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Stan and Marilyn Pidsadny say their faith and ministry have helped keep them together for 60 years.

Couple's prison ministry inspires prisoners of love

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VANCOUVER – In 60 years of marriage, Marilyn and Stan Pidsadny have found one of the most fulfilling things they’ve ever done together is to go prison.

Emily Carreiro, who graduated from Toronto’s Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School six years ago, helped start a program at her alma mater making care packages for homeless and vulnerable people who walk through the doors at St. Michael’s Hospital.

‘Be An Angel’ project offers a little taste of humanity for most vulnerable patients

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Socks, toothpaste, tampons, tissues and a handwritten note from a teenager aren’t likely to rewrite a life story that includes  sleeping in shelters, seeking comfort in opioids and waking up in the emergency room at St. Michael’s Hospital. 

Still wearing their deacons’ stoles, Canadian Jesuits Arthur Suski and Edmund Lo are presented to Archbishop Terry Prendergast for ordination into the priesthood at St. Paul’s Basilica, Toronto, May 19.

Father General Arturo Sosa attends Jesuit ordinations in Toronto

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Father General Arturo Sosa, leader of over 16,000 Jesuit priests worldwide, attended the ordinations at St. Paul’s Basilica in Toronto, May 19, during his Canada visit. “This moment in the life of the Society, but even more in the life of the Church, is an opening,” he said.

Canadian Jesuits Arthur Suski and Edmund Lo were presented to Archbishop Terry Prendergast for ordination into the priesthood. The archbishop handed each of them a book of the Gospels and said, “Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you now are.  Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach.” 
Sr. Mechtilde O’Mara at a May 26 farewell party honouring the outgoing ministry director of Faith Connections.

Sr. Mechtilde's passion for teaching served her well at Faith Connections

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Sister’s passion for teaching served her well at Faith Connections

Archbishop Murray Chatlain, above, co-chair of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle, a coalition of Catholic groups. The Circle has been invited by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett to aid the federal government in obtaining a papal apology for the Church role in residential schools.

Government seeks help from Catholic coalition to push papal apology

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OTTAWA – The Minister of Indigenous Affairs has asked the Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle, a coalition of Catholic groups, to help government efforts to obtain a papal apology for the Church’s role in residential schools.

Legal action pondered on Canada Summer Jobs attestation

Legal action pondered on Canada Summer Jobs attestation

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OTTAWA – Several Christian organizations, including the Catholic Civil Rights League, are exploring legal options to fight the Canada Summer Jobs pro-abortion attestation.

Fr. Victor Botari at his 2008 ordination at age 63. The native of Welland, Ont., spent much of his adult life co-ordinating aid programs before answering the call to the priesthood.

Ordained at 63, late vocation was no barrier for Fr. Botari

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EDMONTON – Fr. Victor Botari was ordained to the priesthood late in life, but he brought a passion for social justice to all the Alberta parishes he served.

Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, walks in procession ahead of Pope Francis at the start of Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 25.

Cardinal Ouellet celebrates 50 years of priesthood

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OTTAWA – Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the highest-ranking Canadian in the Roman Curia, marked his 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood May 25 at a Mass of celebration in Rome.

Fr. John Pungente celebrating his Jesuit Communication Project that is ending its run. Over its more than 30 years, the Project has earned awards around the world for it work in media education on TV and in the classroom. (Photo by Michael Swan)

Pungente’s Project shed a fresh light on media literacy

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Forty years of intelligent conversation about what we see, hear and read in modern media took a breather this month as the Jesuits in English Canada wrapped up their storied Jesuit Communication Project.

On April 19 and 20, the students and staff of Canadian Martyrs elementary school in the York Catholic District School Board enjoyed a Harvey’s lunch together to raise money for ShareLife.

ShareLife parish campaign brings out the best in students

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About 20 students at St. Elizabeth Catholic High School stayed after school every day last week — and it had nothing to do with being punished.

Chaldean Christians in Mosul, Iraq, attend Christmas Mass at St. Paul Cathedral Dec. 24, 2017.

CNEWA launches year-long campaign for Christians in the Middle East

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Under the banner “Christians Can’t Survive Without You,” the Catholic Near East Welfare Association in Canada has launched a year-long fundraising campaign to help Christians remain in the Middle East.

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