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January 19, 2009
- Perry Kieftenbeld is 2nd winner of Worker in the Vineyard Award
- U.S. religious leaders urge Obama to end torture
- Vicar for the clergy shepherds the priests
- Sign of Hope exceeds expectations and raises $2.42 million
- Pope Calls for ethical solutions to poverty, war
- Vulnerable women lured into the sex trade
- MP touts aboriginals' respect for life
- Polygamy law may face religious freedom challenge
- Polygamy harms the women and children involved, says opponents
- Gaza like a concentration camp: cardinal
- Catholic aid agencies advocate for besieged Gaza civilians
- CHAC prepares for ethical and policy challenges
- New chair plans to 'grow' Development and Peace
- Mary's Veil returns to fill our cups with hope
- School donates animals to developing nations
- Birth-control pill linked to some male infertility
- The great Catholic conversion
- Archdiocesan Church has developed strong ecumenical commitment
- Archbishop will join Week of Prayer service
- Vatican underlines human cloning immorality
- Youth want straight talk about faith – priest
- Church helps Indians celebrate Christmas
- Jesuit helps Congo in quest for larger share of mining profits
- St. Paul Jubilee: Christ's cross is his ultimate triumph
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: How and when did the sacrament of Baptism begin?
- Joe Gunn: Environment heaves a sigh at gov't
- Lisa Petsche: Hospitality comes from within your heart, hearth, and humanity
- Suzanne Elston: Green bouquets and brickbats for 2008
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: New Year's Day invokes evocative family memories
- Editorial: Media takes ostrich approach to travesty of birth control
January 26, 2009
- Road to Christian unity paved with deeper faith – hope
- Natives hurt by loss of traditional ceremonies – Hodgson
- RCIA launches a teacher's spiritual journey
- Inauguration recalls place of religion in U.S.
- Gaza Christians fear bolder, stronger Hamas
- Smith lauds Religious orders contributions
- Debate swirls around declining nuns
- Ont. Christian group under fire for serving disabled
- Stronger families will heal social ills
- Seeking hope when times are tough
- Counsellors provide listening ear in a way friends cannot
- The morally tangled web of embryo adoption
- Couple that adopts embryos strives to remain faithful
- Canadians deserve a political vision based on justice
- Faith and science can be complementary medicine
- St. Paul Jubilee: Life aided by 'weapons of righteousness'
- Mark Pickup: Medical staff pronounced death sentences on the disabled
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Being true to oneself can bring loneliness or peaceful solitude
- Editorial: Guerrilla evangelization in a culture cool to faith
February 2, 2009
- Bouchard says 'no' to unrestrained expansion of Athabasca tarsands
- Bishop Luc Bouchard: The Integrity of Creation & the Athabasca Oilsands
- Ecumenist elected to head Russian Orthodox Church
- Couples need meaningful communication
- Ukrainians host Christian unity prayer service
- All bear responsibility for residential schools
- Lolek tells the story of JP II's keen faith
- Vatican wants warm relations with Obama
- Calgary Catholics tackle homelessness personally
- Prayer shawl ministry gives creative, prayerful gifts to those in need
- St. Paul Jubilee: Unbelief scourges the eternal soul
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Why did the Church change her mind on cremation?
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Society's cool image collides with the passion of Jesus
- Editorial: Tar sands critique calls Albertans to exercise moral responsibility
February 9, 2009
- Holocaust-denying 'bishop' urged to recant his views
- MacNeil honoured for work in Catholic education
- Sister stresses the ecological virtues
- Civil Rights League opposes students' trespassing charges
- Alberta Mackenzie CWL leaders take issue of concern to Alta. Gov't
- African bishops ask Mugabe to quit
- Dr. Gregory Ritson-Bennett: Dentist served the poor, gave aid to his colleagues
- Br. Jacques Nguyen Van Linh: Vietnamese brother built up his community
- Editor wants compensation for unjust human rights complaints
- PSAC creates anti-Catholic work environment at Treasury Board
- Facebook spurs connection, reflection in Archdiocese
- Facebook evangelization
- Announce the Gospel online, Benedict urges young people
- Traditionalists still grumpy about Vatican II
- Regina priest honoured by archbishop of Canterbury
- Geerneaert recognized for ecumenical contribution
- Religious order recognizes water as a human right
- Sisters will combat human trafficking
- St. Paul Jubilee: The forsaken one receives glory
- Roy Petitfils: Spend time with teens before the real healing can begin
- Mark Pickup: Bio-medical company experiments with embryonic stem cells
- Suzanne Elston: A ribbon of hope for the world is passed on like a torch
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: The Eucharist's healing embrace dissolves loneliness
- Editorial: Reform's grassroots strangled by the weeds of silence
Week of February 16, 2009
- Church groups take part in lobby to save farmland
- Controlling passions enables us to do good
- Test tube children: Conceived without a voice
- Capitalism needs Catholicism if it is to survive
- Benedict calls for a true Lenten fast
- UN stats reveal extent of global hunger crisis
- Tenn. Farm couple devote retirement to community-supported agriculture
- Remembering the Holocaust deemed a religious duty
- Holocaust-denying bishop removed from his seminary post
- Teacher urges youth to live sexually pure lives
- Parish rally calls youth to come to God
- Honduras priest leads fight to save the forests
- Evangelizing priest tells Catholic men they are a bunch of wimps
- 'Fr. Larry tells it exactly like it is,' say participants
- Legionaries founder fathered a daughter
- Legionaries of Christ advised to reorganize into a new order
- Pope calls attention to suffering of children
- St. Paul Jubilee: Paul was an astute observer of human propensity to sin
- Bishop Fred Henry: Examine God's work and grace in your daily life
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: When was Jesus' identity as god revealed?
