Features Fri, 24 Jan 2025 01:55:31 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb An election guide for Catholic voters /item/12676-an-election-guide-for-catholic-voters /item/12676-an-election-guide-for-catholic-voters

{mosimage}EditorƵapp note: On Oct. 10, Ontario voters will return to the polls to choose a provincial government. In the run-up to the election, there will be numerous “election guides” issued by many different interest groups to highlight their particular concerns. While they all have their importance, The Catholic Register is using this opportunity to highlight the 2007 Election Guide issued by Catholic Charities of the archdiocese of Toronto.

]]> Features Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:10:42 -0400 Safe injection sites may fall to ideology /item/12675-safe-injection-sites-may-fall-to-ideology /item/12675-safe-injection-sites-may-fall-to-ideology {mosimage}An Evangelical Christian scientist, with the support of 134 scientists and public health officials, has challenged the federal government to either continue funding a safe injection site for drug addicts in Vancouver or admit ideology and not science is behind its decision to close down the three-year old .

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:37:52 -0400 Leadership needed /item/12674-leadership-needed /item/12674-leadership-needed {mosimage} There is a powerful moral imperative for politicians of this generation when it comes to the environment. It is a call for leadership, for a consequential change in the way our society relates to nature — for a society that may not yet want it.

]]> Features Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:12:38 -0400 Spirituality connected to the Earth /item/12672-spirituality-connected-to-the-earth /item/12672-spirituality-connected-to-the-earth {mosimage}Ecotheology, a spirituality deeply connected to nature, reverence for the Earth, a strong conviction that the environmental crisis is a religious crisis of faith and morals — none of this should seem exotic, revolutionary or unorthodox to practising Catholics, according to University of St. MichaelƵapp College liturgy professor Chris McConnell. In fact, it should be as familiar as the Mass.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:30:05 -0400 Forest project keeps space green /item/12671-forest-project-keeps-space-green /item/12671-forest-project-keeps-space-green {mosimage} The resurrection of an old-growth forest is growing one square metre at a time.

The Jesuit Collaborative for Ecology, Agriculture and Forestry started fund-raising for the Old Growth Forest Project in November 2006 and has raised $70,000, half in the $20 for a square metre donation. One anonymous donor sponsored $35,000 worth of square metres.

]]> Features Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:26:02 -0400 Spiritual journey includes love of the land /item/12670-spiritual-journey-includes-love-of-the-land /item/12670-spiritual-journey-includes-love-of-the-land {mosimage}GUELPH, Ont. - In a recent Ignatius Loyola News newsletter, Fr. Jim Profit, S.J., wrote, “After working in the garden all day, I felt tired, stiff and sore, yet completely revived and bore my dirty fingernails with pride. Working with soil is an experience of the soul for me…. There is something about this land that invites the experience of community, life and God.”

]]> Features Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:21:36 -0400 Organics good for body and soul /item/12669-organics-good-for-body-and-soul /item/12669-organics-good-for-body-and-soul {mosimage}ItƵapp not just about avoiding pesticides any more. In fact, if you choose wisely, the food you eat can help to ensure more than just your own health. According to Community Sharing Agriculture farmer Heather Lekx, choosing to eat organic foods should also help to put your conscience at ease.

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Features Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:09:45 -0400 Jesuit feast celebrates the bountiful harvest /item/12668-jesuit-feast-celebrates-the-bountiful-harvest /item/12668-jesuit-feast-celebrates-the-bountiful-harvest {mosimage} Mary Sojczynsky is looking forward to chowing down at the Sept. 15.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:03:14 -0400 Finding the sacred in the tundra /item/12667-finding-the-sacred-in-the-tundra /item/12667-finding-the-sacred-in-the-tundra {mosimage}BURLINGTON, Ont. - For 32 summers, Prof. Josef Svoboda and a small band of students would trundle off from Toronto to CanadaƵapp far north where they would spend their days measuring tiny flowers, counting samples of small plants and monitoring weather patterns and the melting of glaciers. And in the long evenings under the midnight sun, they would talk about life, the universe and God.


]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Features Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:53:15 -0400 Our Green Issue /item/12665-our-green-issue /item/12665-our-green-issue

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Editor's note: As concern for the environment raises new heights, it's worth exploring what Christians are doing about the crisis, and what Christian theology has to say. This package of stories highlights some of the ways Christians, particularly Roman Catholics, are grappling with the issue.

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Features Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:44:33 -0400