Posted on 5/22/2013 3:05 PM By Jay
May 27, 2013
DEBORAH GYAPONG
CANADIAN CATHOLIC NEWS
OTTAWA - John Corston recalls growing up in a racist community that looked down on aboriginals like him.
Posted on 5/22/2013 3:04 PM By Jay
May 27, 2013
PAULA FOURNIER
PRAIRIE MESSENGER
Parents wish their children are active in their parishes and have a comfortable prayer life with God, several parents said at a recent workshop in Prince Albert, Sask.
Posted on 5/22/2013 3:02 PM By Jay
May 27, 2013
Following are the appointments of priests in the Edmonton Archdiocese. All the appointments take effect Aug. 14, unless otherwise indicated.
Posted on 5/22/2013 3:01 PM By Jay
May 27, 2013
KATE O'GORMAN
PRAIRIE MESSENGER
Anna Mycyk and Gisele Bauche share a passion for iconography. Stepping into Mycyk's Saskatoon studio, surrounded by icons, it feels as though one is being welcomed into a place of reverence.
Posted on 5/22/2013 3:00 PM By Jay
May 27, 2013
CAROL GLATZ
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
The Church doesn't need couch-potato Catholics, it needs believers with "apostolic zeal," willing to preach the uncomfortable words of Christ, Pope Francis said.
Posted on 5/22/2013 2:58 PM By Jay
May 27, 2013
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
St. Laura Montoya, who died in 1949 after a career spent working with poor indigenous Colombians, was canonized May 12 and became the first Colombian saint.
Posted on 5/22/2013 2:56 PM By Jay
May 27, 2013
GLEN ARGAN
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
Deacon Carlos Nunez knows firsthand what it means for God's strength to be made perfect through human weakness.
Posted on 5/22/2013 2:54 PM By Jay
May 27, 2013
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
As a young boy growing up in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Luan Vu used to dream of becoming a priest. He yearned to wear their priestly garb and do what priests do.
Posted on 5/22/2013 2:53 PM By Jay
May 27, 2013
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
Religious women have seen their vocations change dramatically over the years. They have gone from running large institutions such as hospitals, fine art academies, schools and retreat houses to more modest ministries such as working with immigrants, abused women and inner city poor.
Posted on 5/22/2013 2:52 PM By Jay
May 27, 2013
MIKE LATONA
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Sister Jennifer Kane is a living conversion story, who has gone, she said, from "bombs to Bibles."