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The Seat of Wisdom College Instrumental Ensemble accompanied the Ecclesiastical Schola choir in an Advent concert at St. Hedwig’s Church in Barry’s Bay, Ont., on Dec. 2.

Music brings a calm note to a busy Advent season

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As the unmistakable lights and noises of Christmas began to fill the streets in early December, there was a sense of the inevitable — busy and stressful lives were about to shift into a gift-searching, crowd-pressing, agenda-filled circus.

Members of a youth group from the Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa, perform karaoke at the Thematic Village of the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis.

Teens feel the love at national youth conference

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Megan Davis, Elizabeth Eberhard and Allison Dible were fired up after the opening evening session of the biennial National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, but it was only a precursor to what was to come.

Joseph Edward San José, right, of Catholic Christian Outreach in Burnaby, B.C., here with Kathleen-Rosebelle Diaz during this summer’s youth synod followup, has been appointed to the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life’s new International Youth Advisory Board.

Canadian joins dicastery’s new youth advisory board

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VATICAN CITY -- The Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life announced it is setting up a specialized team of 20 young Catholic leaders, including Canadian Joseph Edward San José, as advisors to help with youth ministry issues.

Anthony Hamon prays at St. Hedwig Church in Barry’s Bay, Ont. He reflected on ways to spread the word of God to those struggling with their faith.

Holiness within reach for all, says evangelist

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Anthony Hamon closed his eyes and pictured his friend. He suddenly realized the truth in Catholic lay evangelist Patrick Sullivan’s words: someone in your life needs you to be holy. 

Cooper Pickering visited the grave of relative Etsel Cook at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in France. Pickering etched his name onto a sheet of paper.

Thinking about family on this Remembrance Day

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Remembrance Day is a time to remember all of Canada’s veterans, but it is also carries a very personal message for Cooper Pickering.

Catholic speaker and musician Emily Wilson is joined on stage by young adults at the One Rock 2.0 conference in Calgary.

Youth called to be saints at One Rock conference

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CALGARY -- Sarah Willette may be just an ordinary university student, but she felt challenged to be a saint after attending One Rock 2.0, the Diocese of Calgary’s annual young adult conference.

Politicians at Queen’s Park in Toronto are facing tough negotiations with teachers for a new collective agreement. Catholic teachers plan to hold a strike vote this month.

Students bracing for rough ride on the labour front

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If the first month of the school year is any indication, it’s going to be a bumpy ride for education in Ontario for the foreseeable future.

Isabella Auer has used her Catholic faith to deal with her diagnosis of a rare brain cancer.

Keeping faith during cancer diagnosis

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Sixteen-year-old Isabella Auer’s diagnosis of cancer has not made her path easy, but she has risen to accept her disease with faith and courage.

A student at Burnaby Mountain Secondary cast her vote in the Student Vote mock election. Student Vote is organized by CIVIX, a non-partisan national charity dedicated to helping youth discover and use their rights as citizens.

Program prepares youth for the next election

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Thousands of first-time voters — including many young people born in this century — will head to the polls in the Oct. 21 federal election, along with millennials who make up Canada’s biggest voting bloc.

A group gathers after completing the annual Wilno Pilgrimage.

Wilno pilgrimage proves to be good for the soles

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Christi Lee Wah had been on pilgrimages before, yet she was not expecting the incredible challenge that would come with Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College’s annual Wilno pilgrimage. 

Frater Marlon Bobier Vargas, left, undertook his Profession of Perpetual Vows with the Society of Divine Word (SVD) beside three other young men in their Chicago Chapter in Techny, Ill. on Sept. 21.

To teach is to serve, to serve is to learn

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Frater Marlon Bobier Vargas knew that his calling was to teach and to serve, but what he didn’t know was that his classroom went beyond the confines of four walls. 

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