Features Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:06:27 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb London Catholics praise newly ordained Bishop McGrattan /item/12516-london-catholics-praise-newly-ordained-bishop-mcgrattan /item/12516-london-catholics-praise-newly-ordained-bishop-mcgrattan {mosimage}LONDON, Ont.- It was hard to tell friends, family and supporters apart at Bishop William McGrattanƵapp Jan. 12 ordination.

Close to 1,000 joyful people, including 150 priests, nearly 35 bishops and archbishops and about 40 relatives, packed St. PeterƵapp Cathedral in London to give a hug and their congratulations to a long time friend, associate pastor, teacher, seminary leader and now auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Toronto. He is also titular bishop of Furnos Minor.

]]> carolyng@catholicregister.org (Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:51:31 -0500 Bishop Nguyen ordained a bishop for all /item/12515-bishop-nguyen-ordained-a-bishop-for-all /item/12515-bishop-nguyen-ordained-a-bishop-for-all {mosimage}TORONTO - Bishop Vincent Nguyen has slipped on the ring, donned his mitre, taken hold of his staff and become a shepherd in the church he loves with all his heart.

Tears flowed in the pews occupied by Nguyen's family — eight siblings, six of whom flew in from their Vietnamese homeland — and friends at St. Michael's Cathedral Jan. 13 as Nguyen was ordained Canada's first non-white bishop.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:49:24 -0500 Toronto celebrates two new Shepherds /item/12514-toronto-celebrates-two-new-shepherds /item/12514-toronto-celebrates-two-new-shepherds

2BishopsCoverOn January 12 in London and January 13 in Toronto, Bishops William McGrattan and Vincent Nguyen were ordained to serve as auxiliary bishops for the archdiocese of Toronto. Each event was attended by more than 1,000 people and The Catholic Register was on hand to provide full coverage.

The following links are to the articles which appeared in our special section on their ordinations on January 17, 2010.


]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Features Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:47:01 -0500 Busy mothers facing spiritual exhaustion /item/12513-busy-mothers-facing-spiritual-exhaustion /item/12513-busy-mothers-facing-spiritual-exhaustion {mosimage}TORONTO - To Dorothy Pilarski, helping catechize mothers is almost an emergency today. This is one reason why the Toronto-based mother and pioneer of a mothers’ group organized a conference titled “Dynamic Women of Faith” this month.

“Mothers are getting busier and busier, more spiritually exhausted and spiritually depleted,” Pilarski said.

The March 6 event took aim at topics Pilarski said Catholic mothers need to give peace and meaning to their lives.

]]> carolyng@catholicregister.org (Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:34:27 -0500 Brother André a saint for today /item/12512-brother-andr%C3%A9-a-saint-for-today /item/12512-brother-andr%C3%A9-a-saint-for-today {mosimage}MONTREAL - Just two days after the announcement of Brother AndréƵapp canonization, had no lack of pilgrims filing past his tomb.

One young woman, who would not reveal her name, stopped and prayed at the various stations depicting St. JosephƵapp life, leading up to Brother AndréƵapp crypt.

“I come often because I’m a believer and itƵapp renewing,” she said.
]]> carolyng@catholicregister.org (Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:56:59 -0500 Encountering God in the lab /item/12511-encountering-god-in-the-lab /item/12511-encountering-god-in-the-lab {mosimage}One of the myths of our age declares that there is a war between the traditions of science and religion. Those who promote this myth assert that the conflict between science and religion is a necessary consequence of the fundamental incompatibility of these two systems.

The stakes of this conflict are heightened by claims that only science has the power to lead the world into a future that is rational, just and sustainable. While acknowledging the concern shown by people of faith for the marginalized of the world, the warriors of science accuse the religious of being dangerously ideological and distracted by vague concepts of the afterlife where the righteous will gain release from trials of this world.

]]> Features Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:46:06 -0500 The ugly truth of Canada's First Nations teen suicide /item/12510-the-ugly-truth-of-canadas-first-nations-teen-suicide /item/12510-the-ugly-truth-of-canadas-first-nations-teen-suicide {mosimage}Stretched thinner and thinner across CanadaƵapp North, the church is losing touch with First Nations communities as First Nations communities lose touch with hope. Another wave of teen suicides in the James Bay region has left church leaders wondering how they can offer hope to young aboriginals when they have so little contact with them.

“It used to be that the churches had a real big involvement in the communities,” said Bishop Vincent Cadieux, bishop of the Moosonee and Hearst dioceses. “ThatƵapp less and less now.”

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:35:55 -0500 The challenge of parenting in a consumer culture /item/12509-the-challenge-of-parenting-in-a-consumer-culture /item/12509-the-challenge-of-parenting-in-a-consumer-culture {mosimage}TORONTO - When Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 entered her teenage sonƵapp vocabulary this year, Mary hit the panic button. First, she didn’t like that “all his friends” were playing this game with a mature rating, and second, she worried about the impact a controversial terrorist mission within the game might have on his developing mind. The arguments began.

“I didn’t know what to do,” said Mary, whoƵapp name has been changed for this story. “My son is a great kid, he does really well in school and he just wants to play the game to unwind.”

]]> carolyng@catholicregister.org (Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:36:08 -0500 Rich, educated not necessarily less active in religion /item/12508-rich-educated-not-necessarily-less-active-in-religion /item/12508-rich-educated-not-necessarily-less-active-in-religion {mosimage}TORONTO - A good education and a good job are no barrier to believing in a personal God, according to a University of Toronto sociologist.

But the American-born professor also warns that a close association between conservative, reactionary politics and religion is driving better educated Americans away from church, what Scott Schieman calls “the Sarah Palin effect.”

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:19:47 -0400 Ontario French Catholic school board forced to compensate Raelians for religious discrimination /features/catholic-education/item/11967-ontario-french-catholic-school-board-forced-to-compensate-raelians-for-religious-discrimination /features/catholic-education/item/11967-ontario-french-catholic-school-board-forced-to-compensate-raelians-for-religious-discrimination cscfnlogoOTTAWA - A French Catholic school board in Northern Ontario has been ordered to compensate three members of a controversial religious group after an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal found the board guilty of discrimination.

On Dec. 15, the tribunal ordered the to pay unspecified compensation to Daniel, Michel and Sylvie Chabot, siblings who belong to the Raelian Movement and who operate the Academy of Pleasurology and Emotional Intelligence (APEI). ]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Education Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:27:15 -0500