Feature Series Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:38:05 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Jean Ko Din in Panama: World Youth Day is a vision of heaven /wyd2019/item/28810-jean-in-panama-world-youth-day-is-a-vision-of-heaven /wyd2019/item/28810-jean-in-panama-world-youth-day-is-a-vision-of-heaven We are united in the name of the Lord.]]> jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Jean Ko Din in Panama Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:05:39 -0500 Jean Ko Din in Panama: Renewing my devotion to Mary at World Youth Day /wyd2019/item/28807-jean-in-panama-renewing-my-devotion-to-mary-at-world-youth-day /wyd2019/item/28807-jean-in-panama-renewing-my-devotion-to-mary-at-world-youth-day As much as I want to travel light for this pilgrimage, I'm letting myself bring one book to World Youth Day – St. Louis de Montfort's True Devotion to Mary.]]> jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Jean Ko Din in Panama Sun, 20 Jan 2019 21:43:09 -0500 A whole other world outside World Youth Day /wyd2019/item/28798-a-whole-other-world-outside-world-youth-day /wyd2019/item/28798-a-whole-other-world-outside-world-youth-day

PANAMA CITY 

Panama City will be packed during World Youth Day, especially along the “Cinta Costera,” where most events will be held.

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EDMONTON – A much smaller group of pilgrims than usual is heading off to World Youth Day from Edmonton this week. But the anticipation is huge.

]]> World Youth Day 2019 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 14:46:06 -0500 Canadian pilgrims ready to absorb ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience of World Youth Day /wyd2019/item/28794-canadian-pilgrims-ready-to-absorb-once-in-a-lifetime-experience-of-world-youth-day /wyd2019/item/28794-canadian-pilgrims-ready-to-absorb-once-in-a-lifetime-experience-of-world-youth-day

José Murillo is the only one in his family who hasn’t been back to Panama City since they immigrated to Canada about 12 years ago. 

]]> jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) World Youth Day 2019 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 06:59:19 -0500 Dancing for the Pope in Panama, 17 years after dancing for pope in Toronto /wyd2019/item/28793-dancing-for-the-pope-in-panama-17-years-after-dancing-for-pope-in-toronto /wyd2019/item/28793-dancing-for-the-pope-in-panama-17-years-after-dancing-for-pope-in-toronto

Myriam Guevara Mann still remembers looking out to a crowd of 800,000 people before she danced the biggest show of her life. 

]]> jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) World Youth Day 2019 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:40:58 -0500 Mother's prayers take fruit in new auxiliary bishop's life, conversion /item/28774-mother-s-prayers-take-fruit-in-new-auxiliary-bishop-s-life-conversion /item/28774-mother-s-prayers-take-fruit-in-new-auxiliary-bishop-s-life-conversion

OTTAWA – On Guy Desrochers’ 24th birthday, his mother gave him a Bible.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Features Sun, 13 Jan 2019 10:13:28 -0500 Nicaraguans face greater challenges than most heading to World Youth Day /wyd2019/item/28737-nicaraguans-face-greater-challenges-than-most-heading-to-world-youth-day /wyd2019/item/28737-nicaraguans-face-greater-challenges-than-most-heading-to-world-youth-day WASHINGTON – Many will make sacrifices to attend the upcoming World Youth Day in Panama in late January, but few compare to the challenges facing young Catholics in nearby Nicaragua as the country deals with political and economic upheaval, some of it involving violent clashes with government forces that have plagued the Central American nation since last year.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) World Youth Day 2019 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 09:05:56 -0500 Fifty years and counting: Serving the Church comes naturally for the Surmans /item/28733-fifty-years-and-counting-serving-the-church-comes-naturally-for-the-surmans /item/28733-fifty-years-and-counting-serving-the-church-comes-naturally-for-the-surmans

Stan Surman has officially been retired for more than 20 years, but not when it comes to his work at church.

]]> mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 04 Jan 2019 13:08:54 -0500 Christmas Drawing Contest 2018 Winners /features/christmas/item/28680-christmas-drawing-contest-2018-winners /features/christmas/item/28680-christmas-drawing-contest-2018-winners

The young artists who enter The Catholic RegisterƵapp annual Christmas drawing contest express themselves in many artistic forms. 

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Christmas Fri, 21 Dec 2018 13:47:32 -0500