Features Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:45:59 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb 'Just act' to spawn positive change /features/call-to-service/item/37240-just-act-to-spawn-positive-change /features/call-to-service/item/37240-just-act-to-spawn-positive-change

Angie Peters, the former telecommunications executive — since 2013 the president and CEO of the Toronto-based Christian social service organization Yonge Street Mission — effortlessly cites Scripture to explain the ethos driving her mission to support people trapped in generational poverty.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:50:11 -0400
Catholic values help student battle racism /features/call-to-service/item/37239-catholic-values-help-student-battle-racism /features/call-to-service/item/37239-catholic-values-help-student-battle-racism

A former student of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board was recently recognized by the Ontario government for extensive work as a leader of inclusivity in her community and beyond. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:39:03 -0400
Give us this day our daily bread /features/call-to-service/item/37238-give-us-this-day-our-daily-bread /features/call-to-service/item/37238-give-us-this-day-our-daily-bread

Mother Teresa of Calcutta once said, “When Christ said, ‘I was hungry and you fed me,’ He didn’t mean only the hunger for food and for bread; He also meant the hunger to be loved.”

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Call to Service Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:35:11 -0400
St. Michael Award recognizes decades of faithful service /features/call-to-service/item/37237-st-michael-award-recognizes-decades-of-faithful-service /features/call-to-service/item/37237-st-michael-award-recognizes-decades-of-faithful-service

In the eyes of those who see them every Sunday, Larry and Theresa Keogh are titans of service - an irreplaceable duo who together have committed decades of their lives to the betterment of St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Alliston. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:28:31 -0400
Vocation directors take on challenge of drawing priests /features/call-to-service/item/37236-vocation-directors-take-on-challenge-of-drawing-priests /features/call-to-service/item/37236-vocation-directors-take-on-challenge-of-drawing-priests

Canadian archdiocesan and diocesan vocation directors assembled at the FCJ Retreat & Conference Centre in Calgary from Oct. 1-4 to contemplate how they can join forces to inspire more calls to the priesthood and consecrated life. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:15:28 -0400
Diaconate is ‘surrender’ to Jesus /features/call-to-service/item/37235-diaconate-is-surrender-to-jesus /features/call-to-service/item/37235-diaconate-is-surrender-to-jesus

Before the Altar of the Chair in St. PeterƵapp Basilica, a symbol of the Catholic ChurchƵapp unity behind the successor of St. Peter, 15 men laid prostrate to express their humility and take vows of chastity and obedience to their bishop.

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Call to Service Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:11:17 -0400
Pro-life collaboration shines light on hope /features/item/37203-pro-life-collaboration-shines-light-on-hope /features/item/37203-pro-life-collaboration-shines-light-on-hope

The Catholic RegisterƵapp special full-colour magazine project Lives Lived for Life is more than just telling 12 stories of CanadaƵapp pro-life faithful, it is also a melding of three distinct Catholic media entities in sharing these stories for the world to see.

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Special Features Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:22:20 -0400
Salt + Light shares good news of 'Lives Lived for Life' /features/item/37202-salt-light-shares-good-news-of-lives-lived-for-life /features/item/37202-salt-light-shares-good-news-of-lives-lived-for-life

Salt + Light Media is producing a special episode of its Behold series this month, diving deeper into the testimonies of four people dedicated to the pro-life cause highlighted in The Catholic RegisterƵapp Lives Lived for Life magazine project. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Special Features Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:07:51 -0400
Two priestly paths collide /item/37198-two-priestly-paths-collide /item/37198-two-priestly-paths-collide

Entwined for three decades, they are now embroiled in lawsuit

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afarrow@catholicregister.org (Anna Farrow) Features Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:46:05 -0400
Retreat mines centuries past for guidance /features/retreat-a-renewal-centres/item/37181-retreat-mines-centuries-past-for-guidance /features/retreat-a-renewal-centres/item/37181-retreat-mines-centuries-past-for-guidance

For Catholics yearning to be better meditators of GodƵapp will and communicators of ChristƵapp Gospel, Fr. Matthew-Anthony Hysell recommends they look back to the 12th and 13th centuries for inspiration. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Retreat & Renewal Centres Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:43:31 -0400