By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News In an update to the faithful on March 31, 2020, Bishop Mark Hagemoen announced that because of directives prohibiting public gatherings as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News With public gatherings banned because of the COVID-19 pandemic, an annual Good Friday tradition of praying the Way of the Cross through the streets of Saskatoon had to…
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register [Humboldt, SK – Canadian Catholic News] – The church bells of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Humboldt chimed 29 times at 4:50 p.m. on Monday, April 6 in remembrance…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News A new covenant among the leaders of the Lutheran, Anglican, Ukrainian and Roman Catholic churches in the province was announced April 2, 2020 by the bishops of Saskatchewan….
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Celebration of Mass and other prayers continue to be live-streamed online in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon given the restriction on gatherings – including public worship –…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – Canada’s Catholic bishops have joined with other faith leaders across the country to offer hope and solidarity to all Canadians as the nation faces an unprecedented…
By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic [Vancouver – Canadian Catholic News] – If you thought you were seeing more homeless people on the streets these days, you were right. Scott Small, manager of Catholic Charities…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – In a crisis, hard decisions have to be made. When there aren’t enough ventilators or Intensive Care Unit beds for everyone who needs…
By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – Before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter’s Square on Friday, March 27, 2020, Pope Francis held Eucharistic adoration and gave an extraordinary “Urbi et…
Canadian Catholic News report with files from Catholic Saskatoon News and Grandin Media The Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association (SCSBA) is “relieved, reassured and grateful” in the wake of the unanimous decision March 25, 2020…