Features Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:43:10 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Receiving gift of life … straight from the heart /features/estate-planning/item/30598-receiving-gift-of-life-straight-from-the-heart /features/estate-planning/item/30598-receiving-gift-of-life-straight-from-the-heart

St. John Paul II called organ donation a “genuine act of love.” Pope Benedict XVI is a registered organ donor and urges others to follow suit. For many people, offering this gift of life is intrinsic to their estate planning. Here is one story of how signing a donor card saved a life. 

]]> Estate Planning Sat, 02 Nov 2019 07:00:00 -0400 Your guide to understanding Wills /features/estate-planning/item/30597-your-guide-to-understanding-wills /features/estate-planning/item/30597-your-guide-to-understanding-wills

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to “speak” from the grave and tell your loved ones how you would like things handled after you die? 

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Estate Planning Fri, 01 Nov 2019 13:59:00 -0400 WhatƵapp in a name? As it turns out, a lot /features/estate-planning/item/30596-what-s-in-a-name-as-it-turns-out-a-lot /features/estate-planning/item/30596-what-s-in-a-name-as-it-turns-out-a-lot

It seems easy and straightforward. You make out your Will, you divide your assets between family, charitable causes and other beneficiaries and all is said and done — your wishes now in writing and detailed for those who survive you.

]]> mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Estate Planning Fri, 01 Nov 2019 14:00:00 -0400 Portrait of a giver … in life and death /features/estate-planning/item/30595-portrait-of-a-giver-in-life-and-death /features/estate-planning/item/30595-portrait-of-a-giver-in-life-and-death

There are as many reasons for giving as there are givers. But one commonality is that givers want to help — they want to make a difference. In giving to the Church, it is a way to further the Kingdom of God here on Earth.

]]> Estate Planning Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:16:26 -0400 Making the list ... checking it twice /features/estate-planning/item/30593-making-the-list-checking-it-twice /features/estate-planning/item/30593-making-the-list-checking-it-twice

Situations change, so it is important to regularly review your estate plan and keep it up to date. Here are some things to consider and questions to answer to ensure that you keep the future of yourself and your family on track

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Estate Planning Fri, 01 Nov 2019 06:59:00 -0400 Keeping faith with The Shepherds’ Trust /features/estate-planning/item/30590-keeping-faith-with-the-shepherds-trust /features/estate-planning/item/30590-keeping-faith-with-the-shepherds-trust

Msgr. Sam Bianco still remembers the week five decades ago when he couldn’t get rid of the chills. As a seminarian at St. BasilƵapp Seminary in the Toronto School of Theology, he took a course called the inner-city plunge, which challenged participants to live the life of a street person for a week.

]]> Estate Planning Fri, 01 Nov 2019 07:00:00 -0400 Giving back, looking forward /features/estate-planning/item/30589-giving-back-looking-forward /features/estate-planning/item/30589-giving-back-looking-forward

For Gail and Bruce Young a rewarding life isn’t something they can keep to themselves.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Estate Planning Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:52:48 -0400 Six steps to building your estate plan /features/estate-planning/item/30588-six-steps-to-building-your-estate-plan /features/estate-planning/item/30588-six-steps-to-building-your-estate-plan

When most people think about estate planning, they usually think about their Will. But a valid Will is just one part of an overall estate plan — especially if an estate is particularly large or complex. 

]]> Estate Planning Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:27:34 -0400 Parish builds plans for historic church /features/item/30547-parish-builds-plans-for-historic-church /features/item/30547-parish-builds-plans-for-historic-church

For St. AndrewƵapp Parish in Oakville, Ont., the Diocese of HamiltonƵapp ambitious One Heart One Soul Campaign arrives at just the right time.

]]> mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Hamilton Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:55:00 -0400 Two hundred years of growing faith /features/item/30546-two-hundred-years-of-growing-faith /features/item/30546-two-hundred-years-of-growing-faith

Like many Catholic communities in English Canada, the faithful in Oakville, Ont., can trace their roots back to early Irish immigrants. 

]]> mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Hamilton Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:58:28 -0400