National Volunteer Week - Death of Bishop Thomas Dowd's Father - Year of Mercy at Saint-John Bosco Parish

Most Reverend Christian Lépine will celebrate a special Mass for families, on Friday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m, at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral.

(CNS/Presence-info) Church authorities in Montreal said they were expecting 1,000 people at St. Joseph's Oratory for a special Mass with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. When Mass started at 6 p.m. April 6, the crowd was twice as big.

(Vatican-Radio) The Vatican on Friday published Pope Francis’ eagerly-awaited Apostolic Exhoratation on the family, drawing together almost three years of consultations with Catholics in countries around the world.

Campus ministry at Concordia University will get a boost this September with the arrival of three campus missionaries from Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO).