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McLENNAN, Alta. - The archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan plans to move its offices from the town of McLennan into Grande Prairie.

The move is motivated primarily by transportation and staffing needs, says Archbishop Gerard Pettipas.

鈥淚n spite of the cordial welcome and genuine support I have enjoyed in McLennan since becoming archbishop, I have become increasingly aware that this is not the most suitable location for me and the chancery offices at this point in our history,鈥� the archbishop says in a recent letter to Catholics in the northwestern Alberta diocese.

鈥淚 have thus began to look seriously at a move to Grande Prairie, which provides the only air transportation by national carriers within the archdiocese, as well as a suitable large population base from which to hire office staff.鈥�

McLennan is a small agricultural community of about 825 people.

Associate Editor Michael Swan of The Catholic Register was recently awarded one first-place and two second-place prizes for outstanding writing at the annual awards banquet of The Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada.

In total, The Register won five awards in the North American wide competition of Catholic newspapers. Those honours follow the 14 awards, including best religious newspaper in Canada, The Register won earlier this year at the Canadian Church Press awards ceremony.

Swan鱿鱼视频app first-place prize was in the category of Best Personality Profile for a front-page feature titled 鈥淒eacon Judge Rules with Conviction.鈥� [read article here]

It explored how Alf Stong, a deacon in the Church, relies on his Catholic values in adjudicating the law.

OTTAWA - Montreal auxiliary Bishop-elect Christian L茅pine never envisioned becoming a bishop, or even a priest, though as a child he wondered about becoming a saint.

Growing up in 1950s Quebec, when the whole province was steeped in the Catholic faith, L茅pine recalls kneeling at the age of five with his French-Canadian family every evening and reciting the rosary 鈥渓ike all of Quebec.鈥� He recalls reading the lives of the saints when he was eight. 鈥淚 was not thinking so much of being a priest, but I was thinking about being a saint,鈥� he joked.

The oldest of four brothers and one sister, L茅pine remained certain he would marry. It wasn鈥檛 until he was 25, sitting in his favorite rocking chair at Christmas, wondering what he was searching for, that he entertained the thought of becoming a priest. 鈥淲hat am I thinking about?鈥� he wondered.

By then he had attended the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean, pursued an engineering degree at the 脡cole Polytechnique in Montreal and, after a year working at an engineering firm, returned to school to study economics and politics. He decided to wait for a couple of months to see if the desire for priesthood remained strong.

Witnessing the courage of Christians helping Jews in Nazi-occupied Holland during the Second World War inspired Canadian social justice pioneer Gerald Vandezande's faith and anti-poverty work.

A co-founder and the first director of the Ottawa-based Citizens for Public Justice, Mr. Vandezande passed away peacefully at his home on July 16. His funeral was held on July 21 at Pine Hills Visitation Centre in Toronto.

For four decades, Mr. Vandezande worked in public policy development and political advocacy. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 2001. His ordepioner citation described him as a 鈥減owerful and respected voice for social justice.鈥�

Long-time friend Mark Vander Vennen recalls one of his last conversations with Mr. Vandezande who reminisced about his early influences.

鈥�(The war experience) had a big impact on him. He saw first-hand some extremely courageous things done in resistance to the Nazis by Christians in the name of the Gospel,鈥� said Vander Vennen, executive director of the non-profit Shalem Mental Health Network. 鈥淭hat had a life-long impact on him, including the defense and hiding of Jews.鈥�

OTTAWA 鈥� When Bishop-elect Thomas Dowd is ordained to the episcopacy on Sept. 10 as auxiliary bishop of Montreal, he will be the youngest bishop in Canada and the second youngest in the world.

And Dowd, being of a wired, media-savvy generation, posted the July 11 official announcement on Facebook. He was thrilled to see that within five seconds somebody 鈥渓iked鈥� it.

Facebook is just the tip of the iceberg as far as the future bishop's media savvy goes. He is also a bloggist, and has been for some time. He plans to continue blogging, a hobby he has pursued as a priest at Frdowd.net since 2003. He began the blog because people in the parish he served only saw him on Sundays and wondered what he did during the other days of the week.

