St. Mary’s University leaders have publicly conveyed an aspiration for their Calgary-based school to emerge as the premier Canadian Catholic postsecondary learning centre.
Talks with rabbinic council to resume
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterA year after the suspension of discussion between the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus, the two parties are expected to resume official communication.
Toronto Equestrian Order continues to support the Holy Land
By Catholic Register StaffKnights and Dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem were urged at their annual Toronto gala to dig deep and keep moving forward in helping the afflicted of the Holy Land.
New Premier to reverse New Brunswick gender changes
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterNew Brunswick Premier-designate Susan Holt said one of her first orders of business will be reversing the parent-friendly changes to the province's gender policy when it comes to schools.
Anglicans denied Quebec assembly booking
By Anna FarrowDespite Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s insistence that secularization is a done deal in the province, a bureaucratic misstep that prevented a group of 50 Anglicans from dining at a restaurant attached to the National Assembly may indicate that consensus is more wishful thinking than reality.
Bishops champion life over MAiD
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) and collaborating stakeholders have crystalized a vision of palliative care that champions life rather than medically assisted death.
Demand for Out of the Cold continues to grow
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterSt. Catharines in Ontario's Niagara Region is not unlike other cities around the country when it comes to the high numbers of people using area food banks.
New program reaches out to socially isolated
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA December 2023 National Institute on Aging (NIA) report drew significant attention to social isolation by indicating that “as many as 41 per cent of Canadians aged 50 years and older are at risk” of this phenomenon.
Churches open up to mental health challenges
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterNew research to be published next month shows progress has been made in normalizing mental illness and mental health challenges among Canadian Christian congregations.
Students aiding students in hard times
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterAs communities across the land deal with an ever-increasing affordability crisis, Ontario’s Catholic school boards are doing what they can to combat financial distress within their communities.
Alberta city looks to cancel Bishop Grandin
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterSt. Albert, Alta.’s naming committee has received an application requesting the late Bishop Vital Justin Grandin’s name be removed from a prominent downtown neighbourhood.