VANCOUVER -- After spending last year in a church basement, the young musicians in St. Mary’s Elementary School’s band class can now breathe easily in their very own fine arts annex.
MAiD ‘nothing less than murder’: faith leaders
ByOTTAWA -- Canada’s Catholic bishops have joined with religious leaders nationwide to denounce the federal government’s plan to make it easier to obtain a medically-assisted suicide.
MPs look to bridge gap in faith, politics
ByOTTAWA -- MPs from across the political spectrum are working to form a new all-party caucus in Parliament to foster more dialogue and respect between faith communities and federal politicians.
U.S. bishop named apostolic administrator of Byzantine eparchy in Canada
By Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has named Bishop Kurt R. Burnette of the Byzantine Ruthenian Eparchy of Passaic, New Jersey, to be the apostolic administrator of the Slovakian Eparchy of St. Cyril and Methodius in Toronto.
Youth cleans up with soap drive
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterIn previous summers, work shifts at the Canadian Food for Children (CCFC) warehouse in Mississauga, Ont., would be staffed by large parish youth groups.
Sisters’ ministry lives in the present
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterEntering their 170th year of caring for the people of Toronto, the Sisters of St. Joseph want to celebrate their history, of course. But celebrating that ministry has to be about much more than history, said the Sisters of St. Joseph communications director Lisa Tabachnick.
Help for homeless youth suffers with COVID-19
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterWhen COVID-19 forced frontline workers to shift their support for homeless youth online, the result was more loneliness, more depression, more drug use, more overdoses and more thoughts of suicide, according to new research from Covenant House, Canada’s largest shelter serving young people.
Taking aim at cyberbullying
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterKaleed Rasheed has been a champion for cyberbullying awareness and the reason hits close to home for the father of four.
The feather and the crucifix
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterRosella Kinoshameg’s Catholic faith and her Indigenous traditions go hand-in-hand as a spiritual leader to the First Nations communities on Manitoulin Island.
St. Brigid’s ready for vibrant second century
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterFr. Carlos Augusto Sierra Tobon says the 100th anniversary of St. Brigid’s Catholic Church will honour “the past, present and future” of this place of worship nestled in Toronto’s Danforth Village on Wolverleigh Boulevard.
St. André Bessette Parish $2 million shy of goal
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterSt. André Bessette Parish is about $2 million away from securing the funds needed to build a real church home for its congregation in Vaughan, Ont.