Opinion Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:54:38 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Seeing children as blessings not barriers /opinion/columnists/item/35783-seeing-children-as-blessings-not-barriers /opinion/columnists/item/35783-seeing-children-as-blessings-not-barriers

“The joys of parenthood: apparently the best kept secret.”

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amrozek@catholicregister.org (Andrea Mrozek) Register Columnists Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:09:54 -0400
‘Religious women’ have more kids, study shows /item/35747-religious-women-have-more-kids-study-shows /item/35747-religious-women-have-more-kids-study-shows

Strong and active faith in God helps put more religious Canadian women in the family way, says a new report from think tank Cardus.

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afarrow@catholicregister.org (Anna Farrow) Canada Thu, 27 Jul 2023 08:56:27 -0400
Speaking Out: It all begins with the family /item/34061-speaking-out-it-all-begins-with-the-family /item/34061-speaking-out-it-all-begins-with-the-family

Are young people, particularly those aged 18-30, still interested in religion?

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YSN: Speaking Out Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:25:28 -0500
Editorial: Celebrate family /columns/item/33035-editorial-celebrate-family /columns/item/33035-editorial-celebrate-family

As the story goes … a doctor asked a patient if anyone in his family suffered from insanity. “No,” he replied. “We all seem to enjoy it.”

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 29 Apr 2021 10:44:37 -0400
Family tradition brings taste of Italy to Easter /features/item/32929-family-tradition-brings-taste-of-italy-to-easter /features/item/32929-family-tradition-brings-taste-of-italy-to-easter

Lamb stew might not be typical Easter cuisine in North America, but for Elisa Pasini and her family it is an Italian delicacy steeped in tradition.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Easter Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0400
Sr. Helena Burns: Time to revive the ‘nuclear’ family /opinion/columnists/item/32499-sr-helena-burns-time-to-revive-the-nuclear-family /opinion/columnists/item/32499-sr-helena-burns-time-to-revive-the-nuclear-family

The “nuclear family.” Such a strange phrase. Does it glow? What exactly is it?

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burnsh@catholicregister.org (Sr. Helena Burns, FSP) Register Columnists Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:12:43 -0500
Crisis offers opportunity /item/32453-crisis-offers-opportunity /item/32453-crisis-offers-opportunity

Catholic parents seeking to help their children make sense of world events have had their work cut out for them in 2020.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 04 Dec 2020 08:35:06 -0500
Family with 14th child on the way pulls together in faith /item/32078-family-with-14th-child-on-the-way-pulls-together-in-faith /item/32078-family-with-14th-child-on-the-way-pulls-together-in-faith

The thought of 14 children would be inconceivable for most couples these days but for Carissa and Patrick Douglas itƵapp a dream come true.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:55:15 -0400
Fr. Raymond de Souza: Discovering the roots that nurtured faith /opinion/columnists/item/32034-fr-raymond-de-souza-discovering-the-roots-that-nurtured-faith /opinion/columnists/item/32034-fr-raymond-de-souza-discovering-the-roots-that-nurtured-faith

On Sept. 5, 1920, Laura Cardoso left the family home in which she had been born to marry Salustiano Roque de Freitas. Nearly 100 years later, I visited that home, now deserted, in her village in Goa, India.

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fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) Fr. Raymond de Souza Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:01:47 -0400
From the streets to a family reunion /item/31939-from-the-streets-to-a-family-reunion /item/31939-from-the-streets-to-a-family-reunion

After years of loneliness living on the streets, Gordon PetrieƵapp chance move into a rundown shed outside a Ukrainian Catholic church in Surrey, B.C., has brought him friendship, community and a family reunion out of his wildest dreams.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 02 Aug 2020 07:00:00 -0400