Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register
Good Friday procession in Toronto makes its return
The annual Good Friday procession which for seven decades has taken over the streets of Toronto’s Little Italy neighbourhood is set for a grand return this year after three years of pandemic-induced dormancy.
Two-parent family numbers stabilize in Canada
Sixty per cent of Canadian children are being raised in homes with married parents, a new study has found, a number that has stayed steady since 2016 after years of decline.
Pro-life champ a voice for the preborn
Ruth Robert first learned about abortion as a 10-year-old child.
She was assigned a presentation that ties to pregnancy and turned to Google.
Soon to be 96, this altar boy refuses to slow down
On April 2, Rafael Srebrnič is set to turn 96 years old. His impressive longevity — like all men and women blessed to live this long — is to be admired.
‘Pope Sean Paul’ on path to childhood dream
Deacon Sean Raphael Jacob first felt the priesthood could be in his future during a family vacation to Rome as a young child.
Winnipeg looks to cancel Grandin
The Archdiocese of Winnipeg is taking a hand’s off approach as the Prairie city looks to erase the legacy of Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin from its map for his association with Canada’s residential school system.
Saskatoon congress a ‘how to’ spread the Word
Each year over the past four the Diocese of Saskatoon has been hosting a Spring Congress to liaise about diocesan plans with clergy, staff, lay leadership and Church attendees from its 92 member parishes.
Bill to delay MAiD becomes law
The broadening of assisted suicide access to individuals solely suffering from mental illness has officially been delayed by one year to March 17, 2024, though voices are rising to scrap any expansion altogether.
Daily TV Mass stands the test of time
For 25 years, NCBC has brought the liturgy home
Brescia president knows students matter
Like father, like daughter.
Dr. Lauretta Frederking credits listening to her father David Conklin’s lectures as a professor at the University of Western Ontario (now Western University) — he specialized in business, economics and public policy — for sparking her interest in becoming an educator. And she credits her mother, Marilyn, for instilling within her an unquenchable thirst to always be learning.