鈥淪o many amazing things happen as a priest,鈥� he said. 鈥淗onestly, it鱿鱼视频app a great life. If a person wants to lead a boring life don鈥檛 go into the priesthood.

鈥淗ere I am experiencing all these blessings. People like to know about them, so I鈥檒l use the blog as a medium,鈥� he said.

INUVIK, N.W.T. 鈥� Pictures tell stories. Stories tell us who we are. For 15-year-old Mary Masazumi the story falls into the category of mystery.

Her father Alfred is dead and there are no family photo albums at home in Fort Good Hope that stretch back into her father鱿鱼视频app childhood. Mary hoped to fill that gap pouring through binders of photos from the archives of the diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith. The diocese came to Inuvik for the Northern National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada June 28 to July 1 with as many photos of students as could be found. Visitors could take home up to five copies. The photos were the most popular attraction outside the commission hearings.

Masazumi鱿鱼视频app father went to school at the Immaculate Conception residential school in Aklavik 鈥� at least she thinks it was Aklavik.

鈥淗e hasn鈥檛 told me about residential school,鈥� she said.

OTTAWA 鈥� Bishop Raymond Lahey will have to wait several more months in jail before his sentencing on charges of importing child pornography.

Already postponed from June to early August, the sentencing hearing will continue into December because the forensic psychiatrist who examined Lahey is not available on the Aug. 4 and 5 dates that have been set aside.

According to the Ottawa Citizen, the Crown wants to cross-examine Dr. John Bradford on his sexual behaviours' assessment of the former Antigonish bishop, but he was unavailable for the August dates. An additional day has been added to for his testimony in December to accommodate Bradford's testimony.

MONTREAL 鈥� Montreal Auxiliary Bishop Andr茅 Gazaille has been named the new bishop of Nicolet, Que., south of Trois-Rivieres.

Gazaille, who was named bishop by Pope Benedict XVI on July 11, fills the post vacated by Bishop Raymond St-Gelais who resigned due to age after 22 years at the helm of the diocese, in accordance with the Code of Canon Law.

Born in Montreal, Gazaille studied theology and pastoral ministry at the Montreal Grand S茅minaire and at the University of Montreal. He was ordained a priest for the archdiocese of Montreal in 1971. Gazaille was ordained bishop in March 2006 and has since served as an auxiliary bishop in Montreal.

The diocese of Nicolet has 119 diocesan priests, 15 priests who are members of societies of apostolic life, 386 religious brothers and sisters, and 26 permanent pastoral agents serving 200,000 Catholics in 65 parishes and missions.

TORONTO 鈥� After more than 30 years with Serra Club, Mario Biscardi has been awarded the Harry J. O鈥橦aire Award for exemplary dedication to the organization and its mission of promoting and fostering vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

The award, the club鱿鱼视频app highest honour presented annually to one member of Serra International, pays homage to Biscardi for more than three decades of service to the club, which includes the formation of five different Serra Clubs and the founding of the annual Ordinandi Dinner in Toronto, among other accomplishments.

Biscardi received the award, named after the first president of the Serra Club, on July 8 in Ottawa during this year鱿鱼视频app Serra International convention.

鈥淚t was just a tremendous shock,鈥� said Biscardi, who lives in Toronto. 鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app a real honour and privilege. But you can鈥檛 help but feel humbled and modest.

TORONTO 鈥� Free the Children, the international children鱿鱼视频app rights group founded by Craig and Marc Kielburger, has denied a web site allegation that their charity supports abortion.

鈥淭he policy of the organization has never changed or wavered,鈥� said Marc Kielburger. 鈥淭o be very clear, Free The Children is apolitical, and does not promote abortion, nor has it ever.鈥�

Kielburger was forced to respond to allegations published by LifeSiteNews that accused the organization of taking a 鈥渄irect stand in favour of abortion.鈥�

The accusation was based on two fact sheets that briefly appeared 13 months ago on Free The Children鱿鱼视频app web site. The documents criticized the Conservative government鱿鱼视频app failure to include abortion funding in the maternal health care initiative it presented at the G20/G8 summits in 2010. The most contentious sentence read: 鈥淭here is a consensus that family planning, including abortion, is crucial to reducing maternal deaths and improving the economic status of women in the poorest parts  of the world.鈥