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{mosimage}TORONTO — The streets of the city will be filled with Christians marking the last days of Jesus on Good Friday, April 10.
A number of re-enactments of the Stations of the Cross will take place around Toronto, including the biggest of them all which will take to the streets of Little Italy in the downtown core.
The annual Stations of the Cross originates at St. Francis of Assisi Church on Manning Avenue and makes its way around the Bathurst and College Streets area.
Also in the downtown will be the annual Good Friday Walk for Justice which starts at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Trinity next to the Eaton Centre. The annual walk uses mime, prayer and meditation while walking several modern-day Stations of the Cross.
A number of re-enactments of the Stations of the Cross will take place around Toronto, including the biggest of them all which will take to the streets of Little Italy in the downtown core.
The annual Stations of the Cross originates at St. Francis of Assisi Church on Manning Avenue and makes its way around the Bathurst and College Streets area.
Also in the downtown will be the annual Good Friday Walk for Justice which starts at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Trinity next to the Eaton Centre. The annual walk uses mime, prayer and meditation while walking several modern-day Stations of the Cross.
Lift Jesus Higher Rally will be returning to Toronto
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}TORONTO — The Lift Jesus Higher Rally will be returning to Toronto April 18.
The rally will take over the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Toronto’s Archbishop Thomas Collins is among the guests.
For information, call (416) 251-4255 or see www.lift-jesus-higher-rally.org .
The rally will take over the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Toronto’s Archbishop Thomas Collins is among the guests.
For information, call (416) 251-4255 or see www.lift-jesus-higher-rally.org .
Outgoing vocations director grateful for experience
By Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - After five years of helping young men discern the priesthood, Fr. Liborio Amaral, 45, rector of Serra House in Toronto, is getting ready to pass the torch.
Amaral will be taking a six-month sabbatical, starting in July, when he will rest, refocus and recharge before taking on parish ministry once again — a calling he filled at St. Elizabeth Seton in Newmarket before he was appointed to Serra House in 2004. Serra House is a place of reflection and discernment for men considering a vocation to the priesthood.
Amaral will be taking a six-month sabbatical, starting in July, when he will rest, refocus and recharge before taking on parish ministry once again — a calling he filled at St. Elizabeth Seton in Newmarket before he was appointed to Serra House in 2004. Serra House is a place of reflection and discernment for men considering a vocation to the priesthood.
Ethics and morality needed in business
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - Bringing ethics and morals back into business is what’s needed during this time of economic turmoil, say some religious experts.
“Greed came before the fall,” Fr. Bill Ryan, S.J., told a crowd of about 40 people at the “Global Economic Meltdown: A Secular and Religious Response” conference at the University of Toronto’s Multi-faith Centre March 19. It was sponsored by the university’s Amhadiyya Muslim Students Association and drew a mix of students and business professionals.
“Greed came before the fall,” Fr. Bill Ryan, S.J., told a crowd of about 40 people at the “Global Economic Meltdown: A Secular and Religious Response” conference at the University of Toronto’s Multi-faith Centre March 19. It was sponsored by the university’s Amhadiyya Muslim Students Association and drew a mix of students and business professionals.
The vanishing Catholics of Bosnia
By Erica Zlomislic, Catholic Register Special
{mosimage}HAMILTON, Ont. - He’s a Catholic bishop who has had his life threatened several times, seen his flock forcibly displaced, endured the bombing of his churches and the ransacking of sacred objects in his diocese.
Yet none of this has deterred Bishop Franjo Komarica (pronounced Franyo Komaritza) from his spiritual vocation and recent mission — insisting that the international community help Catholics who were expelled during the 1990s war in Bosnia-Hercegovina be permitted to return to their homes
Yet none of this has deterred Bishop Franjo Komarica (pronounced Franyo Komaritza) from his spiritual vocation and recent mission — insisting that the international community help Catholics who were expelled during the 1990s war in Bosnia-Hercegovina be permitted to return to their homes
Catholic Church's condom stance unfairly criticized
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}A leading HIV researcher says Pope Benedict XVI was unfairly criticized for his comments against condoms as an effective AIDS prevention strategy in Africa.
“Abstinence is the best message for young people, particularly if they are reached before they are sexually active,” Edward C. Green, director of the Harvard AIDS Prevention Research Project , told The Catholic Register. “For Africa, (promoting condoms) may be exacerbating the problem.”
“Abstinence is the best message for young people, particularly if they are reached before they are sexually active,” Edward C. Green, director of the Harvard AIDS Prevention Research Project , told The Catholic Register. “For Africa, (promoting condoms) may be exacerbating the problem.”
Obama to address Notre Dame grads
By Chaz Muth, Catholic News Service
{mosimage}WASHINGTON - University of Notre Dame officials were standing firm on their choice of U.S. President Barack Obama as commencement speaker at the institution’s May 17 graduation, in spite of a large number of Catholics calling on them to rescind the invitation.
The Indiana university, run by the Congregation of Holy Cross, and the White House announced March 20 that Obama would be Notre Dame’s 2009 commencement speaker and confirmed he will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the graduation.
The Indiana university, run by the Congregation of Holy Cross, and the White House announced March 20 that Obama would be Notre Dame’s 2009 commencement speaker and confirmed he will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the graduation.
Early induction of labour likely to be deemed ethical for some high-risk pregnancies
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - An upcoming revision of the Catholic Health Association of Canada ’s ethics guide will likely specify that early induction of labour is morally and ethically justified in certain cases of high-risk pregnancy, said the president of the Ottawa-based organization.
James Roche told The Catholic Register that a team of ethicists has not finalized its recommendations on the precise circumstances in which early labour can be induced, but the report is expected to include provisions for early induction in some acute-care cases.
James Roche told The Catholic Register that a team of ethicists has not finalized its recommendations on the precise circumstances in which early labour can be induced, but the report is expected to include provisions for early induction in some acute-care cases.
Catholics urged to keep giving to Development and Peace
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}As an investigation proceeds into Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace's funding policies, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging Catholics to continue to give to the development and humanitarian assistance arm of the Canadian church.
In the first statement from the bishops since an Internet site accused the Development and Peace of funding "pro-abortion groups" in Mexico, conference president Archbishop James Weisgerber invoked Pope Benedict XVI's mission to Africa and the worldwide financial crisis as reasons to continue to give generously.
In the first statement from the bishops since an Internet site accused the Development and Peace of funding "pro-abortion groups" in Mexico, conference president Archbishop James Weisgerber invoked Pope Benedict XVI's mission to Africa and the worldwide financial crisis as reasons to continue to give generously.
Pope Benedict praises African women
By Catholic News Service
{mosimage}LUANDA, Angola - Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended women's rights and praised the many "silent heroines" of Africa who are holding families and society together.
African women in particular are working under adverse conditions that are often caused by the "behaviour and attitudes of men," the Pope said in Angola March 22.
"History records almost exclusively the accomplishments of men, when in fact much of it is due to the determined, unrelenting and charitable action of women," he said.
African women in particular are working under adverse conditions that are often caused by the "behaviour and attitudes of men," the Pope said in Angola March 22.
"History records almost exclusively the accomplishments of men, when in fact much of it is due to the determined, unrelenting and charitable action of women," he said.
Becoming a priest
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}Editor’s note: Today we begin our annual series that profiles the men who will graduate from St. Augustine’s Seminary this spring and be ordained to the priesthood for various dioceses.