- Roy Petitfils: Watch out when God gets in the way of your life
- Joe Gunn: Bouchard stands in the Church's prophetic tradition
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Faith means staying around when times are tough
- Editorial: Lefebvrists unlikely to recognize the truth of Vatican II
Week of February 23, 2009
- A Lenten penance that lasts
- Nuclear subs' collision alarms disarmament activists
- Human body's design invites communion
- Pro-euthanasia forces gathering momentum
- Pope says Holocaust denial is 'unacceptable'
- Traditionalist bishop says reconciliation with Vatican may not be easy
- Austrian asks to have his appointment revoked
- St Bede showed importance of diverse, but united Church
- Martyrs offer inspiration for Christians today, says Jesuit leader
- Covenant Health leaders blessed for service
- Calgary Campus pro-life group dumped
- Stuart Lindop: Former WCR business manager dedicated to country, community
- Vatican celebrates 80th year
- Fasting can set us free from ties that bind
- Korea's Kim defended human rights
- St. Paul Jubilee: Baptism makes us part of Christ's Body
- Lisa Petsche: It is not great deeds, but great love that matters
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: A healthy ego keeps us from hiding our light under a bushel
- Editorial: Lenten discipline allows us to get our priorities straight
Week of March 2, 2009
- Economic crisis harms children
- Sask. Church leaders challenge nuclear power
- Physicians fear regulation would force them to do abortion referrals
- US doctors must also defend right of conscience
- Catholics give Obama's visit mixed reviews
- Women, men experience sin differently
- Local pro-lifers launch 40-day prayer vigil
- Bouchard's tarsands epistle draws mixed reaction in McMurray
- John Brennan: Health care leader walks his talk
- LEAP ministries guide youth to Christ
- Western bishops target human trafficking
- Bishops discuss Catholic education and health care issues
- Prelates seek elders' council on enhancing native spirituality
- The Church of the North
- Lay carpenter played vital role in building the Church
- The Human Body: Gift of self or Object for Pleasure
- Vatican discovers need for curial consultation
- Pope warns of new genetic discrimination
- St. Paul Jubilee: Be a dynamic member of Team Church
- Bishop Fred Henry: True dialogue seeks to understand, not mock, each other
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Which hand do we use when we receive the host at communion?
- Mark Pickup: Compassionate actions sooth sick children's aches, pain
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Lent invites us to sit in the ashes and shed our tears
- Editorial: JPII's first encyclical was a manifesto for human dignity
March 9, 2009
- Children's spirituality needs adults' respect
- Youth encouraged to be witnesses to hope
- Rite of Election thrills archdiocese's catechumens
- Cornwall Diocese denies pedophilia ring exists
- Economic crises underlines imperative to give during Share Lent campaign
- Canadian brother's sainthood cause opened
- Traditionalist order not ready to accept Vatican II, superior says
- Number of priests showing steady, moderate increase, Vatican says
- Italians asked to fast from texting, bottled water
- Medical mission opens minds, hearts and souls
- Sr. Catherine Peters: Sister was a dedicated peacemaker
- Christian Middle East exodus worries churches
- Dissident lashes out at Benedict
- St. Paul Jubilee: Church hungers for both saints, leaders
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: What does the word 'covenant' describe and mean?
- Lisa Petsche: Lent gives a Catholic family space to examine its relationship with God
- Suzanne Elston: Switch off and turn on to Earth Day 2009
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Self doubts must be slain before we reach the Promised Land
- Editorial: Rainbow of hope glimmers over the economy's black cloud
- Higher Education
Week of March 16, 2009
- Church teaching brings new life
- Our Lady of Guadalupe offers promise of peace
- Youth Ministers need power of Holy Spirit
- Poetry keeps writer attuned to her spirituality
- Former Sun executive to head Catholic Register
- Benedict explains why excommunications lifted
- Papal visit will shift Church's attention to Africa
- Local priest faces sexual assault charge
- Catholic identity 'penetrates, informs' schools
- Edmonton Catholic schools mark 120 years
- Praying All Ways matches prayer and person
- Students learn education is key to ending poverty
- Bizarre Women mix business with social justice
- Conversion led atheist from riches to rags
- Theology put to music
- What is the theology of the body?
- 'Original reciprocal nakedness'
- Spanish artist's creations opens hearts to God
- Stem-cell policy places politics over ethics
- U.S., Canadian Catholics react to new stem-cell research technique
- It's time for Catholic social teaching – Wallis
- St. Paul Jubilee: Baptism brings the Holy Spirit into us
- Joe Gunn: The Global South struggles with economic woes too
- Mark Pickup: Even the lure of a cure cannot strip one of their humanity
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: At last! A person with problems who is not casting blame
- Editorial: Losing Lenten enthusiasm? Give your time to prayer
Week of March 23, 2009
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- A simpler lifestyle beckons
- Africa needs Church's message, says Benedict
- New media can break through barriers
- Edmontonians keep vigil for 40 Days for Life
- Catholics urged to make prayer against abortion part of Lenten ritual
- Pope confronts Catholic condom conundrum
- Priest takes the ecological challenge
- Share Lent targets $10M goal
- CCODP animator has deep global concern
- Homeschooling brings blessings and burdens
- Reproduction act should be upheld – bishops
- Pope crafts pointed personal letter from the heart
- Christian hope defends environment
- St. Paul Jubilee: Christian community needs equality
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Why does St. Peter have his arm in a sling?
