Fire chaplain helped save religious artifacts from burning cathedral
PARIS - A hero emerging from the Notre Dame Cathedral fire April 15 is Father Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade, who is credited with saving a reliquary containing the crown of thorns and the Blessed Sacrament from the burning cathedral.
Speaker Paul Ryan gives U.S. House chaplain his job back
WASHINGTON – Jesuit Father Patrick Conroy, chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives who said he had been forced to resign, was reinstated to his post by House Speaker Paul Ryan May 3.
Church plays a role in crisis management in aftermath of tragedy
Tragedy strikes. It's inevitable and, unfortunately, constant.
A Jesuit chaplain shepherds U.S. Congress' divided flock
WASHINGTON – In his youth, Jesuit Father Patrick J. Conroy pictured himself as a lawyer and a senator, working in the deep recesses of Washington's U.S. Capitol building. In a way, he's doing just that but not in the way he imagined.
Travelling Stations of the Cross unites university chaplaincies
TORONTO - Toronto's downtown Catholic campus chaplaincies came together to be visible witnesses of their faith on the streets.
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Military chaplaincy a 'complex ministry'
OTTAWA - When Brigadier General Guy Chapdelaine, Canada's new Chaplain General, spent Christmas in Afghanistan in 2006, he took no chances on what might be in store for him.
Chaplaincy team ready for Pan Ams
TORONTO - Growing up in Venezuela, Fr Eduardo Soto fell in love with the Pan Am Games when his home country hosted the quadrennial event in Caracas in 1983.
Dealing with the anxiety of going to university
For high school seniors, the end of the school year is approaching. While this normally brings relief and excitement for the summer, high school graduates face the uncertainty of what is to come. Starting university or college is, after all, a leap into the unknown.
Published in YSN: Speaking Out
Chaplains help soldiers ease their pain
Death, chaos, silence, despair… and faith? The post-traumatic stress disorder crisis in Canada's military is being met with a small core of dedicated men and women who have always been there — the chaplains.
Military's new top chaplain to go on recruiting drive
The Canadian military's first Roman Catholic Chaplain General in a decade says his top priority is to recruit more chaplains.
Catholics join efforts to save Yezidi
TORONTO - For Ghina Al-Sewaidi — lawyer, Muslim and Iraqi-Canadian — the correct word to describe Islamic State attacks on Yezidi and Mandaean people is genocide. The correct response is to sponsor the survivors through Canada's refugee system.
Finding balance in ministry leadership
Leadership positions in campus ministry are invariably rewarding. They nurture relationships between peers that are rooted in faith and create a comfortable space where students can feel open to grow in confidence in their devotion to Christ.
Vanier's 'revolutionary reality' lives in L'Arche
In 1964, when Jean Vanier quietly launched L'Arche, he says he had "no idea that this would be a revolutionary reality . . . that it would grow."
High school chaplain fights cancer with faith
TORONTO - Fifteen hundred students at St. John Paul II Catholic Secondary School cheered excitedly during a 2013 assembly to welcome students back to school after a long summer vacation.
Vanier cites St. Therese of Lisieux, Gandhi as spiritual role models
WASHINGTON - In 1964, when Jean Vanier quietly began what would become an international network, he had "no idea that this would be a revolutionary reality ... that it would grow," he remarked joyfully.