The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:08:28 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Catholic seeking Catholic: the online reality /item/36444-catholic-seeking-catholic-the-online-reality /item/36444-catholic-seeking-catholic-the-online-reality

If you’d like to date, and meet, a Catholic man or woman, don’t expect TV shows to help. While platforms like Netflix offer shows such as Jewish Matchmaking, there aren’t any Catholic counterparts.

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Canada Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:30:00 -0500
Burning to date? Follow these 10 rules /opinion/columnists/item/35422-burning-to-date-follow-these-10-rules /opinion/columnists/item/35422-burning-to-date-follow-these-10-rules

10 rules for Catholics looking to date.

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burnsh@catholicregister.org (Sr. Helena Burns, FSP) Register Columnists Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:17:57 -0400
Leah Perrault: No perfect path through chaos /opinion/columnists/item/34044-leah-perrault-no-perfect-path-through-chaos /opinion/columnists/item/34044-leah-perrault-no-perfect-path-through-chaos

Complexity is piling up like snowbanks on my lawn. We just get one wet snowfall shovelled in time for the next one to blow into a bank around the door. The piles started out neatly enough. But it is February now and the ice threatens to freeze my heart along with the missing mittens. The chaos and division desperately need some spring.

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lperrault@catholicregister.org (Leah Perrault) Register Columnists Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:30:00 -0500
Peter Stockland: ‘Make us worthy of the promises of Christ’ /opinion/columnists/item/33794-peter-stockland-make-us-worthy-of-the-promises-of-christ /opinion/columnists/item/33794-peter-stockland-make-us-worthy-of-the-promises-of-christ

Often when a particular friend of mine says certain things, I don’t react right away. In fact, it might require days. Or impose a prudent pause until the 12th of Never.

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peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Peter Stockland Sun, 05 Dec 2021 14:30:00 -0500
Faith finds a way to bridge differences /item/32871-faith-finds-a-way-to-bridge-differences /item/32871-faith-finds-a-way-to-bridge-differences

Ceandra Nugent, 20, and Nathaniel Auger, 21, first met at St. JosephöÏÓãÊÓƵapp High School in Barrie, Ont., but it was only after working together at a local Tim Hortons that their journey together began. Now dating for five months, the two have a message to share about finding unity within relationships that have differing religious-cultural worldviews. 

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Youth Speak News Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:05:15 -0400
Mary Marrocco: Living sexuality in the ChurchöÏÓãÊÓƵapp embrace /faith/columnists/item/32042-mary-marrocco-living-sexuality-in-the-church-s-embrace /faith/columnists/item/32042-mary-marrocco-living-sexuality-in-the-church-s-embrace

A young Catholic couple were not engaged, but hoping to get there. At a certain point, naturally enough, Anne and Simon found it difficult not to engage in sexual relations. Instead, they quarrelled.

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marym@catholicregister.org (Mary Marrocco) Mary Marrocco Fri, 04 Sep 2020 07:00:00 -0400
Dating with holy intention: Youth share their stories on matching faith life and love life /item/29173-dating-with-holy-intention-youth-share-their-stories-on-matching-faith-life-and-love-life /item/29173-dating-with-holy-intention-youth-share-their-stories-on-matching-faith-life-and-love-life

When 20-year-old Ruth Savidge meets a guy, several questions run through her mind before she even begins to consider dating him.

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Youth Speak News Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:50:23 -0400
The Browns hit all the right notes at 60 years of marriage /item/28937-the-browns-hit-all-the-right-notes-at-60-years-of-marriage /item/28937-the-browns-hit-all-the-right-notes-at-60-years-of-marriage

For 60 years, David and Jeannette Brown have made beautiful music together.

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:18:21 -0500
Pembroke diocese expands Theology of the Body program for students /item/28437-pembroke-diocese-expands-theology-of-the-body-program-for-students /item/28437-pembroke-diocese-expands-theology-of-the-body-program-for-students

BARRY'S BAY, Ont. – Every week, Kayla Pires travels 70 kilometres to St. HedwigöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Parish in BarryöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Bay, Ont., so she can learn more about her faith. 

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Youth Speak News Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:54:40 -0500
Domestic abuse victims of Catholic marriages say escape is no easy matter /item/28274-domestic-abuse-victims-of-catholic-marriages-say-escape-is-no-easy-matter /item/28274-domestic-abuse-victims-of-catholic-marriages-say-escape-is-no-easy-matter VANCOUVER – Nothing could have prepared Adelaide for the nightmare that was 18 years of her life.
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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Canada Wed, 24 Oct 2018 12:46:14 -0400