- Suzanne Elston: Today's little decisions will reverberate for centuries
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Surrounded by jealousy, Jesus gives his life over in trust
- Editorial: Champlain sowed seeds of friendship with First Nations people
March 30, 2009
- Prayer group is changing lives
- Outrage greets Notre Dame invitation to Obama
- University honours ardent educator Ralph Himsl
- CCCB exhorts Catholics to support Share Lent
- National Catholic Mission features previous Lenten programs
- Calgary believers counter atheist ads with words of faith
- J.H. Picard Silence Day aims to halt student bullying
- San Romero celebrated for his advocacy, bravery
- Studying St. Paul brings his teachings to life
- Sweetgrass melds with Church tradition
- Benedict's challenges to Africa go well beyond media's condom concern
- Synod for Africa will help continent nurture its unique cultures
- Bishop Cooney enjoys the autumn of his life
- Sulpicians celebrate 75th anniversary in Japan
- Chaput shares views, commiserates with reporters
- Vows open door to freedom to love
- St. Paul Jubilee: Defeat Satan by living the Gospel
- Mark Pickup: New York targets Catholic churches, hospitals
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Sexuality dances an intricate ballet with spirituality
- Editorial: Obama takes a step toward peace with Iran
April 6, 2009
- Liturgical music must reflect the singers' heart
- CCODP stops some Mexican funding
- Ugandan AIDS turnaround supports Benedict
- Papal comments win support of Harvard researcher
- Reiki use is superstition, says bishops' doctrine committee
- Grey Nuns nursery cradles fragile newborns and moms
- Healing a spirit can trigger physical recovery
- Prayer can lead to 'extravagant changes' in city
- School promotes fair trade chocolate
- Phoenix calls Catholics to come home
- Society must block 'pathways to poverty'
- Deacon ordained a priest at age 80
- Revised Lectionary to go into use at Pentecost
- An Easter to remember
- Vatican investigates Legionaries of Christ
- Reach out today to avoid a future of 'if onlys'
- Spirit speaks to individuals as well as through Church – papal preacher
- St. Paul Jubilee : Obey God and know life's ultimate joy
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Why do we emphasis Baptism of newborn babies?
- Lisa Petsche: Youth can lead today instead of waiting 'til tomorrow'
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Church's social teachings map out a just economy
- Editorial: Dispel any doubts and rejoice, for Christ is risen!
April 13, 2009
- Newman's bags are packed
- College honours library assistant
- Poverty, war lead to migrant deaths
- Students tap into angelic power through icons
- CCODP investigates abortion support allegations
- Priests for Life asks for 'lay Catholic inquiry into CCODP
- JP II beatification may be on its final lap
- Chrism Mass hears a call to keep eyes on the Lord
- Sr. Maguire served in Catholic health care ministry
- Students re-enact Christ's passion, death
- Holy Week liturgies offer insight into gift of salvation – pope
- 40 Days for Life bursts the Abortion bubble
- More prayer = end to contraception
- St. Paul Jubilee : Resurrection guarantees Christ's truth
- Bishop Fred Henry: Christ's resurrection validates Christian life
- Roy Petitfils: Parents, teachers shape children's souls for God
- Mark Pickup: A weekly visit to a nursing home can be an act of love
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Like Jesus, we are known by the spirit we leave behind
- Editorial: Karzai's support for oppression undermines justification for war
April 27, 2009
- New CWL president aims to pull league over 5,000 members
- Spirituality helps us see sacredness of creation – sister
- CWL aids seminarian / Posters and essays / Memorial Service
- Fontaine foresees 'momentous meeting' with pope
- St. Andrew's completes its windows
- Franciscans still faithful after 800 years
- Benedict relishes St. Francis' example of radical conversion
- L'Arche teaches newcomer the value of welcome
- Recession hits Priest's Retirement Fund
- Mexican meeting softens fears
- Prayer power ran crime right out of town
- St. Paul Jubilee: The Holy Spirit releases our groaning
- Review: Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy, by Roger Collins
- Joe Gunn: It is time for our government to reflect who we are
- Mark Pickup: New pro-life activists will carry the sword of truth
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Easter opens the doors of hell so we can go to heaven
- Editorial: Religious orders give the gift of true communism
- Knights of Columbus
- Wally Streit leaves a stellar legacy
- Bishops rally for May 7 March for Life
- The mystery of the Shroud of Turin
- Local knight's faith journey spurred desire to bring exhibit to Okotoks
- Knights' gift of mobility wheels around the globe
- Grande Prairie builds on members' strength
- Knights order saints medals for Afghanistan troops
- Knights fundraise for unique Catholic college
- Medicine Hat Knights hit the course for a night golf game
- K of C link into native community culture
- Nazareno Knights strengthen family life
- Calgary's University K of C ebbs and flows
- Knights give a weeping Rachel
- Knights of Columbus
May 4, 2009
- Benedict apologizes for Catholic role in Indian residential schools
- Obama's first 100 days not so radical – Vatican paper
- Vietnamese seminarians get a taste of English
- Young Catholic leaders emerging in new millennium – de Souza
- Young leaders give testimony of dynamic renewal
- Knights elect Neil Gannon as state deputy
- Pregnancy Crisis Centre marks new beginnings
- Franciscan priest explains nine stages of spiritual growth
- Couple follows God's path into a Mexican dump
- St Paul loved, respected women as Christ did
- Scribes turn back the clock to release God's word from a straitjacket
- Sin keeps people from true happiness
- Catholic faith filled Donut Man's heart
- St. Paul Jubilee: Marriage a sign of God's covenant
- Review: The Priesthood of the Faithful: Key to a Living Church, by Paul Philibert
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Why is Precious Blood drunk from a common cup?
