Stories Collection

  1. Toronto--On Saturday, November 10,2001, at De La Salle Oaklands College School, Toron...
  2. Last month I had lunch with a friend I haven't seen in a few years. Working our way a...
  3. Benson Bobrick, Wide as the Waters. The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution...
  4. Regarding "Father Nicolas Gruner suspended," November issue, please allow me to make ...
  5. She came, dressed in the simple white and blue trimmed garment of the Sisters of Char...
  6. For several decades now, poll after poll has had school discipline topping the list o...
  7. I have been subscribing to Catholic Insight for a number of years and have found it t...
  8. At the end of October 2001, Herb Gray, the Deputy Prime Minister, announced that talk...
  9. I am a traditional Catholic who agrees with all of the teaching of the Magisterium. I...
  10. I'm not alone in lamenting the loss of respect for the Blessed Sacrament in our paris...
  11. One of the most striking memories I have retained from childhood is being part of a c...
  12. Nazareth--Reports from the Vatican news agency Fides confirm that work is proceeding ...
  13. In reply to your article on Fr. Gruner in the November issue, I'm in total agreement ...
  14. What to say about "Sister Kay"? When I noted that this video was a production of the ...
  15. In the National Post for November 7, 2001, Msgr. John Murphy, Chancellor of the Catho...
  16. The Chretien government's proposed legislation on Assisted Human Reproductive Technol...
  17. This essay is written in the style of the Church's most famous 20th century theologia...
  18. The Spirit blows where the Spirit wills. In our days, the movements of Spirit are evi...
  19. Quality health care has become a critical justice issue for Canadians, 'so we decided...
  20. There is no doubt that Christianity's relationship with the body has been ambivalent....
  21. Not long ago. the Publishing Group rearticulated the Catholic New Times' mission. &qu...
  22. Congratulations on a job well done, Ted. For this writer, Ted Schmidt has earned th...
  23. This will be my last mini-column from the editor's desk. The past five years in this ...
  24. A community with a generous spirit is needed to fund the Christmas Bureau each year, ...
  25. The gift to The Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund was major; the accompanying note was ...
  26. When my extended family gathered for holidays, my dad would look around at the great ...
  27. Kelsey Elaine Lowe and Christopher David Smith Lowe-Smith Doug and Kathy Low...
  28. Westfahl, Bernard C. Wednesday, April 12, 2000 Westfahl, Bernard C. Born to Ete...
  29. Westfahl, Bernard C. Tuesday, April 11, 2000 Westfahl, Bernard C. Born to Etern...
  30. NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES FINALS (Div. 2) - First-year Sportsman racer Kyle Roberts c...
  31. SOUTH GEORIGA MOTORSPORTS PARK, NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals (Div. 2) - Absent fr...
  32. A February training workshop on trafficking in women and children in Toronto drew 40 ...
  33. Five hundred thirty-nine bills passed through the legislative session most of them in...
  34. Of all the birds in the world least easily fazed by the vagaries of human behaviour, ...
  35. 1 Earle Family Values January 21, GRCH Main Auditorium, 7.30pm, (pounds) 18.50-(pound...
  36. PORTO ALEGRE -- Agence France reported that tens of thousands of anti-globalization a...
  37. I asked my homeroom class to sign petition-postcards to their Member of Parliament as...
  38. I told a friend of mine that I was going to the Women's Ordination Worldwide Conferen...
  39. "Nothing's fine, I'm torn, I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel I'm cold and...
  40. When I tell people that I'm doing a Bible course focussed on the writings of St. Paul...
  41. Tope other day, my sister and I were driving p Avenue Road in Toronto, and as we asse...
  42. "Ecclesiology" n., from "ecclesia"; the church. "Logos"...
