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The last two months have been a whirlwind for Bishop Alain Faubert. An unexpected Sept. 5 phone call from the Papal Nuncio announcing his appointment as bishop of Valleyfield, and the last-minute health-related decision by Saint-Jérôme-Mont Laurier Bishop Raymond Poisson to cede to his role at the Synod meant the energetic 59-year-old found himself on a flight to Rome by the end of the month.
What changed at Vatican II - The Catholic Register
October 8, 2012. Things changed with the Second Vatican Council. No one disputes that the Catholic faith remained what it has always been. The Church still teaches what the Church always taught. But the Council did not assemble 2,860 bishops to recite the catechism. The fact that the bishops commissioned the first authoritative catechism in 350 ...
Who is St. Sebastian and why do athletes claim him? - The …
Aug 5, 2016 · Yes, he went down, but he went down giving it all for his faith. Ray McKenna, president of Catholic Athletes for Christ, says Sebastian reminds us of an important element of both sport and Christianity — suffering. “Athletes can relate to St. Sebastian,” McKenna said. “They say, ‘If he can endure that, I can go the extra mile.'”.
TV Mass brings its legacy to national stage - The Catholic Register
Aug 25, 2018 · It was set up as a one-year experiment by the Archdiocese of Toronto to see if there was an audience for it. Apparently there was. More than 31 years later — long after most TV programs disappear — The Sunday Mass for a Television Community is preparing for a new chapter in its evolution beginning Sept. 2 as it goes nationwide, expanding its reach and Massman’s legacy.
Catholic reworking of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ makes singer a ...
Apr 20, 2012 · What started with a simple request from her parish priest has made singer Kelley Mooney a YouTube hit garnering more than 426,000 views with her new rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”. “We were at Easter Mass in our own parish in Iona, P.E.I., and I had sung a song that ended with the word Hallelujah being repeated,” Mooney ...
Daily TV Mass has come a long way since its launch 20 years ago
March 17, 2018. Tweet. A merge between ministry and technology has been bringing Mass into people’s homes for 20 years, and more recently, onto their smartphone screens. Thanks to Daily TV Mass that is broadcast by National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Mass is available anywhere, anytime. Started in 1998 by the Canadian Conference of ...
At 75, Collins reflects on a disciple’s life - The Catholic Register
Jan 13, 2022 · At 75, Collins reflects on a disciple’s life. By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register. January 13, 2022. In an alternative life, Cardinal Thomas Collins might never have been a bishop, an archbishop or a cardinal. He might very happily have remained a professor of New Testament with an intense interest in the Apocalypse of John.
Sr. Helena Burns: Digging deep into ‘The Warning’ signs
Sep 15, 2021 · While He was on Earth, Jesus urged us to “read the signs of the times,” and St. Paul tells us to “test the spirits,” meaning to engage with what appears to be a valid intervention from Heaven (and, of course, the Church always helps us by carefully examining all such claims). The Warning really captured my attention of late because of ...
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Two days are designated World Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians. There are many of them that just one World Day is not enough. Last Sunday, Nov. 3, and again this Sunday, Nov. 10, people have been asked to pray for the persecuted, many of whom are in prison for Christ’s sake. By Angela Saldanha, Catholic Register Special.
St. Kateri Tekakwitha: a life of faith - The Catholic Register
Oct 20, 2012 · Twice a refugee. Twice an orphan. An outsider among her own people. Kateri Tekakwitha lived in a time of war, famine, disease and turmoil. She was baptized at 20 and dead at 24 but lived such an extraordinary life of faith, courage and hope that the Church has now invested its hope in her, declaring her the first North American aboriginal saint, patron of ecology and ecologists, of exiles and ...