Features Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:20:31 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Indigenous Rosary walks reconciliation path /item/37561-indigenous-rosary-walks-reconciliation-path /item/37561-indigenous-rosary-walks-reconciliation-path

For over a year, Canadian Catholic Indigenous faithful have been gathering online each month to pray the Rosary in the different Indigenous languages of Canada. 

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afarrow@catholicregister.org (Anna Farrow) Features Thu, 09 Jan 2025 10:31:47 -0500
A year of living hopefully despite petty political bullying /item/37531-a-year-of-living-hopefully-despite-petty-political-bullying /item/37531-a-year-of-living-hopefully-despite-petty-political-bullying

A look back at 2024 and the events that defined a year in the Canadian Catholic Church

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Features Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:47:36 -0500
In Bethlehem's empty streets, a shopkeeper fights to keep hope alive /item/37527-in-bethlehem-s-empty-streets-a-shopkeeper-fights-to-keep-hope-alive /item/37527-in-bethlehem-s-empty-streets-a-shopkeeper-fights-to-keep-hope-alive

Christmas marked by uncertainty as war leaves shop empty

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Features Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:10:31 -0500
Choir lifts voices up from around the world /features/christmas/item/37512-choir-lifts-voices-up-from-around-the-world /features/christmas/item/37512-choir-lifts-voices-up-from-around-the-world

A multicultural and multi-generational Advent concert highlighted the increasing diversity of the parish community at Christ the King Parish in Regina.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Christmas Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:22:53 -0500
‘This is how we Filipinos celebrate Christmas’ /features/christmas/item/37511-this-is-how-we-filipinos-celebrate-christmas /features/christmas/item/37511-this-is-how-we-filipinos-celebrate-christmas

It is a stereotype that Filipinos love to sing, but it is a stereotype the parishioners of the Filipino Catholic Mission of Montreal (FCMM) willingly embrace and use to spread Christmas joy.

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afarrow@catholicregister.org (Anna Farrow) Christmas Mon, 23 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0500
Students embrace generosity of the season /features/christmas/item/37510-students-embrace-generosity-of-the-season /features/christmas/item/37510-students-embrace-generosity-of-the-season

A spirit of altruism is shining brightly in Catholic schools on the Prairies this Christmas.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Christmas Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:01:30 -0500
School choirs unite to ‘Hear the Angels Sing’ /features/christmas/item/37509-school-choirs-unite-to-hear-the-angels-sing /features/christmas/item/37509-school-choirs-unite-to-hear-the-angels-sing

Back in 1993, the musical conductors for Bishop Carroll, St. MaryƵapp and Our Lady of the Rockies high schools in Calgary came up with what students then, upon looking back, say was "an audacious plan."

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Christmas Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:01:00 -0500
Author offers Christmas hope in grieving /features/christmas/item/37508-author-offers-christmas-hope-in-grieving /features/christmas/item/37508-author-offers-christmas-hope-in-grieving

During an age when Christmas “has been secularized beyond recognition,” childrenƵapp author Anthony DeStefano remains committed to pouring his energy and considerable talents into promoting the real reason for the season.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Christmas Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0500
Ajax students hop on 'Red Wagon' charity drive /features/christmas/item/37507-ajax-students-hop-on-red-wagon-charity-drive /features/christmas/item/37507-ajax-students-hop-on-red-wagon-charity-drive

In Ajax, Ont., one Catholic school continues to pull out all the stops to better the Christmas season for those in need in their community. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Christmas Sat, 21 Dec 2024 05:02:00 -0500
3,000 Catholic school kids, Black Eyed Peas members make new Christmas song /features/christmas/item/37503-3-000-catholic-school-kids-black-eyed-peas-members-make-new-christmas-song /features/christmas/item/37503-3-000-catholic-school-kids-black-eyed-peas-members-make-new-christmas-song

As many as 3,000 Catholic school children from poor families in the Philippines made their pop music debut in a new Christmas song by some members of the multi-platinum hip-hop/pop group Black Eyed Peas.

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Christmas Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:23:10 -0500