  43. There is ongoing discourse on the West Coast of Canada that seems to be sadly lacking...
  44. Sometimes I wonder if we are and have been, lying to "our" kids. I don't ha...
  45. Pilgrims are persons in motion, passing through territories not their own and seeking...
  46. The son of Annas, the scribe, was standing there with Jesus. Taking a branch from a w...
  47. The parishioners at Holy Saviour parish in Marathon, Ont. and St. Francis Xavier on t...
  48. One day in the summer of 1960, I came down to the old ramshackle club which stood at ...
  49. For 28 years, Michael Morwood as a Sacred Heart priest in Victoria, Australia, active...
  50. In his seminal book, The Changing Face of Priesthood (2000), Cleveland priest Donald ...
  51. The Witness page reflects the best of what many catholic high schools are doing in ou...
  52. According to David Robinson, U.S. foreign policy is totally at odds with Catholic soc...
  53. An international conference entitled "A Call for Morally Responsible Investment ...
  54. Richard Taylor is no stranger to change. Not that you would expect that from somebody...
  55. Beirut -- Now that the United States and Great Britain are talking increasingly about...
  56. Using the tactic that enabled it to avoid talking to the Palestinian Liberation Organ...
  57. There is a young man behind me praying. We call him Junior because we do not know his...
  58. On the day of Pentecost, we are told in the Acts of the Apostles, the followers of Je...
  59. In 1991, I attended the Seventh Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Canberra...
  60. The rosary has come under criticism, not to mention derision, over the past number of...
  61. "Archaeology is an essential support for doing theology," Dorothy Irvin tel...
  62. WATERLOO, Ont. -- The Board of Project Ploughshares, an ecumenical peace centre of th...
  63. TORONTO -- Following the successful campaign to adopt a "no sweatshop" purc...
  64. Quality health care is a critical issue for Canadians. This is not just because our m...
  65. CATEGORY: Sabbaticals PLACE: The Well Spirituality Center AUTUMN ECO-SPIRITUALITY S...
  66. GERMANY -- The European Network (EN) "Church on the Move" met April 28-May ...
  67. OTTAWA -- Canada is the second most likely country to volunteer behind Norway, with 5...
  68. Tony Clement's new position as federal Minister of Health puts him in the centre of a...
  69. Confronting the Mystery of God: Political, Liberation and Public Theologies, by Gaspa...
  70. TORONTO -- St. Paul's Toronto School of Irish Music is a music education project that...
  71. NEW YORK -- Refugees fleeing persecution or civil war are being victimized because of...
  72. Thank you to everyone at CNT for publishing so many voices to make us think and act f...
  73. Nursing is more than a career: it is an art, a science, and a calling. Nursing includ...
  74. Unveiled: the Hidden Life of Nuns, by Cheryl Reed (Berkley Books, 2004). Cheryl Ree...
  75. 3 Needles. Starring Lucy Liu, Chloe Sevigny. Written and directed by Thom Fitzgerald....
  76. I had a chance to think again about the emergence of diseases for profit, an issue th...
  77. I really liked Richard Renshaw's article, "Rereading religious experience,"...
  78. OTTAWA -- Critics allege that the federal government is licensing companies to handle...
  79. Betrayed, by Linda Diebel (HarperCollins, 2005). Linda Diebel's detailed account of...
  80. NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Nearly 46 million Americans, including more than eight million chil...
  81. Now that I am past the initial anger re: the excommunication of Fr. Ed Cachia (CNT, M...
  82. TORONTO -- An April announcement by the McGuinty government on the formation of Citiz...
  83. Editor's note: The Purple Stole Vigil is sponsored by the Catholic Network for Women'...
  84. Here we find a new limit on the market: there are collective and qualitative needs th...
  85. How dare Minister of Defence Gordon O'Connor use the language of the military to hide...
  86. Immediately after touring private and public hospitals in France, B. C. Premier Gordo...
  87. On April 27, a group of about 40 parishioners gathered together at St Peter's church ...
  88. The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and the Design Exchange (DX) are...
  89. Tuesday (April 25) Was Africa Malaria Day, intended to draw attention to the global b...
  90. TORONTO -- It is said societies are judged by the way they treat their weakest member...
  91. It is indeed true that, as Ted Schmidt notes in his article (CNT, April 23) praising ...
  92. When considering the budget, from a democratic justice perspective, it is vitally imp...
  93. BEIJING -- International health organizations warn that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is spre...
  94. PETERBOROUGH, Ont. -- John Mackie, Director of Education of the Peterborough Victoria...
  95. Why is the fact that most of the lumber companies in B.C. and Ont. are American compa...
  96. LONDON -- Executions fell by more than 1,500 globally last year, as a growing number ...
  97. LONDON, UK -- According to the National Catholic Reporter, the Jesuits in Britain hav...
  98. "Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God."--Pierre De Chardin C...
  99. "If we can share our woundedness together, that builds love and trust. When we h...
