All Saints’ Day
By Anne Louise Mahoney, Managing Editor, Novalis … when there breaks a yet more glorious day; the saints triumphant rise in bright array; the King of glory passes on His way. Alleluia, Alleluia! From the hymn “For All the Saints,”…
Category Family
Sharing Our Story: The Spiritual Affect of Grandparents
One of the titles in our new fall lineup, Sharing Our Story: How Grandparents Today Pass on the Catholic Faith, explores the practical, emotional and spiritual ways that grandparents (and all elders in the faith community) can guide the faith journey…
Sharing Our Story: The Spiritual Affect of Grandparents
One of the titles in our new fall lineup, Sharing Our Story: How Grandparents Today Pass on the Catholic Faith, explores the practical, emotional and spiritual ways that grandparents (and all elders in the faith community) can guide the faith journey…
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
By Matthew Sottile, Editor Today we remember an important figure in the Catholic, and Canadian, tradition- none other than Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, who was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21st, 2012. She was born in 1656 in…
Book Review: Saint Brother André
By Anne Louise Mahoney, Managing Editor He was an uneducated man whose health was always frail, yet he achieved so much and touched so many lives! Alfred Bessette was born in a little town in Quebec in 1845; he was…
Remembering Saint Philip Neri
By Matthew Sottile, Editor Today we remember Saint Philip Neri, the Apostle of Rome, for all he did with the sick and the poor, and how such acts affect our day-to-day as Catholics. We’re asked to lend a helping hand,…
Our Lady of Fatima: A Message of Peace for an Exhausted World
By Natalia Kononenko, Editor of Living with Christ This month marks the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Fatima, Portugal. Much can be said of the event that began in 1917, but continued for months and…
Easter Blessings!
By Simon Appolloni, Editorial Director It’s Easter! It’s my favourite time of year: after a long drawn out winter, spring and new life (at least for those of us living in the northern hemisphere), seem to crop up everywhere. This…
Preparing for Holy Week
By Anne Louise Mahoney, Managing editor Here we are again, on the brink of Holy Week. Where did these almost 40 days go? On Ash Wednesday, I had a lot of good intentions, but I have to admit that as…
Repent with Sorrow, Give with Joy
By Joseph Sinasac, Publishing Director On Ash Wednesday, we begin our annual journey to the foot of the cross. Over the coming weeks, as we work through our Lenten preparations for Easter, the Sunday readings offer both highs and lows,…