The Catholic Register

Fr. Paradis a trailblazer in reconciliation

qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 02 May 2024 15:27:41 -0400

Fr. François Paradis, an Oblate of Mary Immaculate (OMI) will receive this year��Ƶapp Catholic Missions In Canada��Ƶapp (CMIC) St. Philip Neri Award.

Next mission step on life journey — Haiti

qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500

The life journey of Toronto couple Mike Lattanzi and Susan Silveus has been largely defined by 22 years of cross-cultural service experiences in locales such as Cambodia and Jerusalem.

Fr. Salmon a missionary who��Ƶapp always on the go

qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0400

People well acquainted with Fr. Frank Salmon, OMI, know connecting with him via phone, especially during warmer months, is a bit of a difficult proposition.

Francis Campbell: Halifax-Yarmouth diocese going back to its missionary roots

fcampbell@catholicregister.org (Francis Campbell) — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:13:02 -0500

It��Ƶapp difficult to equate dynamic evangelization with the reality of shrinking numbers of parishes, priests, parishioners and active churches. But evangelization is exactly what the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth hopes to achieve through a strategy called New Parishes: Stronger Together.

Francis Campbell: Priests on a mission to make missionaries

fcampbell@catholicregister.org (Francis Campbell) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:38:56 -0400

The Lord God called to the man and said, “Where are you?”

Christ's disciples will be led where they do not want to go, Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 18 May 2018 09:46:54 -0400

VATICAN – Priests are called to love, care for others and prepare for the cross, Pope Francis said.

Don't be 'couch potatoes,' get up and evangelize, Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:16:25 -0400

VATICAN – Christians must be willing to move where the Spirit leads them and not be benchwarmers on the sidelines of efforts to evangelize, Pope Francis said.

U.S. Catholic honoured as missionary, physician working in Sudan war zone

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 10:59:00 -0400

WASHINGTON – Hidden in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, a war zone for the past few years, a U.S. Catholic missionary, Dr. Tom Catena, ministers to a village of 750,000 people as the single medical doctor in the area.

North Korean defector: Despite horrific persecution, Christianity is growing

Mon, 15 May 2017 09:00:00 -0400

WASHINGTON – Although the North Korean government is doing everything it can to suppress Christianity, the faith continues to spread, said a defector and missionary who called for prayers and action to increase religious freedom in the country.

The Oblates: 200 years at the edges

frronrolheiser@catholicregister.org (Fr. Ron Rolheiser) — Fri, 20 May 2016 13:59:09 -0400

What we cease to celebrate we will soon cease to cherish. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the religious congregation to which I belong, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. We have a proud history, 200 years now, of ministering to the poor around the world. This merits celebrating.