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March 28, 2017

Interfaith Passover seder serves a feast full of history

Three dozen Christians, Catholics and Protestants attended the First Narayever’s fifth annual interfaith seder, the traditional meal that opens the eight-day celebration of Pesach or Passover March 217.

A simple seder is synonymous with community, said Sr. Lucy Thorson of the Notre Dame de Sion Sisters over a bowl of matzo soup in the basement of Toronto’s downtown First Narayever Synagogue.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA
April 3, 2015

Seder meal takes catechumens to faith’s roots

A volunteer lights the candles, as Fr. Dominic Qin watches, to begin the Passover celebrations at Chinese Martyrs parish.

MARKHAM, Ont. - As they prepared for their baptism at Easter, adult catechumens at Chinese Martyrs parish got a taste of the Old Testament by participating in the Jewish ritual of the Passover Seder.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA
April 2, 2015

Via Dolorosa pilgrims not troubled over exact route

Catholic pilgrims walk past shops selling souvenirs on Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem’s Old City.

JERUSALEM - Several pilgrim groups gathered in a sunny courtyard in Jerusalem’s Old City. They were preparing to follow a tradition reaching back at least to the fifth century: walking along the Via Dolorosa, through the cobbled streets of Jerusalem’s Old City.

Published in International