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Stay-at-home mom Jessica Fraga is using her love of crafting again this year to raise funds for abused women.
Special needs students shine with clothing drive
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA Christmas tree adorned with scarves, gloves, toques and jackets instead of the classic bells, ornaments and ribbons is captivating plenty of eyes at the entrance of TorontoƵapp Loretto College School.
Making sure young mothers aren’t left out at Christmas
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterNot every young woman hears that blessed is the fruit of her womb. More than a few young women are left isolated, afraid, overwhelmed from the moment they know they’re pregnant.
A ray of Christmas joy for Lebanese children
By Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News ServiceBEIRUT -- For 1,600 Maronite Catholic children in crisis-stricken Lebanon, Advent has awakened a ray of hope.
Christmas concert takes over Dundas Square
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterSt. MichaelƵapp Choir School kicked off its Christmas season Dec. 5 with a free outdoor concert of secular and sacred music in Dundas Square in downtown Toronto.
Spruce up your Christmas movie watching
By Sr. Helena Burns, FSPSince screening Christmas movies together with family and friends has become as ubiquitous as Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties, maybe itƵapp time to be more than just holly jolly couch potatoes. Perhaps we can find ways to integrate Christmas activities (emphasis on “active”) with the spectating.
Calgary sisters sow seeds of the season
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Seeds of the Word Catholic Community has covered a lot of ground in southern Alberta this Advent season to empower young and old to prepare their hearts to welcome Christ on Dec. 25.
Christmas Drawing Contest 2021 winners
By Catholic Register StaffWithout a doubt, there is an abundance of great artists in the making in our Catholic schools.
Advent on the home front
By John B. Kostoff and Patricia Dal Ben, Catholic Register SpecialAre we ready for Christ? After almost two years of living through this pandemic, we might feel like we are ready for anything and everything or maybe you are feeling like Charlie Brown just before Lucy pulls the football away.
Faith and the B.C. floods
By Terry O’Neill and Bonnie Way, Canadian Catholic NewsVANCOUVER -- When Fr. Francis Galvan left Sacred Heart Church in Delta, B.C., for a priests’ study week in Harrison Hot Springs, he didn’t expect to find himself at the centre of a catastrophic flood as British Columbia found itself facing what is being called the storm of the century.
Passion, purpose, the poet and principal
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterWalking through the halls of ScarboroughƵapp Mother Teresa Catholic Academy, OntarioƵapp first Poet Laureate, Randell Adjei, and principal Jose Alberto Flores feel a special connection to the diverse and dynamic school community.