Some may take Michael CrummeyöÏÓãÊÓƵapp brilliant 2019 novel The Innocents as a piece of nostalgia for a lost way of life in NewfoundlandöÏÓãÊÓƵapp outports. But The Innocents offers insights much greater than the nostalgic pacifier Make Newfoundland Great Again. It depicts an unrelenting struggle for survival by two children left orphaned when their parents and baby sister die within a matter of months.

With his departed friend Chris and his junior high students top of mind, Tyler Weber pushed himself to a personal best bike ride of 225.8 kilometres in just over nine hours in a journey to raise awareness of suicide prevention.

The day Presentation Manor went into lockdown for COVID-19 was Charles HendricköÏÓãÊÓƵapp birthday, but he wasn’t there to celebrate. He had died the previous October of pancreatic cancer.

MOUNT OF BEATITUDES, Israel -- The palm tree fronds in the convent garden of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary rustle loudly in the brisk wind of an early spring dust storm, but, stepping into the chapel of the Church of the Beatitudes, there is silence.

A group of Toronto high school students is spreading some Easter season cheer and brightening the days of residents in a retirement residence.

Fr. Harrison Ayre knows COVID lockdowns can wear you down. HeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp felt it more in the last few months.

Being steadfast in times of suffering can be a struggle. COVID-19 continues to create a murky picture for CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp near future. All around us, people suffer from loneliness, anxiety, illness and despair.

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 14 (Year B) Leviticus 13:1-2, 45-46; Psalm 32; 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1; Mark 1:40-45

Fear can be the most impenetrable barrier in the world, far surpassing any fortress or wall built by humans. Fear is strongest when people feel that their well-being and safety is being threatened.

Already vulnerable and alone, many homeless and at risk youth are finding themselves dealing with more than the coronavirus and its restrictions this Christmas. To them, loneliness is another pandemic.

Tents are being used to expand classroom space in the outdoors at a number of Toronto Catholic schools as they work to ensure staff and student safety while preventing the spread of COVID-19.