  100. Monopoly On Salvation? A Feminist Approach to Religious Pluralism, by Jeannine Hill F...
  101. CANARY ISLANDS -- According to African News Agency, the church community of St Sebast...
  102. Congratulations on your issue on Africa! (CNT, April 9). Your article on p. 7 "...
  103. Not that many years ago I finally was able to believe that the church was marching in...
  104. The left is very concerned about distinctions between who can pay and who cannot. T...
  105. The church for the first time in its history is rapidly losing the ordinary people. W...
  106. Modern medical technology, such as ultra-sound and photography, bring to light the tr...
  107. She sat in the restaurant attached to the bus station, waiting for the bus that would...
  108. I wish to express my disappointment and sadness, at The New Freeman's decision not to...
  109. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Immigration bills introduced into the United States Congress and ...
  110. I have subscribed to the CNT for sometime and really appreciate the honesty of subjec...
  111. As stated in your paper, the CNT mission is dedicated to furthering the reign of God,...
  112. Hurrah! Canada loses! Not very patriotic, you say? Yes, well not everything interna...
  113. A friend of mine gave me CNT to read. I did not know that there was such a paper and ...
  114. I read that the Archbishop of Canterbury announced that Anglicans will be using organ...
  115. Hossein Nouri's portrait of the Blessed Virgin Mary (CNT, March 19) is beautiful and ...
  116. With respect to Kevin Moore's article, (CNT, April 9) I would like to correct a misun...
  117. TORONTO -- One in six children in Ontario--about 443,000 people under 18--live in pov...
  118. 'My name is Renee, and I am a Food Network addict ...' Alas, at present there is no...
  119. "Blessed are the peacemakers." Does the human spirit (and scripture) affirm...
  120. GRASSY NARROWS, Ont. -- The Grassy Narrows First Nation is demanding that forestry co...
  121. Beyond Hiroshima, by Douglas Roche (Ottawa: Novalis, 2005), 249 pages. This is the ...
  122. OTTAWA -- Portugal wants Canada to adopt a gentler policy towards illegal workers who...
  123. Brescia University College is Canada's Catholic university-level women's college, fou...
  124. Today, it seems everyone in the 'agri-food' chain is reaping record-high profits--all...
  125. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two South American countries recently sent a strong message of su...
  126. JOHANNESBURG -- Dozens of Western multinationals have made millions of dollars by exp...
  127. What a splendid reflection (CNT, March 5). It provided bread for the mind and roses f...
  128. NEW YORK -- Belgian Roman Catholic missionary Guy Theunis, who has been accused by Rw...
  129. OTTAWA -- Canada's warmest winter on record is putting pressure on wildlife and polit...
  130. Editor's note: Last month the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC), the association of...
  131. "Brutality engenders brutality," I heard myself utter when I was first told...
  132. I find your newspaper most refreshing and progressive in its views. (So glad you cann...
  133. TORONTO -- Students at St. Anselm Catholic School in Toronto presented a cheque for $...
  134. As a Johnny-come-lately to CNT, I can hardly question Eileen McCarthy's recollection ...
  135. TORONTO -- Canadian families want their child-care needs met by a nationally funded p...
  136. TORONTO -- Christians from many denominations will walk for justice on April 14, 2 p....
  137. TORONTO -- A mass Canadian mobilization is representing a growing public concern abou...
  138. Faisal Kutty (CNT, March 19) has wiitten quite extensively on the recent furor involv...
  139. Often overlooked in their society, often with meager resources, they bury their sons ...
  140. OTTAWA -- The Catholic Health Association of Canada (CHAC) has called on Prime Minist...
  141. It is said that HIV/AIDS does not recognize any national boundaries or sovereignty. T...
  142. Particularly since the federal election, many are anxious to see that First Nations i...
  143. As I try to reflect prayerfully on the death of Tom Fox and the fate of Jim Loney and...
  144. MOSCOW -- As millions have abandoned Russia's villages for a better life in the Citie...
  145. National Conference of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada brought together over 300...
  146. Aili Mari Tripp examines the continent's feminist movement and its contributions to g...
  147. I have enjoyed reading the CNT for a long time, but, in the past few years you have b...
  148. What does a theology from the margins of our Canadian society look like? What makes t...
  149. Editor's Note: Father Ed Cachia recently sent a letter to supporters, informing them ...
  150. NEW YORK -- Despite international efforts to blacklist stones from regions at war, th...
  151. Thank you and kudos to David Jenkins' assessment of the film Brokeback Mountain. I am...
  152. During the March Break, my family travelled to the state of Kentucky. We wanted not o...
  153. "No Threat," on the album Yer Favourites, released November 2005. This is...