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Facing our inner dragons should lead us toward humility
- Editorial: Newspapers gut newsrooms, chop news to cut staggering losses
May 11, 2009
- Swine flu prompts archdiocese to take preventive measures
- Rights Code should protect free speech – Catholic league
- Avoid 'halfway Christianity' – Chaput
- Christian writer advises writing for the readers
- Tuesday Bloom blossoms into trilingual Catholic rock band
- Pope takes message of peace to the Holy Land
- Centre seeks to reintroduce St. Thomas Aquinas to 21st century
- St. Edmund CWL celebrates Our Lady of Good Counsel
- A Glorious Disaster captures Crusades story
- Solidarity and participation key to social teaching
- Couples for Christ's youth movement gathers to strengthen the faith
- Precious Blood sister suffered decades without complaint
- Canadians want protection for the unborn – polls
- COLF says national abortion debate overdue
- Scholar calls tradition 'living water'
- St. Paul Jubilee: Rejoice at Christ's Second Coming
- Archbishop Richard Smith: Our new life in Christ
- Bishop Fred Henry : Human rights legislation gets a D+ mark
- Mark Pickup: Broken hearts welcome the love of a living Christ
- Suzanne Elston: Cancer scientist points his finger at chemicals
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: To everything there is a season, especially our spiritual growth
- Editorial: Swine flu spotlight overshadows other major health concerns
May 18, 2009
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- John Paul II Bible School to close
- Report urges extensive changes to Bible school
- Canada urged to press for end to nuclear weapons
- March defends the sanctity of life
- Correction
- Pope urges expanding interfaith dialogue
- Benedict discovers intrigue and politics in the Middle East
- Do not mix palliative care and euthanasia
- Physicians defend conscience rights
- Canada urged to act to avert food crisis
- Christ's priesthood is ours
- Holy Childhood gifts benefit youngsters in need
- Jesuit traces barriers to parish success
- St. Paul Jubilee: Live a life 'fully pleasing to the Lord'
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: What does the large candle at the altar at Easter mean?
- Joe Gunn: Recession must not overshadow battling poverty
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Creativity offers an enriching answer to violence
- Editorial: John Paul Bible School a Prairie Jewel that must be given new life
- Vocations
- Seminarian numbers pleases vocations director
- A priest's life should be filled with prayer, says Guimond
- Trust in God is essential to a religious vocation, says Benedict
- Deacons are enjoying the dance
- A mother's prayer for a priest was answered
- Consecrated virgins – a rare calling for women
- Religious sisters take countercultural path
- And if they wore a habit, there would be more
- Vocations
May 25, 2009
- WEM tragedy warns of danger of teen party life
- 'Right to die' means right to kill, say pro-life groups
- Trustee Urlacher served with kindness, integrity
- St. Basil's program promotes girls' devotion, service
- Appointments of priests
- March for Life draws 12,000
- Supreme knight sees fundamental threat to all rights
- Obama calls for respect, dialogue on abortion
- Bishops blast Notre Dame's honour for Obama
- Vatican newspaper says U.S. president sought 'common ground' in talk
- Teens still prefer face-to-face to Facebook
- WCR wins top prize for 'sophisticated presentation of the news'
- Lacombe school leads children to waters of Baptism
- Pope walks the tightrope of Mideast peace
- St. Paul Jubilee : Faith is the path to salvation
- Bishop Fred Henry: Parents are standing up to protect their rights
- Suzanne Elston: Clothing circles keep dollars in your pocket
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Sacrifice demands a willingness to give a gift back to the giver
- Editorial: Abolish the human rights commission's ability to prosecute
June 1, 2009
- Communion draws us to respect dignity of both mother and child
- Religious activists face death threats in Amazon region
- St. Clare’s heart still beats joyfully at 100 years
- Jesuit maps out how to integrate faith, work
- Vatican paper applauds Obama’s performance
- Church leaders tackle oilsands controversy
- Anti-poverty groups launch national Dignity for All campaign
- No one could talk Anna out of being a nun
- This gentle shepherd has tended the sick and dying for 25 years
- Crash Catholicism takes faith to the people
- Grandin School students give food for Mother Teresa pupils, families
- Death stalks clerics in Amazon jungle
- Bishops urge Peru to protect Amazonian indigenous, environment
- Vatican ready to explain teachings
- St. Paul Jubilee : The Holy Spirit has been given to us
- Archbishop Richard Smith: Illusions of autonomy distort our nature
- Mark Pickup: Repent Canada, for 2 million unborn deaths
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Poetic images can enhance our religious quest
- Editorial: Proportional representation offers respect for diversity
June 8, 2009
- Magnitude of oilsands 'footprint' surprises visiting Church leaders
- John Paul's beatification delayed – Italian newspapers
- Teachers honoured for professional excellence
- Correction
- Clarification
- WCR launches online blog
- WCR editorial writing wins honours
- Music with a mission restores island lives
- Images of Holy Spirit foster new life, pope says at Pentecost
- Pro-lifers condemn slaying of abortionist
- Pope makes it easier to laicize priests who abandon ministry
- Oblate founded secular institutes
- Vincentians glean goods for those in need
- St. Vincent de Paul president looking for more volunteers
- High-tech baby dangers sounded
- St. Paul Jubilee : God's power revealed in weakness
- Review: The Emerging Millennials: How Canada's Newest Generation is Responding to Change and Choice, by Reginald Bibby
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Why does Jesus say he was sent by the Father?
