The Way of the Cross can be and has been explained in many ways, but before the theorizing, theologizing and prayers there is fear and there is pain.
Reconciliation begins with listening
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterWithout grassroots Catholics, Indigenous-Church relations won’t move forward
Angel Foundation steps up for war refugees
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterTo meet the anticipated needs of the expected influx of refugee children fleeing Ukraine, the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s Angel Foundation, Loretto Fund plans to increase its annual budget from $5,000 to $50,000.
Guiding the discomfiting racism conversation
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterTalking about racism can be uncomfortable for some but a new resource aims to help churches navigate those difficult discussions.
St. Patrick returns to Montreal streets
By Catholic Register StaffMontreal’s Irish community will be on its feet again next week with resumption of its St. Patrick’s Day parade — two years after the Great Green blowout was unceremoniously cancelled by COVID-19.
Brescia student aims to diversify dietetics
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterIn a multicultural society like Canada, the lack of diversity among dieticians has been a major problem, one Esraa Aly Naguib Hassan is working to change.
The humanitarian art of war
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIvanka Galadza is not the sort of person who ever expected to go to war, nor would any of her Ottawa neighbours pick the slight young woman out as a warrior. But with a pen and a sheet of paper, Galadza can concentrate the strength she inherited from priests and poets who resisted the Soviet empire.
‘We are staying strong together’
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterTwo weeks into the war in Ukraine, Lily Hordienko, principal at St. Demetrius Catholic School in Etobicoke, received a phone call from a parent letting her know that their son would not be in school that day. The family, the mother told Hordienko, hadn’t slept a wink all night. Her father was taking the train from Kiev to their family home in the western part of the nation. The train was under bombardment by Russian forces, The anxiety and uncertainty of the journey in midst of the crisis prevented parent and children from getting any rest.
‘Return to Mass’ campaign launched
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe substantial loosening of public health protocols at places of worship around Canada — except, for now, B.C. — has made it possible to manifest the Catholic Mass that existed before COVID-19. But senior clergy know it will take time to restore parishes to pre-pandemic vibrancy.
Child pulled from class ‘crying for help’: expert
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterAn investigation is underway of an incident where police were called on a four-year-old student at John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School in Kitchener, Ont.
Crossing Ukraine’s threshold of hope
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAs an ordinary Ukrainian far from home, Maria Ivaniv has struggled with all the emotions the outbreak of war was bound to fuel — fear, anger, despair and confusion. As a theologian, she looks to the Church for hope.