The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:26:13 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Editorial: Service begets service /columns/item/36497-editorial-service-begets-service /columns/item/36497-editorial-service-begets-service

ItƵapp easy to be convinced that current times call us to shout at each other, to disdain, to quarrel, to stage hit-and-run detraction ops against perceived foes.

]]> editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 29 Feb 2024 13:01:21 -0500 Seminarian has the music in him /features/call-to-service/item/32862-seminarian-has-the-music-in-him /features/call-to-service/item/32862-seminarian-has-the-music-in-him

Deacon Patrick Salah did portray a priest during playtime at home when he was very young, but the Halifax, N.S., product first truly felt the call to serve the Lord shortly after his first year of Bachelor of Music studies at Dalhousie University in 2011.

]]> qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Sat, 20 Mar 2021 07:00:00 -0400 Cantor sets right tone for music ministry /features/call-to-service/item/30383-cantor-sets-right-tone-for-music-ministry /features/call-to-service/item/30383-cantor-sets-right-tone-for-music-ministry

Kathy Irvin admits she takes her role in music ministry seriously.

]]> mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Thu, 03 Oct 2019 10:30:21 -0400 Kids always come first on trainerƵapp priority list /features/call-to-service/item/29326-kids-always-come-first-on-trainer-s-priority-list /features/call-to-service/item/29326-kids-always-come-first-on-trainer-s-priority-list

“I’m like a crazy woman,” laughs Teresa Susi. “I go like a yo-yo.” But thereƵapp a method to her madness, she goes on to say. And because of that, itƵapp the young people in the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board who benefit.

]]> mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Sun, 14 Apr 2019 10:10:56 -0400 Discovering the path of your life /features/call-to-service/item/29324-discovering-the-path-of-your-life /features/call-to-service/item/29324-discovering-the-path-of-your-life

VATICAN CITY - Within the universal Christian vocation of serving God and serving others, God handcrafts a specific calling for each person, a vocation that fits his or her personality and abilities, Pope Francis said.

]]> Call to Service Sat, 13 Apr 2019 16:31:08 -0400 Ministering to the ministers /features/call-to-service/item/29308-ministering-to-the-ministers /features/call-to-service/item/29308-ministering-to-the-ministers

The vocation of serving vocations is little understood and rarely appreciated, but itƵapp something that appealed to Fr. Stephan Kappler like nothing else.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:00:17 -0400 New Basilian superior general faces tough challenges /features/call-to-service/item/28199-new-basilian-superior-general-faces-tough-challenges /features/call-to-service/item/28199-new-basilian-superior-general-faces-tough-challenges

As lofty and august as the title superior general may sound, Basilian Fr. Kevin Storey has no illusions about his next four years leading 154 men who teach and preach in Basilian parishes, universities and high schools from Colombia to Canada. 

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:37:26 -0400 Some married men would answer a call to priesthood, Belgian bishop says /home/international/item/28182-some-married-men-would-answer-a-call-to-priesthood-belgian-bishop-says /home/international/item/28182-some-married-men-would-answer-a-call-to-priesthood-belgian-bishop-says VATICAN – Speaking to the Synod of Bishops on behalf of Belgium's bishops' conference, a bishop said he was sure some young married men would become priests if they were asked.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:10:28 -0400 Chalice sponsorship program bring new joy to the Church in developing countries /features/call-to-service/item/28163-chalice-sponsorship-program-bring-new-joy-to-the-church-in-developing-countries /features/call-to-service/item/28163-chalice-sponsorship-program-bring-new-joy-to-the-church-in-developing-countries

On the day of a priestƵapp ordination, he receives from his bishop the most important tool of his ministry: the chalice. 

]]> jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:41:39 -0400 Vatican honours Toronto couple for their years of service to the Church /features/call-to-service/item/28162-vatican-honours-toronto-couple-for-their-years-of-service-to-the-church /features/call-to-service/item/28162-vatican-honours-toronto-couple-for-their-years-of-service-to-the-church

You’d almost think it wasn’t a big deal to Anne and Dane MacCarthy, the Vatican honouring the Toronto couple for their years of service to the Church.

]]> mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:07:19 -0400