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Our neglect threatens to silence, forever, the Grassland Birds' song
- Editorial: Despite superficiality, online networking can change lives
June 15, 2009
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- John Paul II Bible School – The last graduation
- Archbishop lifts liturgical restrictions related to flu outbreak
- Prayer breakfast hears Christ-centred message
- New CWL president seeks members from all faiths
- Hold the Mayo feeds the hungry and poor
- L'Osservatore stresses agreement with U.S bishops on life issues
- Bible study should lead to understanding, then contemplation
- Peru bishop says CCODP supporting abortions
- Radio Show celebrates Catholic faith
- Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine leaves
- Fr. Thomas Berry: Pioneer of eco-spirituality dies at 94
- Bible school structures evolved over 25 years
- St. Paul Jubilee: St. Paul says worship Jesus, not Angels
- Mark Pickup: Pro-life supporters never advocate murder of anyone
- Lisa Petsche: Rainbows often emerge from financial storms
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Liturgical, devotional forms of prayer need to be distinguished
- Editorial: Faith takes the sting out of injustices and allows the soul to heal
- Christian Marriage
- Tips for keeping romance alive after the babies start arriving
- God's presence wraps a couple in a blessed loving commitment
- Make the effort to Communicate
- Shrinking dollars, debt can shatter a marriage
- Common law unions often sow seeds of divorce
- Infertility can be a minefield in marriage
- Teaching family planning, adopting a child fills empty arms
- Marriage overcomes barriers erected by family, friends
- Christian Marriage
June 22, 2009
- Richard Carew: Wrong class, right student
- Alberta Bishops question rush to nuclear power
- Onlookers stop as Bread of Life goes on his way
- WCR moves to summer schedule
- Corrections
- Church leaders raise raft of questions about tar sands
- Bishops, supreme knight headline Year 2 of Nothing More Beautiful
- Roll up your sleeves and help your priest
- Social Justice charted Rev. Mayne's life
- Every human being is worthy of our respect – Dr. Dick Sobsey
- Family breakdown carries a heavy cost
- Evangelizing in a secular world
- Bishop's spiritual path took many winding turns
- Eucharistic Congress stirs priestly vocations
- L'Arche needs a hand up to help out its clients
- St. Paul Jubilee : Only the Holy Spirit can transform us
- Alberta Catholic Bishops: Pastoral Reflections on Nuclear Energy
- Joe Gunn: Global stability demands equitable change
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Prophet for the poor fought for them, loved them, prayed with them
- Editorial: Priesthood stands as challenge to a world of secularity
June 29, 2009
- $15M more needed to build seminary and college
- CCODP did nothing wrong, bishops conclude
- Duchesneau devoted to preaching God's love
- Net Ministries was blessed to nurture 'loggers of men'
- Senior Lodge planned for Sanctum Spiritual Retreat
- St. Paul film created to counteract Islam's impact on Italy
- Legal experts pan human rights report
- Focolare lives the spirit of unity, love
- CSS honours those who have made a special contribution by helping those in need
- Clergy urged to use Year of the Priest for interior renewal
- Pastoral appointments for St. Paul Diocese
- St. Paul Jubilee : Holy Spirit ignites pastoral letters
- Glen Argan: Today's Canada needs a Christian vision
- Mark Pickup: Pain can be the pathway to spiritual healing
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Attendance at Mass is one way we know we are being faithful
- Editorial: Bishops offer a much needed moral perspective on issues
July 13, 2009
- Encyclical seeks new way of organizing economy
- Scholars hail 'Caritas' for breaking new ground
- Archbishop Smith signs Mass for the deaf
- Habitat for Humanity gives couples keys to the future
- Bishops find CCODP innocent of allegations
- St. Mary's college makes Fr. Thomas Mohan an honorary fellow
- LeGatt becomes bishop of Saint Boniface
- Sr. Mary Benilda retires from St. Joseph's Hospital
- Archbishop launches the year for Priests
- Local musician sells CD, book to help charismatic causes
- Activists push to make Edmonton fair trade city
- Vatican II called all to holiness – theologian
- Husbands, wives must care for each other
- Families find renewal at Lac Ste. Anne Campout
- Outlook of eternal life is pope's key to true development
- Benedict puts openness to life at center of human development
- Charity in Truth stresses ecological mandate
- Encyclicals confronted global problems with Gospel power
- Pauline Yeare opened hearts to the peace, joy of discipleship
- At end of jubilee year, figure of St. Paul stands in clearer focus
- Srs. of Charity jubilarians served in Alta.
- Teacher leaves with a heart full of kids
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Who were the Pharisees and Scribes?
