The Catholic Register - Guest Columns Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:32:14 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Building Catholic education through the domestic Church /opinion/guest-columnists/item/21586-building-catholic-education-through-the-domestic-church /opinion/guest-columnists/item/21586-building-catholic-education-through-the-domestic-church

The strength of Catholic education is founded on an alliance between families, parishes and schools which work together towards a shared objective. Together they comprise the domestic church.

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johnkostoff@catholicregister.org (John B. Kostoff) Guest Columns Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:42:23 -0500
Peace is the only solution /opinion/guest-columnists/item/21560-peace-is-the-only-solution /opinion/guest-columnists/item/21560-peace-is-the-only-solution

During recent travels in Beirut I met Kamal and his family, Syrian-Armenian Christian refugees. They told a harrowing tale.

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carl.hetu@catholicregister.org (Carl Hetu) Guest Columns Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:19:48 -0500
Called to be different /opinion/guest-columnists/item/21300-called-to-be-different /opinion/guest-columnists/item/21300-called-to-be-different

The Christian response to terror attacks

In response to the violent acts of terrorism which have recently shaken France everyone and his conservative grandmother has an opinion on how we ought to respond.

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little@catholicregister.org (K. Albert Little) Guest Columns Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:26:41 -0500
Withered family /opinion/guest-columnists/item/21205-withered-family /opinion/guest-columnists/item/21205-withered-family

What is closer to home than the family? It is the blueprint of who we are and, often, what we hope to become. It is from the family that we derive our personal and social identity. Family shapes and moulds our moral values and disciplines our behaviour.

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dmacpherson@catholicregister.org (Fr. Damian MacPherson S.A.) Guest Columns Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:47:52 -0500
Restless hearts and the thrill of the chase /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20946-restless-hearts-and-the-thrill-of-the-chase /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20946-restless-hearts-and-the-thrill-of-the-chase

For weekends on end now in the tiny western Cape Breton seaside community of Inverness, more and more people have been seeking a bonanza of easy money by chasing the ace.

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fcampbell@catholicregister.org (Francis Campbell) Guest Columns Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:40:38 -0400
World hungers for ‘rock star’ PopeƵapp leadership /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20892-world-hungers-for-rock-star-pope-s-leadership /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20892-world-hungers-for-rock-star-pope-s-leadership

Pope Francis’ trip to the United States next week, including speeches to Congress and the United Nations General Assembly, will almost certainly put a spotlight on how the leader of the Catholic Church proposes to solve the global problems challenging human security in the world today.

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douglas.roche@catholicregister.org (Douglas Roche) Guest Columns Thu, 17 Sep 2015 10:30:31 -0400
It would do us well to ‘look higher’ /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20813-it-would-do-us-well-to-look-higher /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20813-it-would-do-us-well-to-look-higher

Conservation International has sponsored a series of videos that have become YouTube sensations. They feature famous actors — Harrison Ford, Kevin Spacey, Robert Redford and others — voicing different aspects of the natural world, from the ocean, to the rain forest, to redwood trees. The most striking is the one that presents Mother Nature herself, given voice by Julia Roberts.

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frrobertbarron@catholicregister.org (Bishop Robert Barron) Guest Columns Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:14:19 -0400
Future is in our hands /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20778-future-is-in-our-hands /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20778-future-is-in-our-hands

In the early 1940s, as a barefoot-in-summer lad in Ireland, I had my introduction to the natural environment. My family had a small store and pub on a gravel coast road in The Burren, a barren karst limestone district on Galway Bay.

My father had built a small windmill, using the dynamo from a Ford car, with a wooden wind direction indicator, on an eight-metre pole. The constant winds from the ocean kept three “wet” batteries charged, which provided enough electricity for four light bulbs and a wireless radio. Every night, my father and the neighbours from miles around gathered around the wireless to listen to the news/propaganda from the war fronts.

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Guest Columns Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:00:00 -0400
Engaged, inspiring parishes are ChurchƵapp drawing card /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20726-engaged-inspiring-parishes-are-church-s-drawing-card /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20726-engaged-inspiring-parishes-are-church-s-drawing-card

ItƵapp summertime and the living is easy. Regular schedules are abandoned as day trips, vacations and relaxation provide respite from the everyday humdrum. In our churches, the pews that appeared to be sparsely occupied in fall, winter and spring seem to be even more vacated in the summer heat. Open the doors and whereƵapp the people, we might ask.

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fcampbell@catholicregister.org (Francis Campbell) Guest Columns Thu, 13 Aug 2015 07:30:00 -0400
Gordie had trouble with the man in the mirror /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20725-gordie-had-trouble-with-the-man-in-the-mirror /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20725-gordie-had-trouble-with-the-man-in-the-mirror

There was a day when we would sit by the phone anxiously waiting for it to ring with important news. Nowadays, the phone is often muted, and it is a text message that intrudes into our vigil. So it was that at 3 a.m. I received the simple text message: “Gordie has passed. May he rest in peace.”

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robert.kinghorn@ekinghorn.com (Robert Kinghorn) Guest Columns Thu, 13 Aug 2015 06:00:00 -0400