As Nova Scotians received a welcome dose of good news on June 5 that the overall wildfire situation across the province has been contained and many of the evacuees were authorized to return to their homes, the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth continued to call for prayer for those affected.
St. John’s settlement appears near
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterSurvivors of abuse at the Mount Cashel orphanage in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, and by clergy from the Archdiocese of St. John’s through the years, are poised to receive a financial settlement from the archdiocese by the end of the year.
Saskatoon school board vandalized in Pride protest
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools’ (GSCS) downtown office was vandalized May 29 following the leaking of an internal email asking principals to avoid the “Rainbow Tent” at a children’s festival.
Suspect sought in Calgary cathedral fire
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Calgary Police Service (CPS) is on the hunt for a man who deliberately started a fire and assaulted two men at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Calgary.
Suspended Catholic school student fights for standing
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterIt appears that James Kitchen will have to wait until nearly the end of the summer to substantively challenge the suspension of St. Joseph’s High School student Josh Alexander in provincial court.
Sculptor, cardinal tout Dante’s power
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterIf you ask Toronto’s retired archbishop Cardinal Thomas Collins or celebrated Canadian Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz to discuss the legacy of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), they will likely wax poetic about the famous Catholic Italian poet, writer and philosopher.
Steubenville Atlantic opens to new generation
By Angelica Vecchiato, Register CorrespondentThis year’s Steubenville Atlantic Youth Conference is forecast to resonate with the daily struggles of teen life.
Archbishop Leo toasts CMIC for 115 years of service
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterToronto Archbishop Francis Leo fondly recalled his childhood encounters with missionaries.
Plan B put in place to save heritage Acadian church
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA 32-day campaign to raise funds to save the historic, deconsecrated St. Bernard Church in Digby County, N.S., has fallen more than $2 million short of its intended target.
Campaign Life demands school boards remove Pride flag
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIn the first harsh blast of summer heat, just over a dozen protesters gathered in the shade of the Archdiocese of Toronto offices on Yonge Street June 1, prayed the rosary and demanded that Archbishop Francis Leo remove from Catholic school boards and Catholic health care institutions their right to call themselves Catholic if they continue flying Pride flags.
Historic former Montreal monastery destroyed by fire
By Anna FarrowA massive fire that began on the afternoon of May 25 and burned for two days inflicted extensive damage to a historic former monastery in Montreal that itself once provided shelter for those left homeless after the Great Fire in 1852.