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: When what is precious is taken away, God eventually returns it
- Editorial: Euthanasia bill betrays our idolatry of health and wealth
July 20, 2009
- Global, family issues topics of pope-Harper discussion
- Vatican paper gives Harry Potter film top ranking
- Charity in Truth tackles social economy
- Superintendent seeks educational excellence
- Benedict seeks honest dialogue with Obama
- Icons allow the Holy Spirit to speak via sacred images
- John Paul II Bible School – an experience that broadened their horizons of faith
- Joe Gunn: Climate change, Copenhagen and care for creation
- Mark Pickup: Canada's pro-abortion stance destroys love, peace
- Lisa Petsche: Sometimes a career path surprises and takes the road less traveled
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Love, prayer turned a potential funeral into a wedding
- Editorial: Union with Trinity calls us to be agents of social transformation
August 24, 2009
- Catholics called to speak out against euthanasia bill
- CWL calls for end to anti-free speech provision
- Newman receives $4.18M federal grant
- God called him to build spirits, not architecture
- Allied government did little to stop Holocaust
- Well-prepared priests needed to evangelize
- CCCB launches national campaign against proposed euthanasia law
- CWL registers its objection to euthanasia scheme
- Skaro Pilgrimage provides a spiritual touchstone
- Pope says Mary's assumption is sign of hope for all Christians
- Shakespeare's faith blesses acting classes
- Nigerians celebrate colourful Baptism at St. Anthony's
- Sr. Rita Duncan: N.B. sister served in Alta. Schools and health care
- 'Grandma Anne' offers her help
- Driftpile people exchange Winnebago for wagon train
- Levada calls on knights to proclaim God's word in a secular world
- Festival honours Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Development organizations must focus on root causes of abortion
- Prendergast blogs about bishop's life
- Mark Pickup: Euthanasia threatens Canadian society
- Joe Gunn: New encyclical tackled social quandaries
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Most tears we cry are for ourselves, not for others
- Editorial: Newman Theological College enriches the mind, helps society
August 31, 2009
- Creaky country church retires before it crumbles
- God's gift of creation is under threat, says Benedict
- Hebert embraces Latin American leaders
- Franciscan vocations come to fruition
- Couples for Christ holds night for the clergy
- Schools develop strategy to target H1N1
- Sisters of Charity mark 100 years of service to Trochu
- Special Mass offertory included a paper crucifix and original paten from France
- Put ethics back into business
- Shared faith links Gambian, Barrhead parishes
- Bishop Fred Henry: Bill C-384 legalizing euthanasia must die
- Lisa Petsche: Seven years old and she's on top of the world
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: The Eucharist calls us to move from worship to service to the poor
- Editorial: Joy is the fruit of living in the spirit
September 7, 2009
- Make Jesus the school's core, Smith says at opening Mass
- Radical humility needed in a world of sin – pope
- Pastoral Priest welcomes the laity
- Sr. Annata follows where God leads her
- Encyclical shows Benedict's wary view of media culture
- Alta's health care, education pioneers marking 150 years of faith put in action
- Grey Nuns will celebrate in October
- Quebec parents lose religious freedom case
- Grey Nuns will celebrate in October
- World Council of Churches head wants to meet pope to discuss common faith
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Who were the Sadducees, Zealots and Essenes?
- Mark Pickup: Divorce denigrates the sacrament of marriage
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Religious language must be studied as we do an icon
- Editorial: Christian love means spending time with the elderly, the infirm
September 14, 2009
- Local Catholics find peace through centering prayer
- Pope stresses role of daily meditation
- Archbishop squares off on euthanasia on talk show
- Museum aims to inspire appreciation of the Bible
- St. Michael's Church celebrates 100 years
- Parishioners' labour and love built St. Josphat
- Pope Benedict: Give generously to young churches
- Joe Gunn: Good enough to work here? Then let them stay
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Serious about Jesus? Consider how you would look on wood
- Editorial: Firestorm of forces rampage against a shared community
September 21, 2009
- Euthanasia bill will be defeated
- Troubled? Stressed? Turn to prayer
- N.B. paper apologizes for Communion story . . . again
- Accent the faith component in School
- Red Deer parish to launch full-time youth ministry
- Sr. Aline Roulston tutored many inner city adults
- To give as Jesus gave
- Kennedy's funeral sparks war of words
- CCCB offers a 'larger imagination'– Weisgerber
- Drug industry driven by dollars, not concern for the poor – bishop
- Mark Pickup: A broken heart took Bob Schindler's life
- Lisa Petsche: Summertime means family gathering time
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Our fabric of faith needs both liberal and conservative threads
- Editorial: Double standard for excommunications leaves activist on outside
September 28, 2009
- Cardinal stresses theology's role in making faith come alive
- Knights hope founder will soon be beatified
- Sisters Council born out of spirit of Vatican II
- Canada's Nuncio appointed to France
- Bishops tap Professionals' expertise to become effective in the public square
- Relations thaw between Vatican, R. Orthodox
- The Church must nurture its youth
- Holy Hour of prayer upholds priesthood
- Church press offers faith-filled alternative
- Dad's commitment to the Catholic press rubbed off on his son
- WCR achieves financial surplus . . . but at a cost
- Canada's Catholic news co-op grew out of papal visit
- K of C biker group spreads the Gospel
- Church community urged to embrace RCIA
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Why do we pray 'Our Father . . .?'
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: God's abundance invites us to pour forth our generosity
- Editorial: Slashing funding, closing beds demands a Christian outcry
October 5, 2009
- Marian Centre goes solar
- Archdiocese tightens liturgy to prevent spread of flu
- Annunciation embraces an international family
- Antigonish bishop charged with importing child porn
- Ethics course worries Quebec bishops
- Ignite faith's flame says pope to Czech faithful
- Reproductive 'choices' lead to surreal results, says ethicist
- Social Justice permeates Fr. Kennedy's life
- Embrace Christ and you also embrace his Church – ScriptureFest speaker
- Courage/Encourage provide for Catholic gays, families struggling with same sex attraction
- Guimond named chaplain for local Courage groups
- Damien offered dignity to lepers left in exile
- Local Orthodox invite Catholics to visit revered Marian icon
- Divorce can lead children to inner confusion
- Lisa Petsche: Take back your time, each and every day
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: God judges no one: We, in fact, do it all by ourselves
- Editorial: Donating to seminary, college is investing in our church's future
October 12, 2009
- Priest took pornography allegations to his archbishop 20 years ago
- European bishops lament failed hopes of 1989
- Liturgy celebrates life, belongs to the people
- Young liturgical leaders 'feel the fire' of music ministry
- Few MPs show up for euthanasia bill debate
- Canada urged to be a leader on climate change
- Catholic theologian rebuts online charges of liberal dissent
- Beware of Western 'spiritual toxic waste,' Pope warns Africans
- Cardinal outlines strengths, weaknesses of Church in Africa
- The old Brick School evokes fond memories
- Calgary Catholic Schools celebrate 125th anniversary
- Miracles abound around Mother of God icon
- St. Vincent de Paul goes to the North
- Priest's illness leaves hole in Vatican Latin Office
- Website challenges men's porn addiction
- Speak out: Keep Alberta Hospital beds open
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Who is St. Teresa of Avila: What did she believe?
