[Note: Gwen Stang, the Development and Peace- Caritas Canada (DPCC) representative at St. Mary Parish in Macklin for about three decades, recently retired from this position. A story which touched her heart involved an exposure…
Binding and Loosing By Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. These words of Jesus apply not…
By Peter Oliver, Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan The more things change the more things remain the same. The founding story of Catholic health care in Saskatchewan and many other places in the world is…
By Louise Bitz When Development and Peace was first initiated in 1967 in schools and churches across Canada the staff at Holy Cross High School were quick to embrace both the education and fund-raising component…
Losing a Loved One To Suicide By Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI New York Times columnist David Brooks recently wrote an article about a lifelong friend who died by suicide. In describing his friend and his…
By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – Pope Francis says that there is no option to be “passive subjects” when it comes to evangelization, because every baptized Catholic has a mission…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Individually, economists need to be saved as much as any other poor sinner. Collectively, the rest of us need to be saved from…
Special Rapporteur meets ‘relevant stakeholders’ on UNDRIP – CCCB would welcome meeting By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Canada’s relationship with Indigenous people is getting a check-up and Canada’s…
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register [Canadian Catholic News] – Each year over the past four the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon has hosted a Spring Congress to share diocesan plans and priorities with clergy,…
Author’s Note: As Canada struggles to follow the challenges of living up to the United Nations’ Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, we recall with pride how the Church of Canada through the Canadian…