Features Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:26:37 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Into the Lenten desert /features/item/32714-into-the-lenten-desert /features/item/32714-into-the-lenten-desert

Forty days in the desert — thatƵapp our usual starting point for Lent. But we would prefer to choose our desert, and most years we do. We decide what we will give up for Lent. We choose spiritual reading, take on volunteering and charitable acts, memorize a new prayer, set aside time for meditation. Diligent Catholics like to plan our desert experience.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Special Features Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:00:00 -0500
Initial spark still burns after 72 years /item/32712-initial-spark-still-burns-after-72-years /item/32712-initial-spark-still-burns-after-72-years

“Love at first sight” as a concept probably finds itself with an even split between advocates and detractors.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Features Sat, 13 Feb 2021 07:00:00 -0500
A different look to Ash Wednesday /features/item/32709-a-different-look-to-ash-wednesday /features/item/32709-a-different-look-to-ash-wednesday

COVID has not cancelled Lent, nor Ash Wednesday, though a few things will feel a little different.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Special Features Fri, 12 Feb 2021 08:50:04 -0500
Looking for Catholic love in a locked down world /item/32703-looking-for-catholic-love-in-a-locked-down-world /item/32703-looking-for-catholic-love-in-a-locked-down-world

Online dating as a Catholic has always been tough for Lisa van der Wilt and the global pandemic hasn’t made it any easier.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:09:47 -0500
Jean Augustine sees future in the past /item/32686-jean-augustine-sees-future-in-the-past /item/32686-jean-augustine-sees-future-in-the-past

At this pivotal moment in the conversation around anti-Black racism in North America and beyond, Jean Augustine is reminded of the Sankofa — a bird associated with a west African proverb used to express the importance of reaching back for knowledge gained from the past.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:14:50 -0500
Malta shares its faith with Toronto, world /item/32628-malta-shares-its-faith-with-toronto-world /item/32628-malta-shares-its-faith-with-toronto-world

Fr. Mario Micallef recalls the general feeling of pride and excitement experienced within TorontoƵapp Maltese community on the morning of Nov. 28.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:09:36 -0500
The time is now for Camilleri /item/32627-the-time-is-now-for-camilleri /item/32627-the-time-is-now-for-camilleri

Fr. Ivan CamilleriƵapp moment has arrived — not that he was waiting for it or hoping for it or dreading it. But itƵapp here now and thatƵapp fine with him.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:37:13 -0500
St. Joseph the model in a world in need of fathers /item/32574-st-joseph-the-model-in-a-world-in-need-of-fathers /item/32574-st-joseph-the-model-in-a-world-in-need-of-fathers

For 65 years, Sr. Sue Mosteller has been a Sister of St. Joseph, but her relationship with St. Joseph himself reaches back even further. As a 17-year-old boarding student at the congregationƵapp Toronto girls’ school (up from the United States, and an Anglican to boot), Mosteller and her sister were called into the office and given a piece of devastating news — far away in Ohio, their father had died.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 08 Jan 2021 07:00:00 -0500
2020: Looking for hope amid the grief /item/32539-2020-looking-for-hope-amid-the-grief /item/32539-2020-looking-for-hope-amid-the-grief

This unforgettable year, this annus horribilis, is mercifully drawing to the end, but the virus that has so consumed our lives is not.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:50:00 -0500
‘Christmas Star’ arrives at solstice /features/christmas/item/32527-christmas-star-arrives-at-solstice /features/christmas/item/32527-christmas-star-arrives-at-solstice

CLEVELAND -- A once-every-two-decade conjunction involving the solar systemƵapp two gas giants will give earthbound observers a look at a so-called “Christmas Star” on the winter solstice.

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Christmas Sun, 20 Dec 2020 15:00:00 -0500