- Mark Pickup: The Holy Spirit leads truth seekers to God
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: What you do in the dark will be revealed in the light
- Editorial: Criminal charges leave a deep wound in the Body of Christ
October 19, 2009
- Nuncio expresses sorrow over charges facing Lahey
- S. American bishops take stand in rain forest crunch
- Irritation can be just the right motivation
- MacNeil society members leave legacy for seminary
- Wetaskiwin Catholics reach out as United Church burns
- Five canonized as models of Christian Love
- 'Persona non grata' bishop gets home from Church
- John Wetherill: Basilica organist was 'perfect gentleman'
- Medieval abbot's mild spirit offers an example for today, says pope
- Development and peace target agrofuels' impact
- Ancestral sins said to haunt us today
- Cardinal's candour turns curial heads
- African Church presents its issues in Rome
- Bishops ask for action against belief in witchcraft
- Notre dame sisters elect leaders
- Former WCR reporter marks 25 years as sister
- Sister marks 80 years in religious life
- Joe Gunn: Capitalism — A Love Story pulls no punches
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: What are the psalms and what do they mean
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Come to the kitchen table and ecclesial altar to be together
- St. Jeanne's humility serves as radiant example for all: Headline
October 26, 2009
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- Smith elected CCCB vice-president
- Rome opens door for conservative Anglicans
- NET ministry's passion revitalizes youth
- Sign of Hope campaign aims for $2.42M
- Sexual assault charges against Fr. Don Bodnar are stayed
- Finding life's meaning requires prayer
- Local Catholics open hearts to refugees
- Grey Nuns mark 150 years of service in Alta.
- Archdiocesan youth rally teens reflect on Jesus'words, "What is it you want me to do for you?"
- Lahey charges cast a shadow over CCCB plenary
- Conservatives accused of thwarting Vatican II
- Newman grad combined studies, motherhood
- Kambeitz offers 5-step lesson for teaching as Jesus taught
- Encounter through youth ministry changed her life
- Bishop Fred Henry: Spewing health care stats fails to tell what is happening
- Mark Pickup: Heed the potential danger of a swine flu pandemic
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Playing it safe too often means hiding behind fear
- Editorial: Pornography enslaves women, pollutes marriage and your soul
November 2, 2009
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- Traditional Anglican group looks forward to 'homecoming'
- Benedict calls Catholics to meditate on God's word
- Police chaplains' main role – be present
- Synod of bishops for Africa call for dignity for woman, children
- Agro-fuel production ravages poor farmers
- Fr. Louis-Paul Lachance: Oblate had great love for Scripture, native people
- Bishops to keep closer tabs on Development and Peace
- Theologian explores Vatican II teaching on the priesthood
- Anti-papal protesters dog Orthodox-RC talks
- Survivors traumatized by each suicide
- Review: Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, by Christian Smith, with Melinda Lundquist Denton
- Lisa Petsche: Seasonal Christmas bazaars offer delights galore
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Pursue innocence as a hound pursues a hare . . . passionately
- Editorial: Rome's welcoming Anglicans may fuel Orthodox trepidation
November 9, 2009
- Teacher's witness strikes a chord at Nothing More Beautiful
- Catholics shocked by doctors' support for euthanasia
- Crown stays Campus Pro-Life charges
- Departed peers remembered at Seniors All Souls Day service
- Archbishop Prendergast says state should not be expected to provide for all
- Theological debate needed, so is caution, says pope
- Court ruling on crucifixes dismays Church leaders
- Canadians favour legal euthanasia
- Rural parishes: Communities of warmth
- Charity and truth can be hard to find in online world
- Exorcist says Jesus more powerful than devil
- Lavoie learned to live in the mystery
- Archbishop Richard Smith: Jesus Christ – Word of God Made Flesh
- Mark Pickup: A seed of life planted 25 years ago blossoms
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Love your enemy – it's the discipleship's ultimate litmus test
- Editorial: Baum's complaining betrays joy and beauty of the Catholic faith
November 16, 2009
- Church pleads for strong focus on climate change
- U.S. takes major step toward pro-life public health care
- Sacred Heart eagle soars on online sales
- WCR subscription rate to increase
- Wee Parish with Big Heart marks 25th
- Fr. Frank Patsula: Teaching proved to be a joyous path
- Francophone educators seek to standardize religion curriculum
- Traditional Anglican head ready to say 'yes' to Rome
- Vatican sets rules for Anglicans joining with Rome
- Disaster dreams spur prophetic writings
- Lydia Cristini: God shatters our images of him
- U.S. prelate gaining influence in Rome
- Joe Gunn: Canada rains on global warming concerns
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: St. Thérèse's mystical image calls us to stand at the foot of the cross
- Editorial: Jesuit missionary showed way to bring Spirit into a culture
November 23, 2009
- Church out to heal divorce between faith and the arts
- Music, faith make priest's soul sing
- Correction
- Cathedrals offer pathways to mystery of God – pope
- Marriage is not a private matter
- Luxury, waste are unacceptable when hunger is on the rise – pope
- John Paul II ready to be venerable; beatification may follow
- Celebrating the Eucharist demands enthusiasm, gusto
- Parishes gather to listen, watch and learn from each other
- Remembrance Day at St. James
- St. Mary's Parish ready to hire youth minister
- Student serves as principal for a day
- Fr. MacDonnell began a B.C. therapeutic centre