  154. SIKASSO, Mali -- Farmers in Mali, the fourth poorest country in the world, recently t...
  155. Compiled with files from Christian Peacemaker Teams Tom Fox, 54, hailed from Clearb...
  156. March 19 marks the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Anniversaries offer us ...
  157. "No Way," on the album Life by Tye Tribbet and the Greater Anointing, June ...
  158. Father Jean-Marie Mouchet, O.M.I., has been a spiritual leader in the Yukon since the...
  159. On Palm Sunday, Christians wrestle with the deep suffering of Jesus. We seek to find ...
  160. Formative events influlence search for spiritual home I am 39-years-old. Lately, it...
  161. 16 Blocks, staring Bruce Willis and Mos Def, directed by Richard Donner. So I paid ...
  162. In responding (CNT March 5) to my critique of their earlier CNT article on nuclear po...
  163. Will the PM's public policy reflect his faith convictions and respect those of others...
  164. Three cheers for the Canadian Religious Conference for speaking out on matters of con...
  165. V for Vendetta, starring Natalie Portman, Stephen Rea and Hugo Weaving. Directed by J...
  166. Thank you for producing such a wonderful newspaper. Caroline Timperley Toronto ...
  167. WASHINGTON -- According to the National Council of Churches USA General Secretary, Bo...
  168. GUELPH, Ont. -- A multi-faith initiative, brought by Daoist Bill Hulet against the Ci...
  169. THE CANADIAN RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE The Church and the Search for Meaning In view o...
  170. As a long time CNT reader, I just wanted to compliment you on the topics you have cov...
  171. What we have is "not a clash of civilizations but a clash of ignorance," ob...
  172. It is well known, and surely Dr. Leo M. Lowe, (CNT, Jan. 29) knows that the quantity ...
  173. Finn Gallagher (CNT, Feb. 12) hits the nail on the head with his critique of the self...
  174. Many, many thanks for publishing the excerpt from my book Introducing Ecofeminist The...
  175. In the context of Ukraine, both the benefits and the problems of globalization are wr...
  176. With Free Trade confrontations, the election of Bolivia's first indigenous leader and...
  177. 'The place where God calls you is the place where your deep gladness meets the world'...
  178. In June 2002, a group of Catholic women in Austria were ordained on a boat on the Dan...
  179. As the term ends in January 2006, teachers and students at St. Michael's Secondary Sc...
  180. When I was last in Brussels, one of my brothers gave me two books by Eric-Emmanuel Sc...
  181. As left-leaning Christians stand poised on the threshold of a Conservative minority e...
  182. DETROIT -- Breaking ranks with his peers, a Roman Catholic bishop recently called for...
  183. Chriatian Peacemaker Team (CPT) member, Dan Hunt, is among demonstrators holding plac...
  184. TORONTO--Toronto Mayor David Miller's controversial strategy to fight homelessness ha...
  185. The Travelling World Community Film Festival is, I think, nothing less than a miracul...
  186. STOCKHOLM--A Canadian international child-rights activist is wing with an internation...
  187. An Experience of Spirit: Spirituality and Storytelling, by John Shea, (Missouri: Ligo...
  188. The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed from generation to generation, says t...
  189. "How will we reinvent the human and move into the only process that matters--our...
  190. I hate to admit it for fear of clerical retribution, but listening to uninspired Sund...
  191. In October, Chris Hayward, a 32-year-old carpenter who runs his own Toronto business,...
  192. In a smoggy city that has paved over its downtown creeks, it sometimes seems easy to ...
  193. Ghost Empire How the French Almost Conquered North America by Philip Marchand, (Toron...
  194. As the lone family farmer facing an audience of social activists--most with only a na...
  195. There are certain moments in life that are so grace-filled they cannot be contained. ...
  196. Breakfast on Pluto, 2005, directed by Nell Jordan, screenplay by Neil Jordan and Patr...
  197. VANCOUVER--The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently granted $450,000 to nine wo...
  198. A synod of bishops from the four corners of the earth and a full panoply of Mother Su...
  199. TORONTO -- A coalition of Toronto faith leaders promises to fight against guns and ga...