Candidates for the priesthood in the CSP Ordinariate celebrated their diaconal ordination with Thomas Cardinal Collins at St. Thomas More Church in Sacré-Coeur Church, Toronto Dec. 1 on the Memorial of St. Edmund Campion. Pictured above, Rev. Eric Rodriquez (left), Deacon James Franklyn Tilley, Thomas Cardinal Collins (centre) and Deacon John Lee Hodgins (right). ...read more

This post comes to us from Katrisha Villarante. Katrisha is part of the community at St. Clare’s parish in Coquitlam, British Columbia.  She works for a  multi-faith television network in the Lower Mainland, studies at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and in her spare time blogs, jogs, and gets involved in activities at Vancouver’s ...read more

We all know that we must keep holy the Sabbath Day, but at the same time, in this day and age, in our society, we take for granted that businesses are open on Sunday and people work. Maybe we don’t work ourselves, but we go shopping, or in our desire for leisure time with our ...read more

Tonight on Perspectives: Pope Francis reminds us that Christian worship is not a private matter, Pope Francis meets with Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and an update on the 4th Missionary Congress of the Americas. CNS photos ...read more

Tonight on  Perspectives, Courtyard of the Gentile goes to Berlin and we take a look at today’s general audience ...read more

The fourth Missionary Congress of the Americas (CAM 4) and the Ninth Latin American Congress (Comla 9) began last night with an outdoor Mass on the plaza in front of the Basilica of Maracaibo. The Most Rev. Ubaldo Santana, Archbishop of Maracaibo greeted the 3000 present, “Missionary America, welcome to Maracaibo!” The Mass was presided ...read more

At the end of September, I reached the end of my second summer working at Salt + Light.  It had been another enriching and exciting several months spent with wonderful, warm, and dedicated people in a close-knit and faith-filled working environment.  But this time, instead of heading back to McGill University to continue my studies, ...read more

Pope Francis has issued his first Apostolic Exhortation on Tuesday, Evangelii Gaudium, translated into English as The Joy of the Gospel. The 224-page document outlines the Pope’s vision for a missionary Church, whose “doors should always be open”. The Pope speaks on numerous themes, including evangelization, peace, homiletics, social justice, the family, respect for creation, ...read more

This past weekend, I had the great honour to speak at the Inaugural Women’s Conference for the Archdiocese of Vancouver. It was a soulful and joyful experience to be gathered together with women of faith from all walks of life, sharing and learning together. After the talk, several women inquired if the talk would be ...read more

Today’s solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, the crowning of the liturgical year, also marks the conclusion of the Year of Faith opened by Pope Benedict XVI, to whom our thoughts now turn with affection and gratitude. By this providential initiative, he gave us an opportunity to rediscover the beauty of ...read more