Friday, 27 February 2015

The Year of Consecrated Life: The Order of St. Augustine at Marylake

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February brings the season of Lent, which is a time of prayer and reflection before Easter. What better time to feature a religious order wh...
Friday, 20 February 2015

Record of the Week: "Church and State"

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The relationship between Church and State has been in flux for centuries. Canadian politicians and clergy did not shy away from the conten...
Saturday, 14 February 2015

Happy (Bishop Francis) Valentine (Allen)'s Day

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It should be easy to write a blog post about a feast day named for a saint. However, St. Valentine is one of those early Christian martyrs w...
Friday, 6 February 2015

Marriage Sunday: Using Marriage Records to Find Your Ancestors

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Cardinal McGuigan at the 1947 wedding of his sister Alice at St. Michael's Cathedral. PH 09F.18P This weekend, February 7th -8th 201...
Friday, 30 January 2015

Record of the Week: "Dom Bosco est mort"

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Tomorrow is the the feast day of St. John Bosco and the anniversary of his death. This year marks 200 years since his birth in northern Ital...
Friday, 23 January 2015

The Evolution of Ecumenism

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This week we celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity , which runs from January 18 - 25. Events during this week bring together peop...
Friday, 16 January 2015

The Year of Consecrated Life: Celebrating the Loretto Sisters

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The Year of Consecrated Life began at the end of November 2014 and will conclude on February 2, 2016.  The objectives for the Year of Cons...