- Sr. Margaret Benedek known for her kindness, hard work
- Ignore the commercialism; Advent is a time of expectant waiting for the Lord's coming
- A season to sharpen appreciation for relationships of intimacy, love
- An end to mandatory celibacy? Not likely
- Vocations percolating at Wyoming monastery
- Mark Pickup: Tether's End spins a cocoon of warmth, safety
- Bob McKeon: Step up and claim your voice as God would want
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Mutual respect can soften our overly polarized community
- Editorial: Self-justifying bankers miss the boat on biblical economics
November 30, 2009
- Council of Elders aims to bring native culture into classroom
- Faith leaders accuse gov't of fostering hostility to refugees
- Hunger grows; churches reach out
- St. Benedict Chapel – a sacred oasis
- Anglican Head issues blunt challenges to Catholic Church
- Pope, Anglican leader continue their pursuit of Church unity
- CSS provides Red Deer home for the disabled
- Teachers are the 'frontline faces of Christ'
- Catholic school trustees must act as spiritual guides – Motiuk
- Parliament continues to pledge end of child poverty
- Roche looks forward to more enlightened, peaceful world
- Divorce rates drop, except for Quebec
- Scripture, not self, sculptures liturgy
- New Catholic publishing house Justin Press launches four books
- Human trafficking: a global phenomenon
- U.S. bishops insist non-dying patients receive food, water
- Palette in hand, artists back Church's mission
- Beatified nun may inspire Holy Land Christians
- New shepherd anticipates a ministry of presence
- Toronto receives Canada's first non-white bishop
- Mental illness is fast track to living on the street
- St. Nicholas prayer ritual more precious than gold
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: How can I put the sparkle in Advent, Christmas
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: A nun's brilliant teaching set students' firm foundation for life
- Editorial: Language of the people stirred participation in the Mass
December 7, 2009
- Oblates prepare for smaller future
- Irish commission details Church-police coverup
- German Pallottine fathers shut their doors
- Forgiveness heals both victim, offender
- No Room at the Inn seeks funds for Harry Holt Place
- Embrace the season of light, truth, peace
- A saint of prayer and adventure
- Hearts Home serves poor, suffering
- Joe Gunn: Poverty shadows lives of Canadian children
- Mark Pickup: Christmas ensures world has comfort and joy
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Prayer is fulfilled when we allow Jesus to grow in our hearts
- Editorial: The Government we elect reflects the humanity of society
December 14, 2009
- Orthodox bishop cites brain research on therapeutic effects of prayer
- Smith named to committee on family
- Creating a baby the Chinese way
- CWL brings resolutions to Parliament Hill
- Bishops create ad hoc committee to help CCODP review mandate
- Quebec consultation spurs fears of euthanasia
- Suicide, euthanasia bill causes disabled man profound worry, distress
- Knights pay tribute to priests
- Pope Benedict calls for lifestyles that respect creation
- Climate change wreaks havoc among the poor
- Besieged Middle East Christians need help
- Music eases human divisions
- Cantalamessa says priests must be men of compassion
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Did King David write all of the Psalms?
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Being in the groove brings comfort, joy, even a groan or two
- Editorial: Social sin takes root when we abdicate our responsibilities
December 21, 2009
- Protect the environment to bring peace, Benedict says
- Encounter with Jesus should show in our lives, says Collins
- Archbishop Thomas Collins: Jesus Christ: The Way, the Truth and the Life
- Vatican says pope outraged by sex abuse in Ireland
- Fr. Joseph Vadassery: Parishioners' faith excites missionary priest
- West end junior high faces closure
- Durocher apologizes for abuse in Cornwall
- Father Mercredi High School: Holy Spirit Meets Christmas Spirit
- J. H. Picard students stuff a bus for the hungry
- St. Brendan pupils discover that art work brings them closer to God
- Christmas wonder weaves a magical spell
- WCR will miss two issues following Christmas
- Spaniard named nuncio for Canada
- Celebrate Christmas in Peace, harmony
- Bishop Fred Henry: Don't let the grumpy Grinch steal Christmas
- Review: The Octave of All Souls, by Robert Eady
- Bob McKeon: Decisions on industry affect future generations
- Lisa Petsche: Family history decorates Christmas tree boughs
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Christ's virgin birth reflects the blessing of chastity's reward
- Editorial: Accept the gift of love, like the gift God gave to you at Christmas
December 28, 2009
- Sandra Talarico is the 2009 winner of WCR's Worker in the Vineyard Award
- Man of 1000 miracles finally has one approved
- Fr. Kroetch's wisdom, gentle spirit healed souls
- Next WCR will be in 3 weeks
- Blessed Andre Bessette headed for sainthood
- Benedict advances popes' sainthood causes
- Holy Spirit's joy ignites charismatics
- Former Vatican official named Saskatoon bishop
- Homer Simpson knows God 'quite well' – L'Osservator
- Raised dots on Christmas cards raise money
- Mother Agnes Mary Donovan: Witness to the Grace of Jesus Christ
- Catholics reading, sharing God's Word could transform Church
- Couples for Christ spreads the faith
- Students at the basilica
- Where do our youth go to draw closer to the Lord?
- Sr. Louise Zdunich: Do Catholics believe that angels exist?/li>
- Mark Pickup: Our body, temple of the Holy Spirit, deserves care
- WCR Letters to the Editor
- Fr. Ron Rolheiser: Eat, drink and be merry and celebrate our Saviour's birth
- Editorial: Pope Benedict leads the battle charge to save Planet Earth
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