By embracing the opportunity found in challenges brought about by COVID-19, Southdown Institute is expanding mental health services to reach even more people of faith.

Through prayers and dreams, Angie Carboni has counted on God to help her navigate through the six months since COVID-19 emerged in Canada.

The retreat masteröÏÓãÊÓƵapp job is all about the big reveal — showing people whatöÏÓãÊÓƵapp already there. For Jesuit spiritual director Fr. Greg Kennedy the job is a delight, a joy and at the same time a humbling experience.

The thought of 14 children would be inconceivable for most couples these days but for Carissa and Patrick Douglas itöÏÓãÊÓƵapp a dream come true.

MONTREAL -- öÏÓãÊÓƵapp 40 years ago, Raymonde Gauthier found a PhD topic by glancing out the window of her small apartment at the corner of MontrealöÏÓãÊÓƵapp St. Laurent Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street.

When Grade 11 English students in Durham Catholic high schools receive their reading assignments this year, the works of Shakespeare and other conventional texts will be replaced with ones focusing on Indigenous voices.

Uncertainty surrounding varsity sports in light of the global pandemic has 17-year-old softball player Rachelle Zilavec admittedly anxious but optimistic as she weighs the prospects of even starting her freshman season this year.

For 24 years Antonio GambaleöÏÓãÊÓƵapp classroom has been a place where all have been welcomed and accepted, and for that, the Niagara Region teacher has been recognized with the Rick Hansen FoundationöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Difference Maker Award.

REGINA, SASK. -- Celebrations to mark this yearöÏÓãÊÓƵapp centennial of Athol Murray College of Notre Dame at Wilcox, Sask., had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. But the pioneering spirit of the charismatic priest from Toronto who willed the college into being continues to resonate.

The eagerness that normally greets the opening of a new school year won’t be found this year. Instead of excitement, new friends, greeting old friends and the anticipation of what will come, these emotions have been replaced by anxiety, fear and concern for our children and grandchildrenöÏÓãÊÓƵapp future health.