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Awak Hussein Deng, youth coordinator for the South Sudan Council of Churches, and Agnes Wasuk Petia, coordinator of the Council’s National Women’s Program, on Parliament Hill Dec. 7

South Sudanese women spread plea for peace

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OTTAWA – If there’s one message two women leaders from South Sudan can take back to their war-torn country, it’s that they are not alone in their fight to end gender-based violence.

SMHAC students pose for a photo with Matt Dusk (From left: Selena Da Luz, Alyssa Albanese, Matt Dusk, Taylor Dallin)

Students build tip sheet for better mental health

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Students at the Toronto Catholic School Board are firm believers that wellness starts with caring for mental health.

Left: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto participating in a water ritual as part of the Blue Communities initiative. Right: Leah Watkiss, Program Director for the Ministry for Social Justice, Peace, and Care of Earth at The Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto gives the Sisters more information on the project.

Sisters of St. Joseph join global push to create Blue planet

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Blue is the new green. At least that is the case for the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada.

A son holds his mother's hands at a hospice care facility moments before her death from ovarian cancer in 2015.

National palliative care strategy given green light

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OTTAWA – The creation of a national palliative care strategy for Canada took a significant step forward on Dec. 12 when a private member’s bill became law.
Laken Tchoutouo, 4, lights her sister's baptismal candle with the help of their father, Hypolyte Tchoutouo, and Deacon Simon Nadeau, during a Dec. 9 commemorative Mass at St.-Pierre-aux-Liens Church in Quebec City. Michelle Solaye Mane Tchoutouo, 8, was accidentally killed by a snowplow in Quebec City Dec. 1.

Tales of joy rise from girl’s tragic death in Quebec

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QUEBEC CITY – When Deacon Simon Nadeau baptized six-year-old Michelle Solaye Mane Tchoutouo two years ago, he never thought he would have to help her family and the city’s Cameroonian community grieve her death.
Only 23 per cent of millennials (18 to 34 years old) have given money to a religious charity, compared to 29 per cent of boomers over the age of 55.

Young Canadians are in a giving mood, but wallets are weak

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Young Canadians are in a giving mood, but not in a position to give much, according to a new study by the Angus Reid Institute on behalf of the CHIMP Charitable Impact Foundation.

A statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the entrance of St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon.

Catholic hospital returns $25,000 donation from racy "Boys Lunch Out" fundraiser

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Charities are always in need of fundraising, so to refuse a donation is never an easy decision.
Bethany Poltl is a Grade 10 student at St. Paul’s High School in Niagara Falls, Ont., with one impressive resumé.

Niagara teen on a fast track to success

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Niagara-on-the-Lake is known for its wineries, charming old main street and a possible future prime minister — 14-year-old Bethany Poltl.
Sacred Heart of Jesus statue outside Mississauga was desecrated in Ont.’s St. Catherine of Siena Church in 2015, investigated by the police as a hate crime.

Canada’s hate crimes a growing concern

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The latest number of police-reported hate crimes in this country is small, but that shouldn’t be comforting news to Canadians.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, up to 3,000 women who have survived violence and abuse or endured life in the sex trade will be eligible for provincial rent subsidies.

Family Services seeks long-term housing solutions

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The money helps, but Ontario’s new initiatives to help victims of domestic abuse and human trafficking still face some hurdles, warns Catholic Family Services of Toronto.
Carolynn Bilton comforts her mother Margie Harper in her final days in palliative care.

Sisters find joy in mom’s final journey

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EDMONTON – Margie Harper entered the hospital last year on the first day of Lent, her forehead still bearing a dark smudge from the Ash Wednesday Mass.
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