For over a year, Canadian Catholic Indigenous faithful have been gathering online each month to pray the Rosary in the different Indigenous languages of Canada.
A year of living hopefully despite petty political bullying
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterA look back at 2024 and the events that defined a year in the Canadian Catholic Church
In Bethlehem's empty streets, a shopkeeper fights to keep hope alive
By Father Patrick Briscoe, Ƶapp NewsChristmas marked by uncertainty as war leaves shop empty
Choir lifts voices up from around the world
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA multicultural and multi-generational Advent concert highlighted the increasing diversity of the parish community at Christ the King Parish in Regina.
‘This is how we Filipinos celebrate Christmas’
By Anna FarrowIt is a stereotype that Filipinos love to sing, but it is a stereotype the parishioners of the Filipino Catholic Mission of Montreal (FCMM) willingly embrace and use to spread Christmas joy.
Students embrace generosity of the season
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA spirit of altruism is shining brightly in Catholic schools on the Prairies this Christmas.
School choirs unite to ‘Hear the Angels Sing’
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterBack in 1993, the musical conductors for Bishop Carroll, St. MaryƵapp and Our Lady of the Rockies high schools in Calgary came up with what students then, upon looking back, say was "an audacious plan."
Author offers Christmas hope in grieving
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterDuring an age when Christmas “has been secularized beyond recognition,” childrenƵapp author Anthony DeStefano remains committed to pouring his energy and considerable talents into promoting the real reason for the season.
Ajax students hop on 'Red Wagon' charity drive
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterIn Ajax, Ont., one Catholic school continues to pull out all the stops to better the Christmas season for those in need in their community.
3,000 Catholic school kids, Black Eyed Peas members make new Christmas song
By Simone Orendain, Ƶapp NewsAs many as 3,000 Catholic school children from poor families in the Philippines made their pop music debut in a new Christmas song by some members of the multi-platinum hip-hop/pop group Black Eyed Peas.
Choirs share true meaning of CHRISTmas
By Angelica Vecchiato, Register CorrespondentƵapp of eager listeners packed in tightly together at a Whitby, Ont., parish on the evening of Dec. 10 to hear the angelic voices of young students singing in the “True Meaning of CHRISTmas” concert.