Growing up, Rachel Wong had this image of what a Catholic woman looked like. 

A Catholic woman has a quiet and demure strength. She is sensitive, soft-spoken and wears a lace veil to church. Maybe she������Ƶapp a homemaker, maybe she has her own career, but the Catholic woman Wong had in her mind was also a one-dimensional stereotype. 

Summer is here which means the busyness of the school year is gone. It������Ƶapp the perfect time to unplug from the real world and curl up with a good book. That������Ƶapp why The Catholic Register and Youth Speak News have put together a list of faith-based youth titles that we think young book lovers will love.

The entrants in the annual Friars’ Student Writing Contest did not make it easy on judges from The Catholic Register. 

The contest drew many quality essays on the question referring to Deuteronomy 16:18-30: How can Catholics and Christians of all denominations unite to create a more just society and be examples of Christ������Ƶapp healing grace in a broken world?

Last week we published the winning entry from Lucas Georgey of St. Michael������Ƶapp Choir School. This week, we feature the second and third place winners — Vincent Pham from Chaminade College School and Nathan Nambiar from St. Francis Xavier Secondary School. Pham has earned the second-place prize of an iPad while Nambiar is awarded a Google Home smart speaker.

Among 18 Canadians who died in a March 10 plane crash in Ethiopia was a graduate of Toronto������Ƶapp Catholic school system who had just been accepted into teachers’ college.

It������Ƶapp no secret that the Catholic Church is not a “young kids’ game.” 

Regina Contreras was in her second year at Red River College in Winnipeg when she found herself talking with a friend last summer about their struggles with anxiety and depression. 

Another Valentine������Ƶapp Day has come and gone, and sometimes it feels like just another excuse for the greeting card industry to make a grab for your money. Though biblical in origin, the sweet secular sentiments of love have been overshadowed by pressure to be in a relationship, purchase grocery-store flowers and indulge the chocolate makers.

Young people are not the future of the Church — they are the present.

“Put service and mission first and you will see that everything else will follow.” - Pope Francis, January 27, Panamá WYD Volunteer Gathering