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Catholic Register Special

Catholic Register Special

Is there no middle ground to be found?

October 30, 2020

Know your Wills

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to “speak” from the grave and tell your loved ones how you would like things handled after you die?

Leaving a bequest to the Church is your legacy to the faith you have cherished during your lifetime. Making sure your wishes are fulfilled means making sure the wording in your Will is correct.

Your death may be the end of life, but it’s not the end of the bills. Aside from burial costs, cleaning up the monthly household bills, the executor of the estate will usually be faced with probate fees.

REGINA, SASK. -- Celebrations to mark this year’s centennial of Athol Murray College of Notre Dame at Wilcox, Sask., had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. But the pioneering spirit of the charismatic priest from Toronto who willed the college into being continues to resonate.

One snowy day last February, looking out the window, I saw our next-door neighbour, broom in hand, trotting briskly through our backyard.

MONTREAL -- When Margaret Healy came calling, it was hard to say no.

Sheri McConnell has no doubt some divine intervention was involved in her taking on the role of executive director of Mary’s Meals Canada in March.

Krystyna Zasowski had just moved into a new neighbourhood, and with her first daughter starting kindergarten, she was looking for some mom-bonding.

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. Catholics need to realize that being pro-marriage does not mean you are anti-gay, an Office of Catholic Youth forum was told.

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