Features Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:06:07 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb CanadaƵapp food security affects Jamaica /item/36539-canada-s-food-security-affects-jamaica /item/36539-canada-s-food-security-affects-jamaica

There is no enigmatic reason why Dr. Kristin Lozanski has been highly successful in researching the experiences of Jamaicans participating in CanadaƵapp Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) in OntarioƵapp Niagara region over the past decade.

The method to her fruitful results? Showing up.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Higher Education Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:39:08 -0400
Ana Rivera drives HamiltonƵapp 40 Days for Life /features/call-to-service/item/36506-ana-rivera-drives-hamilton-s-40-days-for-life /features/call-to-service/item/36506-ana-rivera-drives-hamilton-s-40-days-for-life

40 Days for Life in Hamilton, Ont., is completing its fifth campaign under the leadership of Ana Rivera. ItƵapp a continuation of the pro-life sensibilities Rivera has been developing since her earliest years. In an interview with The Catholic Register, she traced her vocation to defend the unborn back to hearing the testimonies of pro-life workers on a Catholic radio station, Radio Maria Colombia. 

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Call to Service Sun, 03 Mar 2024 12:00:00 -0500
Niagara leaders impacted thousands /features/call-to-service/item/36502-niagara-leaders-impacted-thousands /features/call-to-service/item/36502-niagara-leaders-impacted-thousands

For the first time in five years, the Niagara Catholic District School Board is honouring education leaders with its Award of Distinction.

Three people were endorsed by the board at its Feb. 13 special board meeting — John Belcastro, Sr. Mary Kay Camp and Angelo Di Ianni. The trio will be presented their awards at the Niagara Foundation for Catholic Education Annual Benefit Gala March 21.

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Call to Service Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500
Foundation shares ‘universal spirit of caring’ /features/call-to-service/item/36501-foundation-shares-universal-spirit-of-caring /features/call-to-service/item/36501-foundation-shares-universal-spirit-of-caring

Fr. Sajo Jacob of St. Pius X Parish in Calgary said the Relighting Lives Foundation he supports is passionate about “empowering youth and outreach to the poorest of the poor.”

Contributions to the non-profit organization, formerly the Path to Peace Foundation, support families struggling to address their basic needs, equipping families to become self-sufficient “through education and proper training by NGOs,” according to its website. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:44:27 -0500
Cash no longer king /item/36495-cash-no-longer-king /item/36495-cash-no-longer-king

As we move toward a cashless society, how will Canadians respond to a digital dollar?

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:57:13 -0500
Breaking silence on human trafficking /features/call-to-service/item/36493-breaking-silence-on-human-trafficking /features/call-to-service/item/36493-breaking-silence-on-human-trafficking

Sofia Ranke knows she “can’t change the world” and singlehandedly eradicate the evil scourge of human trafficking. Nevertheless, she is determined to fight for victimized girls, women, boys and men by using the power of her voice. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:12:18 -0500
Corporate life proved to be a wrong turn /features/call-to-service/item/36492-corporate-life-proved-to-be-a-wrong-turn /features/call-to-service/item/36492-corporate-life-proved-to-be-a-wrong-turn

After finally landing an all-important corporate gig that allowed him to overlook the CN Tower from his desk in downtown Toronto, Szymon Sorbian expected to feel a sense of true accomplishment. However, despite finding himself well-positioned in the rat race he had worked so hard for, he felt anything but. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:06:27 -0500
Fr. Ramsperger soared high in priesthood, not air force /features/call-to-service/item/36488-fr-ramsperger-soared-high-in-priesthood-not-air-force /features/call-to-service/item/36488-fr-ramsperger-soared-high-in-priesthood-not-air-force

Fr. Leo Ramsperger has been celebrating Mass as a priest since the mid-1950s, and despite retiring from formal service back in 1997, he remains deeply rooted in his faith and continues to celebrate life at every opportunity. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:50:03 -0500
Two years and counting for those who fled war /item/36473-two-years-and-counting-for-those-who-fled-war /item/36473-two-years-and-counting-for-those-who-fled-war

Two years ago, Iryna Chaikovska, her husband and three children moved out of their apartment into a house near Bucha and Irpin in the Kyiv Oblast of northern Ukraine.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:33:08 -0500
Good and bad: alive, yes, but toll is great /item/36472-good-and-bad-alive-yes-but-toll-is-great /item/36472-good-and-bad-alive-yes-but-toll-is-great

‘Purgatory’ for Ukraine as it battles through a decade of Ƶapp onslaught

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afarrow@catholicregister.org (Anna Farrow) Features Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:25:56 -0500