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December 6, 2018

Charles Lewis: Catholic books that top my Christmas list

Charles Lewis: Catholic books that top my Christmas list

I love making lists. It is how I fall asleep at night. Sometimes I try to name every baseball club and at least one player from each team, or think of 10 music albums I would bring with me should I ever be sent to an offshore penal colony or to the opera.

Published in Register Columnists
August 22, 2017

‘God’s amazing,’ says science teacher after viewing eclipse

Poor Clare sisters view the solar eclipse through a pair of special lenses Aug. 21 at the Monastery of St. Clare in St. Louis. The order excitedly anticipated the event for months, comparing the thrill of it to the 1999 visit of Pope John Paul II.

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky.– Science teacher Jane Irwin isn't often left without words, but the total solar eclipse that swept across America left her in a quiet reflective mood.

Published in International
November 1, 2015

Pennsylvania priest builds ministry one Lego at a time

Fr. Bob Simon, pastor of St. Catherine of Siena parish in Moscow, Pa., places a Lego piece on a model church he is building in a spare room in his rectory Oct. 24. Simon says his Lego-building hobby has served as an evangelization tool.

MOSCOW, Pa. - Fr. Bob Simon fell in love with two things at the age of five — the Catholic Church and building with Lego.

Published in International
May 28, 2015

St. Catherine Siena community pray together in front of damaged statue

Students and staff of St. Catherine of Siena Separate School gathered at the church for a prayer service led by Fr. Camillo Lando May 28. The St. Catherine school has pledged to pay for a new statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus following a third attack of vandalism on the church grounds May 20.

For two months the St. Catherine of Siena community was the target of several acts of vandalism. On May 28, the story ended on a blessed note.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA
May 22, 2015

St. Catherine of Siena Church vandalized three times in the past month

The St. Catherine of Siena church and property in Mississauga, Ont., was vandalized on three separate occasions.

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Parishioners at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Mississauga were distraught when they found their church stained with black spray paint Wednesday morning.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA