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Musician Chris Bray performs for the youth gathered at the Lift Jesus Higher Rally on March 7 in Toronto.

Rally challenges youth to make the most of risk

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For Christy Dupuis, Catholic speaker and mother extraordinaire, the Lift Jesus Higher Rally was an opportunity for young people to do just that — go a little higher.

Friars’ writing contest brings out students’ best

Friars’ writing contest brings out students’ best

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For Evelia Raphael, the subject matter of the annual Friars’ Student Writing Contest in The Catholic Register hit real close to home.

St. Michael’s Troubadours hit the stage for Guys and Dolls at Hart House Theatre.

Troubadours raise curtain on their love of theatre

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A play featuring gangsters and gamblers doesn’t immediately conjure up many Christian images, but Guys and Dolls isn’t your typical play. 

Fr. Jerin Louis, with the help of a creative team and the Diocese of Thunder Bay, began Thunder Bay Street Gospel in 2016.

Street Gospel videos engage wide audience

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Reflecting on each week’s Gospel is more than a private experience for Catholic youth in Northern Ontario. It is a public witness. 

Mikayla Bezooyen, left, Nadja Kunz and Farrah MacPherson are looking to further the pro-life conversation at Mount Royal University.

Pro-life group looking for ‘passionate’ leaders

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CALGARY -- Mount Royal University student Mikayla Bezooyen said she and her fellow MRU Pro-Life Club members relish engaging in sometimes heated conversations with pro-choice students who approach them on campus.

Students involved in the production of The Song of Bernadette go through a rehearsal. Lucy Gay, right, plays the schoolmaster in front of a class that includes Geneva Ulmer, Mary-Rose Lee Wah, Nikola Vanderheyden, Mary Zwicker, Leah Myers and Gabriela Jezierski, who is playing the role of Bernadette.

Creator has starring role on Catholic college stage

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At Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, theatre is as much about keeping the Creator in the creation as it is about staging an entertaining production.

Logan Weir, left, an alumnus of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, joins Katherine Duteau and Sr. Courtney Cullen, another alumnus of the Ontario college, at the American National March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24.

Canadian students join pro-life march in U.S.

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WASHINGTON, D.C -- For 12 students of an Ontario Catholic college, a pre-dawn wakeup call and 10-hour drive were small inconveniences in the large cause to support the inherent dignity of human life.

Sean McGowan takes a girl on an upside-down ride during his trip to Fond du Lac, Sask., this past summer.

Northern reflections on a summer to remember

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Spending two weeks of your summer in a remote northern Saskatchewan community may not be everyone’s idea of vacation, but for Sean McGowan, the experience has left an impression that will likely last a lifetime.

The March for Life in Toronto last year drew many young people to Queen’s Park showing their support for the pro-life movement.

There’s triumph and tears for youth in pro-life cause

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Presenting a pro-life talk to a small group of people in Thunder Bay, Ont., Danae Turgeon sounded earnest, and with good reason. Doing pro-life work means encountering a lot of opposition, she said.

Participants at Rise Up pray over each other as they prepare for their mission “into the deep.”

Rise Up hits new heights in reaching out to youth

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Rise Up showed no signs of slowing down in its 20th year.

Students, from left, Jeffrey Schiller, Maria Monai-Brophy, Katy Offenberger, Tanya Broschinski and Kellie O’Toole are a part of Catholics on Campus at MacEwan University, the first Catholic student group at MacEwan University.

Catholic students break new ground at university

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EDMONTON -- University is a time of major life changes.

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