Catholic Register Columns Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:44:11 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb We must do more to share the wealth /opinion/guest-columnists/item/10209-we-must-do-more-to-share-the-wealth /opinion/guest-columnists/item/10209-we-must-do-more-to-share-the-wealth Forget not the widow, the orphan, and slave
O God please remember the helpless today
Call on Your children repairing the breach
There is no place too far that Your mercy can’t reach.
                           - , recording artist

This weekƵapp mail brought the annual status report on the child we support through . She lives in Haiti, the poorest and most densely populated country in the Western Hemisphere.
]]> Guest Columns Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:09:15 -0400 Church architecture out of the ordinary /opinion/columnists/item/10822-church-architecture-out-of-the-ordinary /opinion/columnists/item/10822-church-architecture-out-of-the-ordinary {mosimage}Though design is an important part of it, TorontoƵapp 21st century wave of new cultural buildings is about more than just architecture. ItƵapp also about city-building: how best to create an urban complex that is beautiful and liveable, and that serves the millions who live here. Each of the new structures we see going up suggests a different approach to this crucial task.
]]> johnbm@catholicregister.org (John Bentley Mays) John Bentley Mays Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:38:37 -0400 Mid-life whinging /columns/item/10688-mid-life-whinging /columns/item/10688-mid-life-whinging Canada, celebrating its 140th birthday as a nation, is no longer the rosy-cheeked debutante at the international ball, shyly stepping on to the international stage with a fetching impertinence founded on idealism and naiveté. No, in the family of nations we are now the middle-aged aunt, whinging about our bigger siblings and issuing stern lectures on matters over which we have no influence, all the while ignoring our own advice.
]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Editorial Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:35:05 -0400 Another sacrament for todayƵapp youth? /opinion/guest-columnists/item/10208-another-sacrament-for-today%E2%80%99s-youth%3F /opinion/guest-columnists/item/10208-another-sacrament-for-today%E2%80%99s-youth%3F Having taken the current set of Grade 8 students from my parish through Confirmation some insights on the process came to light. I suppose this could be considered a good news/bad news account.
]]> Guest Columns Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:28:52 -0400 LetƵapp try to get it right /opinion/guest-columnists/item/10207-let%E2%80%99s-try-to-get-it-right /opinion/guest-columnists/item/10207-let%E2%80%99s-try-to-get-it-right It seems increasingly odd that we should have difficulty getting informed news reports and commentary on religion in the mainstream media. After all, as virtually everyone concedes, religion is news, although largely bad news it would seem.
]]> Guest Columns Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:01:48 -0400 Signs of consolation /columns/item/10687-signs-of-consolation /columns/item/10687-signs-of-consolation We are often urged to read the “signs of the times” to discern what God is calling us to do in our lives and in our church. How we read those signs will determine not only our outlook on the future, but also influence our sense of energy and purpose.
]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Editorial Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:58:39 -0400 ROMƵapp Crystal mingles heart, mind /opinion/columnists/item/10837-rom%E2%80%99s-crystal-mingles-heart-mind /opinion/columnists/item/10837-rom%E2%80%99s-crystal-mingles-heart-mind Daniel LibeskindƵapp $135-million addition to the , which opened earlier this month at the corner of University Avenue and Bloor Street West, is the most controversial architectural project ever to go up in Toronto. It has set critic against critic, sharply divided the architectural community and provoked some praise and a great deal of condemnation from citizens.
]]> johnbm@catholicregister.org (John Bentley Mays) John Bentley Mays Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:09:36 -0400 Joseph: an unsung superhero /opinion/guest-columnists/item/10231-joseph-an-unsung-superhero /opinion/guest-columnists/item/10231-joseph-an-unsung-superhero {mosimage}What qualities constitute a real man in the early 21st century? What model could a modern dad look to for inspiration and guidance to get him through challenging times? These are meaningful questions in Canada 2007, amid the ongoing attacks on the traditional family, and we need to look no further for our model than St. Joseph, foster father to Our Lord.
]]> Guest Columns Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:02:02 -0400 Ode to fathers /columns/item/10680-ode-to-fathers /columns/item/10680-ode-to-fathers ItƵapp customary for some segments of society to view FatherƵapp Day and MotherƵapp Day, not to mention ValentineƵapp Day, as marketing occasions for greeting cards, florists and golf retailers. Cynicism should be set aside, however, as these special days mark important aspects of human relationships that deserve special recognition in this Age of the Individual.
]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Editorial Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:54:16 -0400 ThereƵapp nothing God can’t use /opinion/guest-columnists/item/10206-there%E2%80%99s-nothing-god-can%E2%80%99t-use /opinion/guest-columnists/item/10206-there%E2%80%99s-nothing-god-can%E2%80%99t-use {mosimage}“One is closer to God in a garden than anywhere else on earth” goes the old saying. I have always known this. But I hadn’t particularly thought of the divine in connection with compost until I read God of Surprises.
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