The Pope Video is a global initiative developed by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) to assist in the dissemination of the Holy Father’s monthly intentions related to the challenges the humanity faces.
Read moreFor the past few years Newfoundland filmmaker and artist Kenneth Harvey has been working on a film concerning the Presentation Sisters and Sisters of Mercy. He portrays the sisters involved very honestly, simply, and naturally. On March 15, 2022, the 60 minute film was premiered on CBC Gem – The Incredible Vanishing Sisters.
Read moreThis film, the 3rd in a series on Laudato Si’, explores the Greening of Faith Communities in Canada in response to the global climate crisis that has been so effectively presented by Pope Francis in the 2015 Papal Encyclical “Laudato Si’ – On Care for our Common Home”.
Read moreMultiple scandals erupted in the 2010s when it was discovered that Catholic priests had been abusing young boys in several francophone villages in New Brunswick. Cases dated as far back as the 1950s and involved as many as three generations of Acadians. Media coverage of the scandals was marked by outrage and dismay. Why had so many years passed before the affected communities at last dared to break their silence? How could secrecy have been preferable to justice and truth for so long?
Read moreThe Pope Video is a global initiative developed by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) to assist in the dissemination of the Holy Father’s monthly intentions related to the challenges the humanity faces.
Read moreThis film realized by Kevin Moynihan (KM Productions) revisits the 2015 Papal Encyclical Laudato Si’ with an update on the global climate crisis as well as an exploration of the impact of the loss of biodiversity and the emergence of COVID-19. The film is designed as an educational primer for parishes, high school and university programs concerned with the Global Climate Crisis.
Read moreA major driver of human trafficking is neoliberalism, the dominant economic model of our time. It relentlessly promotes the assumption that creating wealth for those businesses and individuals who are already well-off will “trickle down” to those in greatest need. […] Pope Francis has implored us to “promote a new way of thinking about human beings, life, society and our relationship with nature”.
Read moreThe World Day for Consecrated Life marks its 25th anniversary, on February 2nd, 2021. In the context of the pandemic, the Canadian Religious Conference is happy to offer a video to support the celebration of consecrated life by proposing a Liturgy of the Word, featuring songs, testimonies and invitations for communal sharing.
Read moreIn preparation for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which will be held from between January 18th and January 25th, 2021, the CRC is delighted to have two consecrated persons, Sr. Gill Goulding, CJ, and Sr. Pauline Boilard, MIC, share their journeys and involvement in ecumenism. Through these testimonies, we will embark on an ecumenical journey which will take us from Scotland to Toronto and from Hong Kong to Montreal.
Read moreIn a CRC webinar offered to members on September 24th, 2020, Sr. Rebecca McKenna, province leader of the Visitation Province of Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal, offered her insightful reflection to other leaders. She has ministered in education from elementary school to university, and taught theology at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. She also worked in spiritual direction and facilitation, with training by Parker Palmer and the Centre for Courage and Renewal to facilitate Circles of Trust retreats. We hope you will find Sr. McKenna’s perspectives helpful in renewing your outlook and your trust in these times.
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