Features Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:43:29 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb A ray of Christmas joy for Lebanese children /features/christmas/item/33842-a-ray-of-christmas-joy-for-lebanese-children /features/christmas/item/33842-a-ray-of-christmas-joy-for-lebanese-children

BEIRUT -- For 1,600 Maronite Catholic children in crisis-stricken Lebanon, Advent has awakened a ray of hope.

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Christmas Fri, 17 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0500
Christmas concert takes over Dundas Square /features/christmas/item/33840-christmas-concert-takes-over-dundas-square /features/christmas/item/33840-christmas-concert-takes-over-dundas-square

St. MichaelƵapp Choir School kicked off its Christmas season Dec. 5 with a free outdoor concert of secular and sacred music in Dundas Square in downtown Toronto.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Christmas Fri, 17 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0500
Spruce up your Christmas movie watching /features/christmas/item/33837-spruce-up-your-christmas-movie-watching /features/christmas/item/33837-spruce-up-your-christmas-movie-watching

Since screening Christmas movies together with family and friends has become as ubiquitous as Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties, maybe itƵapp time to be more than just holly jolly couch potatoes. Perhaps we can find ways to integrate Christmas activities (emphasis on “active”) with the spectating.

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burnsh@catholicregister.org (Sr. Helena Burns, FSP) Christmas Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0500
Calgary sisters sow seeds of the season /features/christmas/item/33834-calgary-sisters-sow-seeds-of-the-season /features/christmas/item/33834-calgary-sisters-sow-seeds-of-the-season

The Seeds of the Word Catholic Community has covered a lot of ground in southern Alberta this Advent season to empower young and old to prepare their hearts to welcome Christ on Dec. 25.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Christmas Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:09:07 -0500
Christmas Drawing Contest 2021 winners /item/33831-christmas-drawing-contest-2021-winners /item/33831-christmas-drawing-contest-2021-winners

Without a doubt, there is an abundance of great artists in the making in our Catholic schools.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Features Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:47:33 -0500
Advent on the home front /item/33767-advent-on-the-home-front /item/33767-advent-on-the-home-front

Are we ready for Christ? After almost two years of living through this pandemic, we might feel like we are ready for anything and everything or maybe you are feeling like Charlie Brown just before Lucy pulls the football away.

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Features Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:41:04 -0500
Faith and the B.C. floods /item/33761-faith-and-the-b-c-floods /item/33761-faith-and-the-b-c-floods

VANCOUVER -- When Fr. Francis Galvan left Sacred Heart Church in Delta, B.C., for a priests’ study week in Harrison Hot Springs, he didn’t expect to find himself at the centre of a catastrophic flood as British Columbia found itself facing what is being called the storm of the century.

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Features Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:34:50 -0500
Passion, purpose, the poet and principal /item/33737-passion-purpose-the-poet-and-principal /item/33737-passion-purpose-the-poet-and-principal

Walking through the halls of ScarboroughƵapp Mother Teresa Catholic Academy, OntarioƵapp first Poet Laureate, Randell Adjei, and principal Jose Alberto Flores feel a special connection to the diverse and dynamic school community.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 18 Nov 2021 08:33:22 -0500
Pope Francis visits with poor in Assisi /item/33725-pope-francis-visits-with-poor-in-assisi /item/33725-pope-francis-visits-with-poor-in-assisi

ASSISI, Italy -- With a pilgrim's staff and mantle, Pope Francis entered Assisi's Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels with 500 economically or socially disadvantaged people and the volunteers who walk alongside them.

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cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) Features Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:38:53 -0500
Vincent de Paul keeps going and going /item/33723-vincent-de-paul-keeps-going-and-going /item/33723-vincent-de-paul-keeps-going-and-going

Richard Pommainville, in his latest Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP) newsletter address, likens the non-profit global charity to the Energizer Bunny.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Features Sun, 14 Nov 2021 07:00:00 -0500