As the meeting on safeguarding and protection of minors begins, the Major Superiors of Religious Orders and Congregations around the world unite in support of this initiative of Pope Francis.
Read moreAs we celebrate the Word Day of Social Justice, the CRC invites its members and partners to support the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative proposed by Pax Christi International, the global Catholic peace movement.
Read moreIntervention of Fr. Michael Czerny, SJ, on the World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, also the Feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita.
Read moreIn the liturgical calendar, February 2nd is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II chose this date to institute a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. On this occasion, Br. Louis Cinq-Mars, OFM Cap, CRC President, addressed a message to all Women and Men Religious in Canada.
Read moreThe Southdown Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Rev. Stephan Kappler, M.Div., Psy.D., as President and Chief Psychologist of The Southdown Institute, effective February 1, 2019. As part of a planned leadership transition, Fr. Kappler will replace Sr. Dorothy Heiderscheit, OSF, whose five-year tenure as Chief Executive Officer comes to completion at the end of January.
Read moreDecember 12 is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patron of the Americas, and the National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples. On this date, the Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle is delighted to announce the launch of its inaugural website.
Read moreOfficial Delegate of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), Sr. Claudette Bastien SNJM, provided concrete examples of the work against human trafficking done by Canadian organizations. The meeting of the Dicastery for the Department of Integral Human Development: the section regarding Migrants & Refugees, held in Rome last July, brought together approximately fifty people.
Read moreOn December 10, Brother Louis Cinq-Mars, provincial superior of the Capuchin friars and president of the CRC, has written to the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau expressing deep concern for the disturbing situation faced by migrants coming from Central America and Honduras at the American border.
Read moreThirty-eight people from 19 different groups of which 15 religious communities attended the most recent JPIC Ontario Networking Meeting November 21-22, 2018 at the Providence Spirituality Centre in Kingston.
Read moreTo celebrate Human Rights Day 2018, we share a prayer issued by Roma De Robertis, Sisters of Charity of the Immcaulate Conception. Especially this year, Dec. 10 brings the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This important document was drafted by John Peters Humphrey, late of Hampton, New Brunswick. He was an international human rights lawyer who worked for the first human rights division at the U.N.
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