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St. Teresa’s Church in the Mundy Pond area of St. John’s, Nfld.

The Rock’s flock up against the clock

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Catholic communities throughout Newfoundland are on the clock to save their parishes.

Lights illuminate shoes and stuffed toys outside of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School June 6, 2021.

Bishops mark Kamloops anniversary

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Like millions of Canadians who came to see their history in a new light, Canada’s Catholic bishops were galvanized and spurred to action by the discovery of graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School one year ago.

St. John Henry Neuman Catholic Secondary School in Stoney Creek, Ontario.

School board under fire over assault on Black girl

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An apparent racial assault on a Grade 9 Black girl who was spit on and punched in the face has parents and equity groups fuming at the inaction of Hamilton-Wentworth’s Catholic District School Board.

A joint committee is reviewing MAiD in Canada and looking to possibly extend it to those who fear living with dementia.

Disability advocate paints MAiD as racist

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The evidence piling up before a special joint committee on Medical Assistance in Dying includes a disability rights advocate calling Canadian senators and MPs racist and ableist to their faces.

Sr. Marie Rivier, who founded 149 schools in her lifetime, was canonized May 15.

Canadian sisters celebrate sainthood of St. Marie Rivier

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In the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary’s estimation, Sr. Marie (Anne-Marie) Rivier’s canonization journey dates back 180 years to 1842, four years after the French Catholic nun passed away at age 69 in Bourg-Saint-Andéol, France.

Naval Warfare Officer Under Training Nick Zanko traded the possibility of a Roman collar for a Royal Canadian Navy uniform and says the military life has much in common with a religious vocation.

From seminary to sailor: it’s all about the routine

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When it comes to vocational discernment some people don’t need to search, while others find a call to military service amongst the patchworked fruits of a short stint in seminary. 

Students at St. Benedict School in Sudbury, Ont., have been learning of the importance of water to Indigenous communities.

Students get the conversation on water flowing

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For the Diversity Club at Sudbury, Ont’s St. Benedict Catholic School, the conversation on water and what it means in Indigenous cultures began on Earth Day.

Opponents of assisted suicide staged a “die-in” following a rally on Parliament Hill in 2016.

Vulnerable falling through MAiD cracks

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As the outcry from those who say the life of a loved one was wrongfully extinguished due to blind spots in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) legislation has grown louder, many are worried that their concerns are falling on deaf ears.

Delegates representing Canada's First Nations, Métis and Inuit are pictured in the Vatican's Clementine Hall during a meetig with Pope Francis April 1, 2022.

Hamilton steps up reconciliation commitment

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Above and beyond. Having promised to contribute a substantial chunk of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ national commitment to donate $30 million over the next five years to the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund, the Diocese of Hamilton is now planning to raise even more money with annual envelope collections.

A woman hoists a sign at the Toronto March for Life at Queen’s Park May 13.

Toronto March shares regrets, truth about abortion

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Holding a sign that read “I regret my abortion,” pro-life protester Debbie Fisher sat under a tent, waiting to share her story to a group of hundreds gathered outside of Queen’s Park for the Toronto March for Life rally on March 13.

The Blessing of the Lake at the annual Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage west of Edmonton. It’s expected that Pope Francis will attend this year’s pilgrimage.

Papal visit a wake up call for Canadians

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For six days in July the most important thing happening in this country will be an old man confronting our history.

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