 years of age, Dr. Gordon Okawara says he has much to be grateful for, from his decades-long volunteer music ministry at his parish, to his medical practice as a longtime oncologist at the Juravinski Cancer Centre, formerly the Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre.

School boards are taking aim at teen vaping.

School boards look to ‘Quash’ student vaping

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Six Ontario secondary school systems are joining forces with the Lung Health Foundation to combat student vaping.

A prayer team prays with a retreatant at a Momentum Single Mothers Retreat at Dominus Vobiscum Retreat Centre.

Young mothers’ group gains ‘Momentum’

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A unique ministry known as Momentum has been fostering a faith community of Catholic single women by providing them with opportunities to grow in their relationships with both God and each other. 

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